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K.3699 (P395177)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K.3699 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395177 |
| Museum no. | K.3699 |
| Collection | Kuyunjik |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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 11' | If... the head of the gall bladder....... |
| reverse 19' | If the weapons of the gall bladder are given to its belly, the son of the haruspex... |
| reverse 15' | If that weapon... its head |
| reverse 8' | If these weapons are smashed and.... |
| obverse 13' | ... ur... water... |
| obverse 10' | If that weapon... either a gall bladder or a son of a haruspex |
| obverse 4' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the gall bladder: the 'weapon'-mark of Nergal will attack me. |
| obverse 7' | If a Perforation is located on its right side: fall of the son of a haruspex. |
| obverse 21' | If that weapon... above the gall bladder |
| reverse 9' | If they are weapons and.... |
| obverse 2' | ... a raging lion in the middle of the city... |
| reverse 27' | ...... |
| reverse 10' | They were weapons, and... |
| reverse 6' | 3 weapons are present,.... |
| reverse 17' | If he is ill and he is stricken in his body:.... |
| obverse 18' | If ditto and the water of the gall bladder to its left |
| reverse 1' | If a tukulu... |
| reverse 14' | If in... a weapon's gall bladder is located and.... |
| reverse 21' | If that weapon is above the gall bladder: the enemy will devastate your city. |
| reverse 22' | If ditto and the gall bladder is blocked and the water of the gall bladder does not come out: your city will be destroyed. |
| obverse 12' | If ditto and the gall bladder is blocked and the water of the gall bladder....... |
| reverse 24' | ....................... |
| reverse 26' | ... ama, shepherd of the enemy, |
| obverse 20' | If that weapon... the lower part of the gall bladder |
| obverse 11' | If that weapon... the upper part is elevated: the enemy's city.... |
| reverse 23' | ... will enter and enter the... of your city. |
| reverse 3' | If a Weapon-mark is located on the left of the gall bladder: he will not.... |
| obverse 22' | If ditto and the gall bladder is swollen: the household... |
| obverse 3' | ...... is located on the left: attack of an enemy. |
| reverse 20' | That weapon... either the gall bladder or the son of the haruspex of the enemy's lord |
| reverse 4' | If a Weapon-mark is located on the right of the gall bladder: the enemy will not.... |
| obverse 19' | If that weapon... either... or.... |
| reverse 5' | If the upper front on the top of the gall bladder....... |
| obverse 8' | If that weapon is a reed, the barley will be heaped up in the city. The king's army in the evening. |
| reverse 18' | If that weapon... a hole in the street of the city |
| reverse 7' | he ruled and... before him... |
| obverse 17' | If that weapon... the middle |
| reverse 16' | He struck his head with a weapon |
| reverse 12' | ... are dead and... cattle... |
| reverse 13' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| obverse 1' | ... a ridu-vessel, a 'foot'-mark is present; the troops... |
| reverse 25' | ... in the evening, in the morning, in the morning, |
| obverse 6' | If that weapon is struck its head: he will conquer the son of the haruspex. |
| obverse 5' | If that Weapon (has) its head: the son of a haruspex will take the Weapon (and) take the name of a good woman. |
| obverse 9' | If he is ill and the water of the gall bladder has taken away from him, the son of a haruspex. |
Sources & licences
- 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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