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Boissier Choix 1, 093-094 (K 04007) (P395173)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Boissier Choix 1, 093-094 (K 04007) |
|---|---|
| ID | P395173 |
| 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 42 | ... is located in the field and he will return. The king will revolt with him. |
| obverse 31 | ... left of the gall bladder is split and the coils of the colon are 15 in number and are recessed. The city's opening is unknown. The enemy will... the land. |
| reverse 37 | I wrote this tablet with the help of my master and |
| obverse 21 | If the top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split and their tops are 10: my army will not come out to the path of my army. |
| reverse 1 | If the upper and lower part is elevated and elevated: the kings will become happy. |
| obverse 28 | ... you sweep the left side of the 'finger.' The coils of the colon are 'loose.' |
| obverse 43 | ... is located on a field and a enemy will seize him. |
| reverse 31 | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 29 | The coils of the colon are recessed on the lower part. The enemy's land will eat food. |
| obverse 33 | ... reaches the left and the coils of the colon are recessed. |
| obverse 29 | ... on the left side of the left side of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark. The army in the top of the field of the god... |
| reverse 21 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and its necks are 10 in the midst of a hostile land: a fate will come forth. |
| obverse 15 | If the right surface of the 'finger' is split and the left surface of the 'finger' is split:... enemy.... |
| obverse 41 | ... emerges and ditto a field is located and he will return. The king will say to the king: |
| obverse 2 | If the 'well-being' reaches the middle of the 'finger' and is located on the right of the 'finger': the prince will come out of his palace; alternatively.... |
| obverse 9 | The lower part is elevated on the right and is elevated. The 'increment' is elevated. |
| obverse 24 | ... reaches the left and their length is 12 (and) the enemy's attack in the city. |
| reverse 25 | If a ewe is divided over the coils of the colon: the prince will become hostile in his palace. |
| obverse 34 | ... is split and the coils of the colon are recessed and are recessed. The owner of the 'well-being' is effaced. |
| obverse 38 | ... you recite... and you recite... |
| reverse 17 | If the Well-being is crossed over the surface of the 'finger': the prince will become frightened in his palace. |
| reverse 20 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion: my life will be long. |
| reverse 30 | It is the seventh tablet. |
| obverse 13 | If the Well-being is located on the right and the coils of the colon are 15 in number and are cold: the city will become happy. |
| obverse 8 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is 16: their'residences' will be set. |
| reverse 28 | Alternatively, the land will be small; there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 39 | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, may Nabû, scribe of all the lands, destroy his name. |
| obverse 12 | If the Well-being is located on the right and the coils of the colon are 15 in number and are surrounded by a city's face: the enemy will conquer your hand. |
| obverse 20 | alternatively, the lord of the rites... to his rites.... |
| reverse 36 | According to the wording of the tablet(s), ecstatic(s), ecstatic(s) of Assyria, Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 1 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split: the enemy will take the 'finger.' |
| reverse 26 | The'strength' is present. The'strength' is thick. |
| obverse 44 | ... from the top of the head, the snare of the neck stock, |
| obverse 26 | ... reaches the left and their left and left are 14 in number. |
| obverse 11 | If the right surface of the 'finger' is split and its left 'finger' is dark: the enemy's troops will be scattered. |
| reverse 19 | If the coils of the colon are spl[ead] and the blood in the palace is spl[ead]: there will be famine in the palace. |
| obverse 39 | ... of the palace, the foundation of the land was erected. |
| obverse 35 | ....... you strew... with her. He will conquer... |
| obverse 18 | If the Well-being reaches the middle of the 'finger' and faces the left of the gall bladder: the prince will conquer the palace like his palace. |
| obverse 22 | If the left surface of the 'finger' is split and 10 of them: the enemy will defeat him. |
| obverse 36 | ... you recite... and you recite the incantation 'My army... to the land'. |
| obverse 23 | ... went out and their 12th regnal year: the troops of the enemy will not go out; the troops of the enemy will... gold... |
| obverse 40 | ................ |
| obverse 30 | ... on the left side of the gall bladder is located and it is located on the left. Written and checked according to the original. |
| obverse 14 | or watercourses... |
| obverse 5 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split and their tops are 12: my army will not reach me. |
| reverse 35 | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 37 | ... you recite..., you recite..., |
| obverse 10 | If the right surface of the 'finger' is split and is split: the enemy's army will stand in the top of her field. |
| obverse 32 | ... you sweep the left side of the gall bladder and the coils of the colon are 15 in number, and the enemy will kill him in the city. That... |
| reverse 3 | If the right and left of the gall bladder are split and are split: the enemy will not see it. |
| obverse 25 | ... left... and their front (is) 14: the city will be overturned; the enemy will fall. |
| obverse 27 | ... on the left side of the gall bladder you strew 16 of them, a torch, a halo... |
| reverse 38 | I set out in my palace for my reading of kingship. |
| reverse 23 | If a ewe gives birth to a palace and its backbone is 14 in number: the palace of the prince will be scattered. |
| obverse 3 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split and their tops are 10: the enemy's attack. |
| obverse 7 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split and their left 'finger' is dark: the enemy's hand will be overturned. |
| reverse 18 | If the lower part is elevated: defeat of the enemy. |
| obverse 16 | If the right surface of the 'finger' is split and the left surface of the 'finger' is split and there is a 'well-being' of your enemy. |
| obverse 4 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split and their length is 10 and the middle of the 'finger' is split: my army will not come back to the road. |
| reverse 27 | If a ewe gives birth to a lion and the lower part is split: a brother will die. |
| reverse 2 | If the right and left of the gall bladder is split: the enemy will become poor. |
| obverse 17 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the lung: the enemy will seize the city. |
| obverse 6 | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split and their length is 12 and the enemy's attack... |
| reverse 24 | If the Pleiades of the palace are split and are 16 in number: attack of the enemy. |
| reverse 22 | If the Pleiades of the palace are split and are 12 in number: my army will not reach me. |
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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