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K 04122 (P395412)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395412 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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 col 2 17 | If he is a thief, he will enter the middle of the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 2 12 | My mouth is surrounded by a fire. |
| obverse col 1 22 | My army will defeat the enemy. |
| obverse col 1 6 | If the'station' is thick: the'strength' of the right lung will be split. |
| obverse col 1 10 | ..... |
| obverse col 1 18 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| obverse col 1 11 | ... will conquer... |
| obverse col 1 3 | If there is a mole on the right side of the lung: red swollen plants. |
| obverse col 2 13 | If the top of the 'finger' of the lung is split and Adad roars. |
| obverse col 1 5 | If the right side of the lung is split: the enemy will take my life. |
| obverse col 2 8 | (If) an eclipse of ama takes place |
| obverse col 1 1 | (If) he is swollen: neck of the right lung will become black. |
| obverse col 1 24 | If a king's name (is) an incantation(?) |
| obverse col 1 4 | (If) he is frightened: my army. |
| obverse col 1 23 | a king will revolt against the king. |
| obverse col 2 14 | [If] the'station' is curled: the 'finger' is thick and.... |
| obverse col 1 16 | The foundation of a eternal god is upon a man. |
| obverse col 1 20 | The'strength' is 'loose.'... over the 'finger.' |
| obverse col 1 17 | If a god is angry with a man: |
| obverse col 2 1 | If the lung is like a ru-tree: the lord of the sacrifice will become poor. |
| obverse col 2 16 | ... a weapon, a weapon |
| obverse col 1 13 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'bound.' |
| obverse col 1 7 | ... evil. |
| obverse col 2 20 | ... |
| obverse col 2 10 | If it is favourable |
| obverse col 1 2 | The enemy will kill my opponent. |
| obverse col 2 18 | ... in the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark. |
| obverse col 2 11 | If the'station' is located on the top of the 'finger' of the lung and its heart.... |
| obverse col 2 6 | he is a priest; he is a priest; he is present in the tongue. |
| obverse col 2 5 | ... a thorny tree, |
| obverse col 2 21 | If... the top of the 'finger' is split....... |
| obverse col 2 7 | The'strength' is present. |
| obverse col 1 21 | If the 'finger' of the lung is split in its 'finger.' |
| obverse col 2 4 | he receives the levy; alternatively, he will see my god. |
| obverse col 2 3 | The right of the lung and the left of the lung is as if it were an omen. |
| obverse col 2 2 | (If) he goes to the path of his troops: he will return. |
| obverse col 1 19 | Your words will be uttered to the land. |
| obverse col 1 25 | ... the 'finger' of the lung and the 'cap' of the lung... |
| obverse col 1 15 | The'station' is its name. The 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse col 2 19 | enters a man's house and a lion. |
| obverse col 1 12 | ... reed |
| obverse col 1 14 | (If) a prince reaches his destination: |
| obverse col 2 9 | he will die. If he is ill, he will be ill. |
| obverse col 2 15 | ... of the land, her sins are favourable, her ill-wishers eat |
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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