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K 11861 + K 15197 (P399491)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 11861 + K 15197 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399491 |
| 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 col 4 6 | If a 'path' is two, and between them a 'path' is located. |
| reverse col 4 11 | If the 'path' is thick: attack. |
| reverse col 4 13 | they shall take, and the deeds |
| reverse col 3 7 | If the 'paths' are ditto and there is a 'foot'-mark in the 'path': the land's gods will die. |
| reverse col 3 1 | If ditto a 'path' is located on the top of the 'finger.' |
| reverse col 3 4 | A prince will go to his land for a gift. |
| reverse col 4 12 | If an anomaly is located on the right of the gall bladder: there will be peace. |
| reverse col 3 11 | lightning flashed...... |
| reverse col 3 8 | If the 'paths' are ditto and are located on the surface of the 'finger.' |
| reverse col 4 3 | ............ |
| reverse col 3 6 | The enemy, during my extispicy, Mercury |
| reverse col 3 3 | If the middle of the 'finger' a 'path' ditto and the 'path' on the right is located in the middle of the 'finger.' |
| reverse col 4 5 | ... are placed |
| reverse col 4 1 | ... and |
| reverse col 4 10 | If the Path to the right and left of the gall bladder |
| reverse col 3 5 | If the coils of the colon are 40 in the middle of the 'path' of the right 'path' and are located. |
| reverse col 4 8 | If the 'path' on the right is split. |
| reverse col 4 14 | (and) the lower part (of the temple is) very high: the enemy will attack with weapons; the enemy in my deeds |
| reverse col 4 2 | ... are present |
| reverse col 4 9 | If the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is split. |
| reverse col 4 7 | If 3 reeds....... |
| reverse col 3 12 | ... |
| reverse col 3 10 | If ditto... and in the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark.... |
| reverse col 3 9 | ... my troops... |
| reverse col 3 2 | The gods stand in the street of the land. |
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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