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K 03670 + K 06204 + K 08343 + K 11281 + K 12387 + K 12874 (P395160)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 2. Tirānu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03670 + K 06204 + K 08343 + K 11281 + K 12387 + K 12874 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395160 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 2. Tirānu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 28 | If the coils of the colon are 17 in number: the enemy will release the city.... |
| obverse 62 | The coils of the colon are 5 in number. |
| reverse 25 | The coils of the colon are 16 in number. The 'well-being' is present... |
| reverse 16 | The coils of the colon are 13 in number. |
| obverse 36 | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. The left of the gall bladder is split. |
| reverse 46 | If the coils of the colon are like a tip of a tail: the land will become small; there will be frost in the land; or the king will come out of the army and defeat his army. |
| obverse 44 | The coils of the colon are recessed and are recessed. |
| obverse 4 | ... the coils of the colon.... |
| obverse 5 | (If) there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the prince's omens will seize him. |
| obverse 56 | The coils of the colon are recessed and... are present. The son of the king will be placed on the throne of his father. |
| obverse 26 | The coils of the colon.......... |
| obverse 48 | If the coils of the colon are flattened and are swollen: the enemy will devastate me and kill me. |
| obverse 32 | The coils of the colon... evil.. |
| obverse 12 | If the sheep's meat which is after the coils of the colon come close to the front of the colon... the prince in his palace.... |
| reverse 1 | The coils of the colon are 6? in number. |
| obverse 34 | The coils of the colon are recessed. The army... in front of the army. |
| obverse 40 | The coils of the colon which are like a nest inside the weapon... |
| obverse 17 | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the king will become strong and the land will become happy. |
| obverse 22 | The coils of the colon... |
| obverse 41 | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. The 'finger' is thick.... |
| reverse 47 | It is the second tablet. |
| obverse 21 | If the coils of the colon are swollen:. |
| reverse 11 | The coils of the colon are ten in number. The 'well-being' of the enemy's hand is 'loose.' |
| obverse 15 | ... there will be rains and the people will die and.... |
| reverse 22 | The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The beginning of the night... the king... |
| reverse 23 | The coils of the colon are 15 in number.... |
| obverse 38 | The coils of the colon are... in number. |
| obverse 23 | If the coils of the colon are in balance:.... |
| reverse 13 | The coils of the colon are 11 in number. The prince will be appeased. The second is strong. The army... |
| reverse 24 | The coils of the colon are 16 in number. |
| reverse 42 | The coils of the colon... the king... |
| reverse 21 | The coils of the colon are 14 and ditto and there are no famine. The kings will be happy... |
| obverse 35 | The coils of the colon are thick. The army... in front of the army. |
| reverse 8 | The coils of the colon are 9 in number. |
| obverse 52 | The coils of the colon are recessed and are thin. The face of the 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 64 | to the river that... |
| reverse 29 | If the coils of the colon are 18 in number: the haruspex. |
| obverse 19 | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the land's property.... |
| obverse 1 | If the coils of the colon are covered(?), the... of the commander(?) |
| obverse 8 | If the coils of the colon are red: business will be diminished. |
| reverse 4 | (If) he afflicts a severe fever and he afflicts him with a severe fever: he will die. |
| reverse 26 | The coils of the colon are 16 in number. There is no 'well-being' in the land. |
| reverse 30 | If the coils of the colon are 19 in number: either a man or another man.... |
| reverse 31 | If the coils of the colon are 20 in number: my army will attack the land... alternatively, the son of the king his father.... |
| reverse 17 | The coils of the colon are 14 in the 'well-being' of the land. My hand is swollen. My troops will eat the mountains. |
| obverse 29 | If the coils of the colon... the prince's land... |
| obverse 42 | The coils of the colon are recessed on the left. |
| reverse 38 | ... the king of his land will widen his? understanding... |
| reverse 45 | The coils of the left of the gall bladder are 7 of the right. |
| reverse 10 | The coils of the colon are 10 in number. The 'well-being' of a man's house....... |
| obverse 20 | If the base of the 'finger' is 'bound': the prince's army. |
| obverse 33 | The coils of the colon... the evil of your army... |
| reverse 44 | The coils of the right and left are 7 in number. The right and left of the gall bladder are 15 in number. |
| reverse 39 | If the coils of the colon.... |
| reverse 18 | You recite the incantation... |
| obverse 37 | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. The rear of the enemy's army... in front of my army. |
| obverse 31 | The coils of the colon... fear.. |
| obverse 6 | There is a hole in the middle of the coils of the sheep: there will be famine in the man's house. |
| reverse 3 | If the coils of the colon are 6 in number, and the coils of the colon are swollen: my army will revolt against his lord and seize the throne. |
| reverse 32 | The coils of the colon are 21 in number. The army... |
| obverse 50 | The coils of the colon are thick. The day... |
| reverse 20 | The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The 3rd, the coils of the colon are 3 in number, and there is a 'well-being' of the king to the enemy, to the camp.... |
| reverse 33 | If the coils of the colon........................ |
| obverse 54 | If the coils of the colon are... and...: the 'increment' will return and the king's son will turn back to his father. |
| obverse 63 | If the coils of the colon are 5 and are swollen:.... |
| reverse 6 | The coils of the colon are 8 in its 'weapon'-mark: the king will die. |
| obverse 2 | If the coils of the colon are red and.... |
| obverse 24 | The coils of the colon are... to the quay; the land.... |
| obverse 14 | If a sheep's flesh is like a neck: he will be seized.... |
| obverse 61 | The coils of the colon are 4 and... upon them. |
| obverse 13 | (If) a sick man is seized by a street: there will be famine; the people will rage. |
| obverse 28 | If the coils of the colon... the prince's land... |
| reverse 40 | The coils of the colon............ |
| obverse 46 | If the 'well-being' sits behind them, they will die before them. That man's? land will be... |
| obverse 25 | If the coils of the colon are...: the prince's land will not become stable.... |
| obverse 11 | If the coils of the colon are like their eyes: the property of the land will change. |
| reverse 2 | The coils of the colon are 6 in number. The army will be abandoned. The other part is that the son of the king, his father, will seize the throne and seize the throne. |
| obverse 10 | If the coils of the colon are in balance: the... will be dispersed. |
| reverse 27 | The coils of the colon are 16 in number. The 'finger' is thick. The 'hand' of the enemy... |
| reverse 41 | The coils of the colon.... |
| reverse 15 | The coils of the colon are 12 in number. The base of the property is... |
| obverse 57 | The coils of the colon....... |
| obverse 58 | The coils of the colon are 3(?)..., the strong one is seen. |
| obverse 7 | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be famine. |
| obverse 9 | If the coils of the colon are swollen: he will become happy. |
| reverse 12 | The coils of the colon are ten and are 3 in number. The coils of the colon are normal. The king's attack.... |
| obverse 27 | If the coils of the colon... the prince's enemy's land... |
| obverse 30 | The coils of the colon... the prince will die and his land.... |
| obverse 47 | The base of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| reverse 7 | If for the m. of the 'increment' the 'increment' is close, |
| reverse 36 | The coils of the colon... |
| reverse 9 | The coils of the colon are 10 in number. |
| reverse 43 | If the coils of the colon...... to the king's heart.... |
| obverse 59 | The coils of the colon are 3.... The land will diminish. |
| obverse 51 | The coils of the colon are recessed and the top of the 'finger' is recessed. The land... |
| reverse 37 | The coils of the moon... |
| reverse 35 | The coils of the colon... are not present.... |
| obverse 55 | The king is not agreeable. The king is not agreeable and he is not agreeable. |
| obverse 16 | If its fodder is dark: there will be frost.... |
| obverse 18 | If the top of the 'finger' of the lung is split: the prince's god... |
| reverse 14 | The coils of the colon are 12 in number. |
| reverse 34 | The coils of the colon......... |
| reverse 5 | The coils of the colon are 7 in number. |
| obverse 49 | The coils of the colon(?) and the coils(?) of the head... |
| obverse 43 | The coils of the colon... |
| obverse 60 | The coils of the colon are 4.......... The 'base of the river' is 'bound.' |
| reverse 19 | The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The 'well-being' is absent. The enemy will take a different path. |
| obverse 53 | If the coils of the colon are split: the prince's land will devastate him. |
| obverse 45 | The base of the 'finger' is 'bound' towards them. Afterwards, there will be famine. The life of the land... |
| obverse 3 | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be discord in the man's house. |
| obverse 39 | The coils of the colon are recessed on the right like a bed. The'strength' is present. The lower part is elevated. |
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- 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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