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Boissier Choix 1, 122-123 (P394719)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Boissier Choix 1, 122-123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394719 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2 4' | ...... 15 |
| obverse col 2 18' | Its name is Nasme-Si |
| obverse col 1 11' | ... on the right(?) |
| obverse col 1 10' | ... 15?... 15 |
| reverse col 3 2' | The irnu-disease from the river bank to the south, the niru iru-disease. |
| reverse col 4 5' | ....... my supplication |
| obverse col 2 22' | Witness: Aitu-150. |
| obverse col 2 24' | Witness: Aitu 15. |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... the middle of the gall bladder |
| obverse col 2 12' | before ab-ru-uur. |
| reverse col 4 11' | ... on the left |
| obverse col 2 27' | which is on the right of the house. |
| reverse col 3 12' | After the back of the lung |
| reverse col 3 1' | a guardian... |
| obverse col 2 28' | and the halo on the right of their eyes(?) are present |
| reverse col 3 18' | in the left side of the gall bladder |
| reverse col 4 9' | ...... of the left |
| obverse col 2 20' | which is on the right of the 'path' on the left. |
| reverse col 3 14' | The middle of the right lung is split. |
| reverse col 3 15' | The river's watercourse is a 'foot'-mark of the right. |
| obverse col 2 13' | ... left eye |
| reverse col 4 6' | ... on the left: where the river level rose |
| obverse col 2 17' | the left side of the 'finger' is visible. The right side of the 'path' is left. |
| obverse col 1 6' | in the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark of the right. |
| reverse col 3 6' | The left of the 'finger' is split from the right of the 'increment.' |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... the coils of the colon are... |
| obverse col 1 4' | The base of the left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| reverse col 3 4' | Its ritual: it is performed with a torch. |
| obverse col 2 26' | The king's hands and feet are 15 in number. |
| reverse col 4 8' | ... of the left |
| reverse col 3 7' | in the middle of the river, |
| reverse col 3 16' | (If) he sees a donkey on the right: |
| obverse col 2 9' | Its second line is: the left side of the courtyard of the house. |
| reverse col 3 9' | (a kind of profession) of the right and left |
| obverse col 2 2' | ... 15 |
| obverse col 2 15' | The base of the base of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| obverse col 2 23' | before...... |
| reverse col 3 5' | (If) he sees a halo of the right and left. |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... the head of the gall bladder is 15 |
| obverse col 2 16' | first appearance on the left of the left. |
| obverse col 2 19' | The upper part is elevated. The lower part is elevated. |
| reverse col 4 12' | ... 1 50 |
| obverse col 2 3' | ... 15 |
| obverse col 2 11' | [Witness]: cubits. |
| obverse col 2 21' | and the halo on the left of their eyes are seated. |
| reverse col 3 17' | (gloss: new break)... of the right. |
| reverse col 3 19' | The base of the left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| reverse col 3 3' | The halo, with a bump, is the face of the niru-tree. |
| obverse col 2 5' | ... 15 |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... left |
| obverse col 1 2' | the top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| reverse col 3 8' | 15 iqru |
| reverse col 3 20' | The left of the 'finger' is normal. |
| reverse col 4 10' | ... gusty... of the left. |
| obverse col 1 5' | the beginning of the 'finger' is 15 fingers. |
| obverse col 1 7' | below ditto. The right ditto. |
| obverse col 2 6' | ..., the courtyard of the house, the share of 15 |
| reverse col 3 21' | (In) the middle of the tirinat(-vessel) (it is) the base of the tirinat-vessel(?) |
| reverse col 4 7' | ... of the left |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... the lower side, the lower side, on the right |
| obverse col 2 14' | first appearance in the middle of the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 1 3' | The middle of the left side of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse col 2 7' | ... house, share of 15 |
| obverse col 1 1' | The base of the 'well-being' of the 'increment.' |
| reverse col 3 11' | with the first weapons |
| obverse col 2 25' | The upper part is elevated on the right. The lower part is elevated on the right. |
| reverse col 3 13' | (If) a donkey stallions on the right are 15 in number. |
| obverse col 2 10' | Its height is a 'foot'-mark. |
| reverse col 4 13' | ... 15 |
| reverse col 4 1' | ...... left |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... a ti(?) and left |
| reverse col 3 10' | um-ra-uur on the right is below. |
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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