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K 12153 (P399657)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 12153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399657 |
| 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 12' | ... the king will reach the highest rank; in an unfavorable case, the son of the king will reach the highest rank and seize the throne. |
| obverse 3' | ... in a favorable place. |
| obverse 11' | ... you libate beer. You recite the incantation in unfavorable omens. |
| obverse 10' | ... above... |
| obverse 9' | ............. |
| obverse 17' | ... unfavorable... in unfavorable... |
| obverse 8' | ... is unfavorable; there will be peace in unfavorable places. |
| obverse 6' | ................ |
| obverse 13' | ... is unfavorable; in unfavorable places it is favourable. |
| obverse 4' | ... in an unfavorable place. |
| obverse 5' | ... in an unfavorable place. |
| obverse 2' | ... in an unfavorable place, it is favourable. |
| obverse 16' | ... unfavorable |
| obverse 7' | ... is unfavorable; in unfavorable places it is favorable. |
| obverse 14' | ... is unfavorable; in unfavorable places is unfavorable. |
| obverse 15' | ...... is unfavorable; in an unfavorable place it is favorable. |
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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