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K 08690 (P397728)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 08690 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397728 |
| 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 11 | The 'finger' of the lung is thick. |
| reverse 12' | he married, and he brought him to his aid. |
| obverse 5 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'bound.' The right side of the lung is split. |
| obverse 24 | ... he shall be appointed. |
| obverse 16 | If the 'finger' is thick: the 'finger' is thick. The left side of the gall bladder is split. |
| reverse 14' | in his palace he established. |
| obverse 13 | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the right, until the 2nd, the enemy will take it away from you. |
| obverse 12 | The right and left sides of the 'finger' are split. |
| obverse 2 | The 'finger' of the lung is thick. |
| obverse 17 | The 'finger' of the lung is thick. The right side of the lung is split. |
| obverse 1 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| reverse 9' | Tablet of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 8' | It is the 9th tablet. |
| reverse 13' | That tablet wrote, collated, and |
| obverse 4 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'bound.' |
| obverse 20 | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the left: an enemy's army will come to my land. |
| obverse 19 | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the right: my army will attack the enemy. |
| obverse 22 | If the 'finger' of the lung.... |
| obverse 10 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' The left side of the lung is split. |
| obverse 9 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' The right side of the lung is split. |
| obverse 3 | The 'finger' of the lung is thick. |
| reverse 4' | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the right side of the gall bladder: a 'weapon'-mark is located in front of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 10' | Beloved of the great gods of ama and Adad, |
| obverse 26 | ... your... or the city... |
| obverse 14 | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the left. |
| reverse 3' | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the right of the left: an omen for the front of the lung; a 'foot'-mark of a black 'foot'-mark. |
| reverse 2' | ... he built. |
| obverse 28 | ......... |
| reverse 7' | If the top of the right lung is located on the lower side of the gall bladder: it will kill me in Mercury: the enemy will kill me. |
| obverse 25 | .... [...]... [...]... [...] |
| reverse 5' | If the 'finger' of the lung is 'bound': a letter will be written. |
| obverse 21 | The 'finger' of the lung is split on the right and on the left. |
| reverse 6' | If the 'finger' of the lung........ the foot of the prince's troops will afflict him. |
| obverse 23 | If the 'finger' of the lung.......: the enemy's army will make his reign last long. |
| reverse 1' | ......... left... |
| obverse 18 | The 'finger' of the lung is thick. The right side of the lung is split. |
| obverse 7 | The 'finger' of the lung is split on the right. |
| obverse 27 | ... your... to the land... |
| obverse 6 | The 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' The upper part is elevated. |
| obverse 15 | If the 'finger' of the lung is split on the right, until the 3rd one is split: the enemy will devastate my army. |
| obverse 8 | The 'finger' of the lung is split. The lower part is elevated. |
| reverse 11' | The curse of the adlu-priest of heaven and underworld, the wisdom of ama and Adad |
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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