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CT 20, pl. 31, K 03673 (not K 03637!) (P395162)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 20, pl. 31, K 03673 (not K 03637!) |
|---|---|
| ID | P395162 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 14' | If after the'strength' of the left 'path' approaches the 'path': the enemy's city will be killed in a flood.... |
| reverse 18' | If in the future a 'weapon'-mark of the left side of the 'finger' is covered like a 'finger' and there is a 'weapon'-mark of the enemy's army, it will fall on its right. |
| reverse 20' | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the top of the 'path' and it has a 'weapon'-mark: a flood will take place. |
| reverse 16' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the left of the gall bladder and its left 'path' is split: Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 7' | The left surface of the 'finger' is 'bound.' |
| obverse 2' | If... |
| obverse 3' | If....... |
| reverse 23' | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are swollen and a man is swollen: he will die. |
| reverse 17' | If in the future (there is) a 'weapon'-mark of 15 oxen, like a 'weapon'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark of your troops will fall in its midst. |
| reverse 6' | The'strength' is present. The'strength' is present. |
| reverse 21' | If the'strength' is located on the right: the palace will not acquire an enemy. |
| reverse 11' | If the right surface of the 'finger' is split and the left side of the 'finger' is split: the land's flood will come close and turn into a weapon. |
| reverse 24' | If there is a hole in the middle of the 'finger', the prince's land will devastate him. |
| reverse 4' | The'strength' is 'loose.' The'strength' is missing. |
| reverse 15' | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the right 'path' and its left 'path' is split: a god will eat food; there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 10' | The'strength' reaches the left of the gall bladder. The'strength' eats Subartu. |
| reverse 5' | The'strength' on the left of the gall bladder is split. The palace of the land will take the prince. |
| reverse 9' | The'strength' is effaced and the 'finger' has not been loosened. |
| reverse 12' | If the top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split and the left side of the 'finger' is split: the prince's troops will die and he will recover. |
| reverse 19' | ............................ |
| reverse 1' | If a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the gall bladder is like a 'foot'-mark: 'Ugur will eat Adad, Adad will devastate Enlil.' |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 22' | If the'strength' is present on the left of the gall bladder: the palace of the prince will take the land. |
| reverse 25' | If at the rear of the 'path' there is a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the 'finger': a 'finger'-mark of my army. |
| reverse 13' | If the rear of the 'path' on the right 'path' on the right 'path'... your city... |
| reverse 2' | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the right and left of the 'path': her heart will be white. |
| reverse 8' | The'strength' is effaced and the 'finger' is thick. The land will experience a strong defeat. |
| reverse 3' | If the anomaly is like the horn, the flesh is swollen and the flesh is covered in the intestines. |
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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