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Boissier Choix 1, 191 (P395242)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Boissier Choix 1, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395242 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | If the coils of the colon are like... |
| obverse 6' | If the coils of the colon are like a 'foot'-mark and are in the palace: weapon of kingship. |
| obverse 3' | If the coils of the colon are like the head of an ox: the prince will not acquire a rival. |
| obverse 11' | If the coils of the colon are like a 'well-being' and are recessed on the left: the enemy's and his troops will be scattered; the enemy will not have a rival. |
| obverse 7' | If the coils of the colon are like a 'foot'-mark and they do not have a palace........ |
| reverse 3' | If the coils of the colon are like.... |
| obverse 9' | The coils of the colon are like a kusarikku-prayer that is not surrounded by a 'foot'-mark. |
| obverse 8' | If the coils of the colon are like a lamassu-tree: the king of the world will widen his understanding in the land. |
| obverse 2' | he dwells daily — if the palace enters |
| obverse 5' | If the coils of the colon are like the front of Humbaba: the kingship of the land will rule. |
| obverse 1' | If the coils of the colon are flattened, Enlil will make the land tremble (and) the enemy will make the throne last long. |
| reverse 1' | If the coils of the colon like....... |
| obverse 4' | If the coils of the colon are not covered in the 'finger' like the 'finger.' |
| obverse 10' | If the coils of the colon are like a 'weapon'-mark and are split on the right: the king and his troops will have a king's army. |
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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