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K 08289 (P397569)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08289 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397569 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 9' | land of Assurbanipal, king of the world |
| obverse 11 | The upper part is elevated on the right and the top of the 'finger'. |
| obverse 7 | You tie. The left of the gall bladder is as if it were a 'weapon'-mark and the left side of the gall bladder is attached to the 'finger.' |
| obverse 8 | your case is like a weapon. |
| reverse 6' | Hand of Hand-lifting |
| reverse 7' | He shall have no legal claim; he shall not succeed. |
| obverse 9 | If a Weapon-mark emerges from the left side of the Moon: the palace's hand will come out and the top of the 'finger' becomes visible. |
| obverse 6 | If a good weapon on the right, as many as there are, a 'foot'-mark is located in its position. |
| reverse 10' | king of Assyria |
| obverse 14 | In a good place... I built a wall. |
| obverse 12 | (If) a Weapon on the right and the 'path' on the right and the 'path' on the right |
| obverse 13 | They say as follows: |
| obverse 5 | (If) he sees a favorable...: he will not prosper. |
| obverse 10 | ... and the feet which are located in its midst and go up to the horizon. |
| reverse 8' | Property of Nabû and arru |
| obverse 3 | is not good; the lower part is elevated. The right eye is not good. The left eye is swollen. |
| obverse 2 | If a Weapon-mark is 15 as many as there are. |
| obverse 4 | The left side of the 'weapon'-mark is split. |
| reverse 5' | a woman who is killed |
| obverse 1 | If there is a mole on the left side of the weapons, weapons and omens, it is in front of you. |
| reverse 4' | one awe-inspiring brilliance filled with radiance |
| reverse 2' | The vizier, his lord,... the vizier |
| reverse 1' | ... between(?) a man and a weapon is located, and it is low: he will see (it). |
| reverse 3' | If there is a mole on the... of Enlil. |
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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