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K 02722 + K 04012 + K 08817 (P394632)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02722 + K 04012 + K 08817 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394632 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| 35 | ... will conquer |
| 31 | ... the sarpu-demon is not pure, a sacrifice is performed. |
| 25 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion in the left side of the gall bladder: a man will die for his life. |
| 30 | ... bearded... |
| 17 | ... he will kill 15,000 of my enemies. |
| 11 | If the moon is surrounded by a moon: he will live in a city. |
| 2 | If the moon is eclipsed by the moon: the heart of the enemy will be repaid. |
| 29 | ... the sarpu-demon is not pure, a sacrifice is performed. |
| 7 | If the eyes are black: the enemy will kill my army. |
| 9 | If their eyes are black: your troops will fall in battle. |
| 28 | ... all the sacrifices are paid in the ram. |
| 18 | ... 15.................... |
| 1 | If the right side of the 'finger' is dark: rejoicing of our troops. |
| 23 | If the right side of them is split: the servant of the city will fall into a famine. |
| 12 | If the Well-beings are 1 mina of red wool: the evil will fall upon my army. |
| 36 | ... will fall. |
| 21 | ... and the moon becomes visible: my army will conquer the enemy. |
| 32 | ... of the extispicy of a god will enter the palace. |
| 34 | ... my head |
| 6 | If the moon is black: a fire will fall on the enemy. |
| 27 | ... in that year the son of the haruspex of the god will not stand. |
| 5 | If the Well-being is black: the enemy will fire against me. |
| 22 | ... and the moon sets: after the enemy troops will be killed. |
| 37 | .... will fall. |
| 33 | ... I did not know the extent of the sacrificial sheep. |
| 16 | If the right and left of the gall bladder is split: an eclipse. |
| 13 | If the moon is surrounded by a yellow-green halo: evil for the enemy's troops. |
| 38 | ... will fall. |
| 14 | If the right side of the 'finger' is split: my troops will die. |
| 15 | If the right side of the 'finger' is split: the enemy's troops will fall. |
| 19 | ......., my sacrificial one, he will kill the enemy. |
| 3 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder is split: he will experience famine. |
| 8 | If the 'weapons' of the 'finger' are black: the enemy will be killed. |
| 10 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' who resides in the city, your guard will be favourable to the land. |
| 26 | If on the right and left of the gall bladder he is stricken: a woman who is ill for a natu-demon; an offering will be given. |
| 4 | If an anomaly is provided with a namru-mark: Ku-Ba'u (is) the kurunnu-bird whose horn is bent and whose horn is dark: |
| 24 | If on the right side of the gall bladder he is swollen: he will not acquire silver, there will be sacrifices. |
| 20 | ................................ |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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