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K 04168 (P395432)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 04168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395432 |
| 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 30 | The'strength' is black. |
| obverse 10 | ... a prince emerges(?) |
| reverse 15' | The 'base of the left' of the gall bladder is 'loose.' |
| reverse 14' | If the right side of the 'finger' of the lung is swollen: my name will become good. |
| reverse 7' | [If] it is swollen: rain will rage. |
| obverse 1 | If the coils of the colony... |
| reverse 2' | If an anomaly is located on the right side of the gall bladder |
| reverse 22' | If there is a mole on the right, he will not be sated, he will die. |
| reverse 17' | The'strength' on the left of the gall bladder is present. Ditto. |
| obverse 24 | If a kukudurru-mark is crossed over: the enemy will attack my enemy. |
| obverse 27 | If a kukudurru-mark is 2: the wife will acquire a slave. |
| obverse 7 | If... an anomaly... |
| reverse 32' | That tablet he wrote, collated, and |
| obverse 8 | If......... the army.... |
| obverse 31 | If a kukudurru-mark is located on the top of the 'finger': attack of the enemy. |
| reverse 24' | If the right and left of the 'finger' of the enemy's king....... |
| reverse 16' | If the back of the right hand is on the right and on the back of my army |
| reverse 1' | If a... is located on the site of a kiln:....... |
| obverse 19 | If the top of the kukudurru is 3 fingers: he will not approach. |
| reverse 30' | The evil of the adlu-priestess of heaven and earth, the wisdom of ama and Adad |
| obverse 33 | If the top of the 'finger' is swollen: 3 fingers will not approach. |
| reverse 5' | If ditto (the Well-being is located) next to the 'finger' of the lung and does not... |
| obverse 26 | In the ram's quay, there will be no rejoicing. |
| obverse 2 | If there is a mole on the left side of the qarrdî-demon of the army(?) |
| obverse 3 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger',... |
| reverse 10' | If he is ill for 15 years: death of the prince. |
| reverse 4' | If ditto her eye is black and not red: |
| obverse 18 | If the top of the 'finger' is 2 fingers: he will not approach. |
| obverse 20 | If the top of the 'finger' is split |
| reverse 23' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': the army will fall. |
| obverse 35 | If............. |
| obverse 13 | ...... |
| obverse 6 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'weapon'-mark... |
| obverse 32 | The top of the 'finger' is 'bound.' The 'finger' is not split. |
| obverse 34 | If the top of the kukudurru is split: she will die. |
| obverse 9 | ... which is not his mountain, the throne |
| reverse 26' | If the 'finger'............. |
| obverse 12 | ... the enemy to my limbs |
| reverse 6' | If her 'finger' is... in...: nobody will die. |
| obverse 22 | If a kukudurru-mark is located on the side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 13' | 3 years of the wording of a tablet. |
| reverse 11' | If it is swollen: the left side of the 'finger' of the prince of the land will change. |
| obverse 17 | If the top of the 'finger' is not pointed: the enemy's attack will take place in front of my star. |
| reverse 20' | If the back of the right hand is split and is split: the army will be killed. |
| obverse 25 | You recite the incantation on the kukudurru-disease. |
| reverse 27' | If the'station'... the 'weapon'-mark... |
| reverse 9' | The'strength' is present. The 'increment' is present. |
| obverse 4 | If an anomaly is located on the top of the 'finger'.... |
| obverse 21 | The kukudurru-demon is three, the lululu-demon is a lululu-demon: he will be satisfied. |
| reverse 19' | If the left side of the 'finger' of the lung...: the enemy will kill his army in battle. |
| reverse 8' | If a paum-mark is seen in front of the brickwork: the enemy will seize the city. |
| reverse 28' | Tablet of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 11 | ... scepter(?)... |
| obverse 16 | If the top of the kukudru...... a prince will come out |
| reverse 21' | If the left side of the 'finger' is split: the army will prevail. |
| reverse 25' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger'... and the left side of the 'finger' |
| reverse 33' | in his palace he established. |
| obverse 29 | The'strength' is present. The'strength' is present. |
| obverse 5 | If an anomaly - a new break is located on the side of Iqittu.... |
| obverse 15 | If he is a kukudru...: he will be a slave of the city; he will fall into a weapons. |
| reverse 12' | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are split: he will die. |
| reverse 31' | they rejoiced, and they smote him. |
| reverse 18' | The left of the gall bladder is swollen:.... |
| reverse 29' | Beloved of the great gods of ama and Adad, he made him give wide understanding and |
| obverse 36 | If...... a army will go |
| obverse 23 | If a kukudurru is located: hunger. |
| obverse 28 | If a kukudurru-mark is located on the left side of the lamatu-mark: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 14 | If...... wife and wife: she will acquire a claim. |
| reverse 3' | If ditto: fate of the god on the left side. |
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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