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Boissier Choix 1, 155 (P396909)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Boissier Choix 1, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396909 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 22' | Your greatness is unrivaled.... ur |
| obverse 7 | If a man's head is located and ditto is located on the top of the man's head: Adad will devastate. |
| reverse 11' | (If) he strews his enemy's land: in the field will prosper; he will eat food, he will die. |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | ...... reeds |
| obverse 6 | If a man ditto, the upper part ditto, the lower part is elevated: the angry gods will return to the land. |
| obverse 9 | If a man's head is located and ditto is located on the base of the man's foundation: he will die. |
| obverse 4 | If a man is seized by 3 rams: the lord of the ram will revolt against him. |
| reverse 15' | If a man is surrounded like a 'path.' |
| obverse 1 | If a man gives birth to a man: the god will stand in a sacrificial offering. |
| obverse 13 | ... in unfavorable... the land will see... and the weapon will not be made. |
| reverse 12' | If a man is seized and he goes down to the river: death of a god to a man. |
| obverse 11 | If the top of the'station' is split and is split: the city's head will not reach its field. |
| obverse 3 | If a man is surrounded by two arrows: attack of a fire in the sacrifice of the ruler of the god, the god of the god. |
| reverse 23' | When it is good that in this female kid is good for you |
| obverse 16 | ... his... cannot be changed. |
| obverse 15 | ... her........................ |
| reverse 1' | ... his(?) |
| reverse 8' | If the top of the'station' is split: fall of... |
| obverse 14 | ... peace of the land... will come to me in battle(?) |
| obverse 10 | If a man ditto: the prince's gods will die. |
| reverse 17' | If... Enlil |
| obverse 8 | If a man's head is located and ditto is located in the middle of the man's'station': famine. |
| reverse 14' | If a man is swollen and reaches the'station': there will be a 'foot'-mark of the enemy. |
| reverse 3' | ... you seize. |
| obverse 5 | If a man is ill for 4 days: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 13' | If a man is seized and to the river: he will not conquer. |
| reverse 19' | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse 20' | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse 21' | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse 16' | If a man's'station' has not a tail: gall bladder, 3 fingers, long. |
| reverse 18' | If the 'path' is present. |
| reverse 10' | If the'station' and the 'path' are thick and have no 'foot'-mark: your army will be angry. |
| reverse 6' | ... you take |
| reverse 9' | If the'station' and the 'path' are thick and are swollen: the 'well-being' of your army. |
| obverse 12 | (If) in a man's hand hands the son of a haruspex does not stand in my mouth: |
| obverse 2 | If a man has a'station' and a 'path' has not a 'foot'-mark: word of... |
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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