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K 09423 (P398106)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 09423 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398106 |
| 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 4' | If...... they fall.... |
| obverse 3' | If.......... |
| reverse 4' | If a Perforation is located on the top of a man's head: 2 reeds will become poor and good. The owner of the sacrifice in his place... |
| reverse 16' | If there is a mole on the right of the gall bladder, 4 falls: the king's donkeys will go on the road.... |
| reverse 10' | If there is a'station' on the top of the'station' there are 'well-beings' and 'well-beings': the sons of a prince will die. |
| obverse 1' | ... will fall... |
| reverse 1' | ... or the boat... the king in the river |
| reverse 2' | If a Perforation is located on the top of a man's head: 2 reeds will fall and fall. |
| obverse 10' | If....... |
| obverse 9' | If... a man |
| reverse 11' | If in the top of the'station' and in the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark in the man's house: death. |
| reverse 7' | If a man is stricken in the right side of the'station' and on the left side of the'station': defeat. |
| reverse 9' | If there is a mole on the top of a man's head, and the weapons are scattered: the king will kill and. |
| obverse 5' | If in...: the household of the king....... |
| reverse 18' | ... not |
| obverse 6' | If in... the great gods(?)... the great gods... |
| reverse 12' | If on the right of the'station' a'station' is located: a'strength' is present. |
| reverse 13' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the top of the 'finger': a man will be killed. |
| reverse 6' | If there are 2 omens on the top of the'station': they will die and their heart will be seized. |
| obverse 7' | If in... the heir’s son... a man’s flesh... for a.. |
| reverse 15' | If a Perforation is located on the base of the'station': there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 2' | ... stand... |
| reverse 17' | ...... on a day...... in a man's house |
| obverse 8' | If in... a man's wife... for a weapon. |
| reverse 5' | If there are two omens on the top of a man's head: he will die. Further, he will die. ditto. If the eye of a man... |
| reverse 14' | If a'station' is located in the middle of the'station.' |
| reverse 3' | If a Perforation is located on the top of a man's head: 2 reeds will become poor and white. The man's appearance... |
| reverse 8' | If a man is stricken on the right of the'station' and on the left of the'station': defeat. |
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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