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K 10855 + Rm 2, 175 (P398933)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 10855 + Rm 2, 175 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398933 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| col 1' 5 | (If) a fog rolls on (his) army: |
| col 2' 10 | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. |
| col 1' 20 | If a'station' is located on the left of the'station': attack of the enemy. |
| col 1' 28 | ... will die. |
| col 2' 7 | The coils of the colon are 15 in number. The left of the gall bladder is 10 in number. |
| col 2' 16 | The breast-bone... is thick... |
| col 1' 15 | ... all the rites(?) he made come to an end(?) |
| col 1' 3 | (If) they are dark: he will return to the prince. |
| col 1' 14 | ... does not acquire..., does not acquire a sacrifice. |
| col 1' 10 | If the base of the right surface of the'station' is 'bound' and there is a hole: a man will die. |
| col 2' 1 | The'strength' is normal. The days of the prince....... |
| col 2' 3 | The lower part is elevated. The king will reach the highest rank. |
| col 1' 9 | If the middle of the right lung is surrounded by a 'weapon'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark: in the 'weapon'-mark of the queen will die. |
| col 2' 9 | If the coils of the colon are 12 in number: my army will rage in battle. |
| col 2' 12 | The coils of the colon are 12 in number. |
| col 1' 24 | ... days, the prince's end |
| col 2' 11 | (If) he enters......: he will not take anything, he will return. |
| col 1' 19 | If there is a mole on the right side of the'station': fall of my army. |
| col 1' 27 | ... the weapon(?) of the lamassu-demon |
| col 1' 22 | If there is a mole on the top of a man: attack of god against the prince. |
| col 1' 17 | .................. |
| col 1' 6 | If a man is surrounded by a'station' and a second'station' is located on the base of the'station.' |
| col 1' 26 | ... of the army, who makes the head rejoice, |
| col 2' 8 | (If) my troops go on a campaign, he will return and return. |
| col 1' 21 | ... new break |
| col 1' 11 | If the top of the'station' is split: your army will not reach its field. |
| col 1' 7 | (This is) the ritual assemblage of the du and lamassu. |
| col 2' 4 | The'strength' is present in the middle of the 'finger.' The king in the city.... |
| col 2' 5 | If the 'increment' disappears from its 'finger': she will die. |
| col 2' 15 | If the breast-bone is 2(?) heads: the prince will not have a rival. |
| col 1' 13 | ... ama's heart will not reach him |
| col 1' 25 | ... the black-headed people of my land. |
| col 1' 16 | .... the prince, who does not obey a god, |
| col 1' 2 | If a man is seized by a snake and the head of a man is swollen. |
| col 1' 8 | If the top of the right surface of the'station' is split and there is a mole on the left side of the'station': a man will die. |
| col 2' 17 | If...... |
| col 1' 23 | ... the days of the prince will be long. |
| col 2' 2 | The'strength' is thick. The 'prince' stands above the 'weapon'-mark of its enemy. |
| col 1' 18 | .... reed... |
| col 2' 13 | The coils of the colon are 15 (?) (and) their top is 10 in a 'weapon'-mark of the enemy. |
| col 2' 14 | The coils of the colon are 15? oxen, their band is 10?. |
| col 2' 6 | The 'finger' is thick. The'strength' is thick. The'strength' is present. |
| col 1' 12 | The prince did not... the god. |
| col 1' 4 | If a man is seized by a snake and the middle of the'station' is thick. |
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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