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K 03803 + K 06139 (P395240)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03803 + K 06139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395240 |
| 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 3' | If the left side of the 'finger' is seen: the enemy will be killed. |
| reverse 8' | If the upper part is elevated in front of your lord: attack of the mouth. |
| obverse 1 | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the site of the 'weapon'-mark and the lower part is elevated: the 'weapon'-mark. |
| reverse 11' | If a Weapon-mark is located on the base of the wide part of the lung and it faces the top of the 'finger': the enemy will seize the city. |
| reverse 1' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'weapon'-mark and below the 'weapon'-mark of the lamassu-mark in the sacrifice(?) of the king(?) the 'weapon'-mark of the 'weapon'-mark: |
| obverse 14 | If that weapon is above the king of the palace, the king will take his copy. |
| obverse 13 | If the upper part is elevated: the Weapon is located and the lower part is elevated: the Weapon is a rage. |
| obverse 9 | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the top of the 'weapon'-mark and it faces the 'weapon'-mark: you strew the 'weapon'-mark, the 'weapon'-mark, the 'weapon'-mark, the 'weapon'-mark,' and the 'weapon'-mark. |
| obverse 6 | If that weapon is visible above: he will become a prince. |
| obverse 18 | The weapon of the lamassu of the king will be placed(?) on the right(?) of his army. |
| reverse 9' | If the left side of the 'finger' is seen: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 5 | If there is a 'weapon'-mark in the place of the king, and the lower part is elevated: the eternal god will be over the man. |
| reverse 12' | It is the 3rd tablet. |
| obverse 4 | If that weapon is good: he will experience famine. |
| obverse 17 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger' on the left side of the 'finger' there are 2 weapons and the lower part is elevated. |
| obverse 12 | If that Weapon stands in front of the Weapon of the enemy. |
| obverse 7 | If a Weapon-mark is provided with a good mouth: a Weapon-mark. |
| reverse 6' | If the upper part is elevated on the day the south wind blows: weapons will not be made; the river will not go out. |
| obverse 2 | If that weapon is above the city, your right side will be seized by an extispicy. |
| obverse 10 | If that weapon is above the owner of the extispicy and he will recover. |
| obverse 11 | If a Weapon-mark is located on the right side of the Weapon-mark: the man will seize him. |
| reverse 4' | If the base of the 'finger' of the lung is seen: the enemy will kill me. |
| reverse 2' | If the upper part is elevated: the prince's land will devastate him. |
| reverse 5' | If on the back of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark and the lower part is seen: the enemy will come out from the land. |
| reverse 7' | There is a 'weapon'-mark on the left of the gall bladder and the lower one is seen. The'strength' of the sanctuaries. |
| reverse 13' | ...... |
| reverse 10' | If the Finger (has) in front of a Weapon (or) |
| obverse 3 | If a Weapon-mark is located on the gall bladder: the king will be satisfied in his palace. |
| obverse 19 | If their weapons are dark and are covered above (the city): defeat of the city. |
| obverse 15 | If that Weapon-mark is seen: the enemy will see my enemy. |
| obverse 16 | If a Weapon's Weapon: the gall bladder is seen in front of the enemy's enemy's weapons. |
| obverse 8 | If that weapon enters the middle of the 'finger': it will enter the city. |
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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