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K 04109 (P395404)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395404 |
| 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 2' | ... left |
| reverse 9 | (If) it is surrounded by a niru halo and it is located on the right |
| reverse 5 | The middle of the niru 'finger' approaches the left side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 1 | The top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| obverse 6' | ... and its ritual: 15 |
| reverse 12 | ... 15 |
| obverse 7' | ... right of the horn. |
| reverse 8 | 15 (times) low |
| reverse 3 | (If) the head of the niru-tree is swollen and he is stricken on the right |
| reverse 10 | 150 niru |
| reverse 7 | in the left side of the niru |
| reverse 4 | the front of the niru-gate |
| obverse 5' | [Fingernail...] to the side of the steppe. |
| reverse 2 | ... 15 |
| reverse 6 | The middle of the niru 'finger' is split and faces the left. |
| reverse 11 | ... it is called. It is right. |
| obverse 1' | ... 15 |
| obverse 8' | The horns of the niru and the horn of the right hand are recessed. |
| obverse 9' | The top of the right niru and the 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 4' | in the middle... to the side of the middle surface of the halo. |
| obverse 3' | beginning... to the side of the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
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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