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Lenormant Choix 88 (P395168)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Lenormant Choix 88 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395168 |
| 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 16 | The left surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse 29' | If the Well-being of the left side of the 'finger' of the lung is split on the left: the enemy's attack will take place. |
| reverse 9 | The'strength' of the left lung is split. The enemy's army will not stand in front of my army. |
| reverse 7 | If in the 'horse' of the left lung ditto: a storm will enter the enemy's land. |
| reverse 1 | There is a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 4' | If a donkey....... |
| obverse 23' | If the 'increment' of the left lung is red: the enemy's attack will take place. |
| obverse 35' | If the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is split with its hand: he will not place it in the threshing floor or in the threshing floor. |
| obverse 12' | If on the right side of the 'finger' a Weapon.... |
| reverse 23 | ......: the enemy will fall from the wall. |
| reverse 18 | If the right and left of the lung are split: an eclipse. |
| obverse 14' | If in a donkey's left side...... a prince's land will enter into a wall. |
| obverse 16' | If on the right of the 'finger' a black 'foot'-mark is located on my back. |
| obverse 30' | If the Well-beings of the right surface of the 'finger' are 1 in number: attack of weapons. |
| reverse 27 | It is the tenth tablet of... |
| reverse 11 | The'strength' of the right and left lung is split. |
| obverse 19' | If a donkey - the left side of the night is split: rain shower; the enemy's troops will be destroyed. |
| reverse 8 | If the'strength' of the right lung is split: my army will not stand in front of the army. |
| obverse 22' | If the Well-being of the right lung is red: he will become frightened. |
| obverse 38' | If a donkey whose head is located on the right side of the gall bladder: the enemy will take it away. |
| obverse 21' | If the 'increment' of the left surface of the 'finger' is dark: Adad will devastate in the land. |
| obverse 18' | If the 'horse' of the right lung is dark: rejoicing. |
| obverse 7'b | ... |
| reverse 21 | ... is split on the right of the lung: the enemy will enter into the middle of the land and there will be a fate. |
| obverse 6' | If a donkey... the left side of the gall bladder |
| obverse 34'a | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger' on the Weapon' of the enemy's enemy's enemy's land, on the day that the prince's hand is smashed. |
| obverse 32' | The 'increment' of the right side of the 'finger' is split. The head of the army is split. |
| reverse 5 | If ditto a perforation is located on the 'finger' of the left lung: Adad will devastate in the land of the prince. |
| reverse 13 | The'strength' of the left lung is split. |
| reverse 2 | There is a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 13' | ... in a donkey stall on the right of the weapon |
| obverse 15' | If on the right side of the 'finger'... a lunar eclipse. |
| obverse 24' | If the 'increment' of the right lung is split: Adad will devastate in the land of the prince; or there will be evil in the land of the prince. |
| reverse 10 | The 'cavity' of the right and left lung is split. |
| obverse 26' | If a Perforation is located on the right side of the Well-being: he will go to the city. |
| obverse 20' | If the 'increment' of the right lung is dark: Adad will devastate in the land of the prince. |
| obverse 28' | If an eclipse of the right side of the gall bladder is located on the right: the enemy will seize my city. |
| obverse 7' | If a donkey... 1 5 |
| obverse 36' | If a donkey on the right side is yellow-green: he will enter into a weapon. |
| obverse 33' | The 'increment' of the left side of the 'finger' is split. The head of the enemy's army is split. |
| reverse 6 | If a dhu-mark is located on the right side of the 'finger' and there is a 'weapon'-mark: the prince will enter the land. |
| reverse 17 | The middle of the lung is split on the right and on the left. |
| reverse 25 | ... The left side of the 'finger' is split. The 'increment' is absent. |
| obverse 31' | If a solar disk on the left side of the gall bladder ditto: the enemy's floods will take place. |
| obverse 39' | If the 'increment' of the left side of the 'finger' of the lung is split in the middle of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 2' | If a donkey.... |
| obverse 8' | If a donkey... on the left.... |
| obverse 17' | If on the left side of the 'finger' there is a black spot on the left side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 25' | If the 'increment' of the left surface of the 'finger' is split: Adad will not devastate in the land. |
| obverse 9' | If a donkey... on the right.... |
| obverse 37' | If the 'well-being' of the left lung is covered in a 'weapon'-mark: the enemy will not enter the prince's land. |
| reverse 24 | ... he went out, an extispicy came out in the land |
| obverse 12'b | The gods... |
| reverse 20 | If... he eats... with the weapon of his troops |
| reverse 4 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger': Adad will devastate and defeat him. |
| obverse 5' | If a donkey... the right.... |
| obverse 34'b | You shall not place it in the threshing floor or in the threshing floor. |
| reverse 12 | The'strength' of the right lung is split. |
| reverse 22 | ... with a weapon eats a hostilities |
| reverse 26 | If......................... |
| obverse 27' | If on the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is located: a servant of a enemy. |
| reverse 3 | If in the 'horse' of the left lung ditto: a god will eat in the enemy's land. |
| obverse 3' | If a donkey... |
| reverse 15 | The base of the right lung is 'loose.' Your troops are not 'loose' in the Weapon''. |
| reverse 19 | If in the right of the 'path' there is a 'foot'-mark in the left of the lung: my army will enter the midst of the enemy's land and a fate will come forth. |
| obverse 10' | If an eclipse takes place on the left side of the gall bladder.... |
| obverse 11' | If a donkey is red: he will be seized.... |
| reverse 14 | The'strength' of the right and left lung is split. |
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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