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K 10577 (P398765)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 3. Manzāzu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 10577 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398765 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 3. Manzāzu |
| 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 14' | .... |
| obverse 20' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the top of a man's head, and the 'weapon'-mark of the 'weapon'-mark of the prince. |
| obverse 28' | ... the enemy will devastate your army. |
| obverse 21' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the top of a 'weapon'-mark and the upper part is seen: a 'weapon'-mark of evil. |
| obverse 2' | ...-i |
| obverse 27' | ... the enemy will take the field in front of my army. |
| obverse 11' | ... will fall. |
| obverse 13' | When... entered |
| obverse 6' | ... enters the palace |
| obverse 24' | If a man... to a weapon... and he sees a niru-mark: he will die. |
| obverse 3' | ... with god, to kill the enemy. |
| obverse 18' | If there is a mole on the top of a man's head: he will die and he will die. |
| obverse 4' | ... I will eat |
| obverse 9' | ... the lands... |
| obverse 12' | ... emerges |
| obverse 19' | If.............. |
| obverse 8' | ... he will be killed. |
| obverse 15' | You take... |
| obverse 16' | If the top of the'station' is split in the middle of the'station': the foundation of the'station' will be split. |
| obverse 7' | ... night |
| obverse 1' | ... he will measure out. |
| obverse 17' | If there is a mole on the top of the'station': fall of the watch.... will die. |
| obverse 25' | If.........: the prince will die in his place. |
| obverse 10' | ... ama |
| obverse 23' | If a man... [...] you recite a 'weapon'-mark and the gall bladder is seen in front of the prince. |
| reverse 4' | ...... |
| obverse 5' | ... will die |
| obverse 26' | ... the foundation of the city god to a man. |
| obverse 22' | If the top of the'station' reaches the 'weapon'-mark and a 'foot'-mark is visible: my army will go out from the army. |
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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