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K 07853 + K 09472 (P397330)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 8. Kakku, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07853 + K 09472 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397330 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 8. Kakku |
| 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 7 | ...... |
| reverse 30' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, |
| reverse 9' | ... the enemy |
| reverse 25' | son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 29' | For my appearance in my royal majesty he established in my palace. |
| obverse 6 | ... killed me |
| reverse 10' | ... and before the harvest... |
| obverse 4 | ... will fall. |
| reverse 8' | ... my battle(?) |
| obverse 2 | ... will kill me |
| reverse 27' | According to the wording of the tablet(s) of the scribal art(?) of Assyria, Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 10 | ... seized |
| reverse 18' | ... a weapon, a scepter,... over the property... |
| reverse 11' | ... the king(?)... the weapon(?) |
| obverse 5 | ... will kill him |
| reverse 22' | ... his son(?) and the weapon of Irra, my shepherd(?) |
| reverse 7' | ... you set up a weapon and the niru-disease... |
| reverse 16' | ... is located on the river bank: a Weapon is located and the lower part is located. a Weapon is located in the palace. |
| reverse 20' | ... the king's son |
| reverse 13' | ... before the weapon of the lamassu |
| obverse 11 | ......... |
| reverse 28' | That tablet I received from a friend; I turned around, looked at it, and saw it. |
| reverse 3' | ... a.. destroyed man |
| reverse 23' | ... a weapon |
| reverse 14' | ... first appearance; the harvest of the land... |
| reverse 24' | Assurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| reverse 5' | ..., son of the haruspex... |
| obverse 8 | ...... |
| reverse 21' | ... the son(?) of the king who was living in the city... to the city... |
| obverse 3 | After he has slain |
| reverse 15' | ... before the harvest of the land...... |
| reverse 4' | ... the king's son who is in the city... |
| reverse 17' | ... a weapon, a weapon, a weapon, a weapon, a enemy enemy, a weapon, and water |
| reverse 12' | ... a weapon is located and the lower side on the lower side... |
| reverse 19' | ... to the flood,...... |
| reverse 26' | son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 31' | May Nabû, scribe of all the lands, make his name disappear |
| obverse 9 | ... enemy |
| obverse 1 | ...... |
| reverse 6' | ... the lands... |
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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