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K 06662 (P396715)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06662 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396715 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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 5' | ... ditto: the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is located and the top of the 'finger' is seen. |
| obverse 2' | ...... ditto: at that time, it will fall in the south to the east. |
| obverse 11' | ... the upper part is elevated; it is seen with a white glaze. The people of the land....... |
| obverse 4' | ... is wide. The right hand of the Weapon is located and the top of the Finger is seen. The city will give back to the enemy. |
| reverse 11 | ... adak |
| obverse 6' | ... is located in the middle of the mountain and weapon and the top of the finger is seen: the city will give to the enemy. |
| obverse 3' | ... and the steppe whose hands are 3 (times) in front of them are 1 |
| reverse 3 | ... between them a weapon is placed and... |
| obverse 8' | ... is wide. The left of the 'finger' is located on the left of the 'finger.' The head and front of the enemy will be strong upon the prince. |
| reverse 10 | ...... and its eyes will be yellow-green. |
| reverse 6 | ... his utensils make his eyes bright, he will reach the highest rank. |
| obverse 9' | (If) the 'finger' of the lung is located in the middle of the 'weapon'-mark and the 'finger' is seen in the middle of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 8 | ... a weapon is struck and the heart is surrounded by a foot: the enemy will seize the city wall and the ruin mound. |
| obverse 10' | (If) he... a tukullu-tree and he sees a gall bladder: the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger'. |
| obverse 7' | The left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose.' The 'finger' is thick and faces the 'finger.' |
| reverse 4 | ...... and the left of the gall bladder... |
| reverse 5 | ... enemy of the city, wall and wall seized. Witness:... |
| obverse 1' | ... ditto in its days... |
| reverse 7 | ... like a sacrificial man, and the feet of the sacrificial man will... below. |
| reverse 9 | .... of my guards will be smitten. |
| reverse 2 | ... enemy... city... |
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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