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Boissier Choix 1, 904-096 (P395340)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Boissier Choix 1, 904-096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395340 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru |
| 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 11' | If the breast-bone is thick in its middle: the prince's army will die.... |
| reverse 9 | If the breast-bone is thick: there will be famine. |
| reverse 21 | If the breast-bone is thick... |
| reverse 2 | The breast-bone is thick. Its ritual: the prince will be frightened. |
| obverse 7' | If the breast-bone is on the right.... |
| reverse 8 | The breast-bone on the right and on the left is split. |
| obverse 1' | The breast-bone... |
| reverse 17 | If the breast-bone is split on the right and....... |
| obverse 10' | If the breast-bone... |
| reverse 18 | If the breast-bone at the left side of the gall bladder is split and it is located on the right:.... |
| reverse 4 | The breast-bone is on the right. |
| reverse 12 | If the breast-bone is thick:.... |
| reverse 16 | If the breast-bone is thick like a halo: the land of the prince will enter into a wall. |
| reverse 20 | If the breast-bone is curled on the right and.... |
| reverse 5 | If the breast-bone is located on the left of the gall bladder: the enemy's attack will take place. |
| obverse 2' | The breast-bone... |
| obverse 3' | The breast-bone... |
| obverse 4' | The breast-bone... |
| obverse 9' | The breast-bone... |
| obverse 6' | If the breast-bone is thick |
| reverse 7 | The breast-bone is split on the left. |
| reverse 3 | The breast-bone is thick. |
| reverse 11 | If the breast-bone is on the right: the enemy's land will devour the prince's land. |
| reverse 6 | (If) the breast-bone is located on the right: good fortune. |
| reverse 14 | If the breast-bone on the left is swollen and it constantly swells: the enemy.... |
| reverse 15 | If the breast-bone is thick to the horn of the lung: he will die. |
| reverse 1 | If the breast-bone is thick in its middle: the prince will die. |
| reverse 13 | If the breast-bone is curled on the right and it constantly swells: the enemy will... |
| reverse 10 | (If) the breast-bone is thick and he is stricken: he will die. |
| obverse 5' | If the breast-bone....... |
| obverse 8' | If the breast-bone is on the right... |
| reverse 19 | If the breast-bone is curled on the right and.... |
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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