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DA 220-221 (P395366)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 7. Ubānu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | DA 220-221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395366 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 7. Ubānu |
| 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 5' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 1' | If in the right side of the 'finger' there is a 'finger'-mark from its base, the owner of the 'finger' is 'bound.' |
| reverse 3' | Enlil entered the palace, the chariot, the throne, and the booty of the king. |
| obverse 16' | If the base of the middle surface of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| obverse 6' | If a 'hand'-mark is located in the palace and it is located on the right of the 'hand': the wife of a man will come out from the house. |
| obverse 13' | If in the top of the palace the Finger (has) a 'finger'-mark: attack of a haruspex. |
| obverse 19' | Nin-ili shall not return to its place. |
| reverse 2' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the lung, it is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark and it is split on the right. |
| obverse 20' | If in the palace a second 'hand'-mark, two beams are smashed, and there is a 'foot'-mark between them. |
| obverse 12' | There is a 'foot'-mark in the palace. The 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 15' | There is a hole in the middle of the palace. The 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 10' | If a 'hand'-mark is located in the palace and the top of the 'finger' is split and enters the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 15' | If the 'path' is long from the base of the 'finger' to the wide left of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 8' | If in the palace two horns are pointed like a snake: a woman will die. |
| reverse 9' | The feet of a man are smashed into the ground, or they are smashed into the ground for the king of the ground. |
| reverse 7' | (If) a cloudburst takes place in my army If there is a mole on the site of an m. of a man's house, if there is a mole on the left side of my army. |
| reverse 17' | If the horns of the colon are two: evil for the prince. |
| obverse 7' | If a 'finger'-mark is located in the palace: attack of the left side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 3' | If from the beginning of the palace the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the lung to the base of the 'finger' of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 18' | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 13' | If the right of the 'finger' reaches the 'finger': the wife of a man will send it to her. |
| obverse 24' | Itar he shall remove and in front of her wife he shall give. Whoever my order shall listen to my wife |
| reverse 19' | son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 1' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger': the'strength' will be long. |
| reverse 16' | (If) he is seized by troops of the enemy. |
| reverse 14' | Will he kill me and kill me? |
| obverse 14' | If in the course of the palace a 'finger'-mark is located on the site of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 8' | If in the palace a 'finger'-mark is located on the 'finger': the head of the 'finger' will reach the highest rank. The'strength' is absent. |
| obverse 22' | If a man's wife is seized by two fingers in the palace and she is seized between them. |
| obverse 5' | If in the palace a 'finger'-mark is located: the wife of a man will be killed. |
| obverse 18' | If in the palace two 'finger'-marks are drawn, and there is a hole between them: he will die. |
| obverse 21' | The man will send a message to her, he will kill a wife, and he will kill me. |
| obverse 4' | If from the base of the palace the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the lung to the top of the 'finger' of the 'finger': the goddess Itar. |
| reverse 12' | If in the palace two doors are located on the left side of the gall bladder and are located between them. |
| reverse 10' | If two fingers are located in the palace: the servant of the house or the vizier of the house. |
| obverse 9' | If in the palace a 'finger'-mark is located on the 'finger': the head of the 'finger' will not be smashed. The'strength' is absent. |
| obverse 11' | There is a 'foot'-mark in the palace. |
| obverse 23' | If in the palace the fingers of the other side of the 'finger' are two, and there is a 'weapon'-mark between them: a man's wife will die. |
| reverse 11' | (If) a man's house dies and a man's house will be destroyed. |
| obverse 17' | In the palace the 'finger' of the 'finger' there is a 'finger'-mark from the right side of the 'finger' to the left side of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 2' | If in the left side of the 'finger' there is a 'finger'-mark of the 'finger', it will not reach its top. |
| reverse 6' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger': the'strength' will be 2 in number, and 1 in number. The left side of the 'finger' is split. |
| reverse 4' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the 'finger': an extispicy of my 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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