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K 03806 (P395243)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03806 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395243 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 10 | If the 'paths' are 2(?) and the 'finger' are thick: there will be frost. |
| reverse 11' | .......... a son of a scribal art... |
| reverse 4' | ... is favourable(?) |
| reverse 6' | ... left...... |
| obverse 6 | ... is located... and the king, when he sits on his throne, will have the usufruct of it. |
| obverse 16 | ... to do... |
| obverse 14 | If the 'paths' are 2 and the upper....... |
| reverse 5' | ... are built and completed... |
| obverse 2 | ... 2(?) and the 'path' on the left will fall. |
| reverse 12' | ... and the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split. The right of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse 7 | is located on the right of the weapon's house and below (the surface) |
| obverse 17 | ... lightning |
| obverse 5 | ... it is favourable to a hostile land. |
| reverse 15' | ... the head of the land and the Weapon is located and the top of the head and the front ditto. |
| obverse 15 | ... the middle 'finger' of the lung is split.... |
| obverse 11 | The lower part is elevated. The lower part is elevated. |
| obverse 18 | ... 2? and the upper... |
| reverse 10' | ... it rose... to the east, it made a journey... |
| reverse 14' | ...... in the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right and the left. |
| obverse 4 | ... is located on the base of the Well-being: the Weapon is located and the lower part is visible. |
| obverse 9 | ......: the city will be well; illness. |
| reverse 3' | ... the middle part is split and the right side is split. |
| reverse 2' | ... built and completed... |
| obverse 1 | ... to.. you take the road to the city and to do it. |
| obverse 3 | ... the left side of the gall bladder |
| obverse 12 | The 15th, a ewe passed to the east; journey to the city and to the east. |
| reverse 9' | ... in front of the left surface of the halo |
| reverse 8' | ... and the middle of the middle surface of the 'weapon'-mark... |
| reverse 13' | ... crossed the road, the city and the way are well. |
| reverse 7' | ... ditto... on the right |
| obverse 13 | And whatever he does is good, he will be well. |
| obverse 8 | ... the left side of the 'finger' of the 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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