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K 02940 (P394739)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 02940 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394739 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| 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 15 | If the left surface of the 'finger' is long and the right side of the 'finger' is split: the enemy's troops will be killed. |
| obverse 11 | (If) a enemy goes straight to my dwelling and kills me. |
| obverse 6 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are smashed and the base of the'station' is present and a 'foot'-mark is located inside it. |
| reverse 1' | Palace of Assurnasirpal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 14 | If the right surface of the 'finger' is long and the left side of the 'finger' is split: my army. |
| obverse 1 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are split in front of the gall bladder and there is a 'foot'-mark in it. |
| reverse 3' | the wisdom of ama and Adad he had acquired, and he had them brought to an end. |
| obverse 3 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are split and are not located inside it. |
| obverse 2 | (If) there is a mole on the weapon of the prince's army: he will not acquire a rival. |
| obverse 8 | If the top of the right and left side of the gall bladder is split into the upper part and it is surrounded by a 'foot'-mark: there will be no 'foot'-mark or 'foot' there. |
| obverse 5 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are split and there is a 'foot'-mark in it: the prince's land will seize him. |
| obverse 12 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are split into the upper part and a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark are located on the top of it: he will not be present. |
| obverse 7 | (If) he goes to the Weapon of the gods: he will conquer my army and go to the enemy. |
| obverse 10 | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are smashed and a 'foot'-mark is located on the top of the gall bladder and a 'foot'-mark is located on its top. |
| obverse 4 | he smote me with a weapon. |
| obverse 9 | (If) he enters the enemy's land: the prince will enter the city. |
| obverse 13 | (If) he goes straight to the midst of the mountain and he enters into the midst of the mountain: |
| reverse 4' | That tablet he wrote, collated, and established it in his palace. |
| reverse 2' | Beloved of the great gods of Adad and ama, |
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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