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K 14505 (P400882)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 4. Padānu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 14505 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400882 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 4. Padānu; 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse? 9' | If the 'finger' has a 'foot'-mark, it has 1 50 fingers on the lower side: the army will be frightened. |
| reverse? 7' | If the'station'... |
| reverse? 6' | If the 'path' towards. |
| obverse? 6' | If the 'path' approaches the left of the 'path': the enemy will become angry. |
| reverse? 2' | If ditto and.... |
| obverse? 7' | If a man goes out in a fog: he will recover. The 'finger' towards the left. |
| obverse? 2' | If the middle of the 'path' has a 'foot'-mark for the lower part:. |
| obverse? 1' | If the middle of the 'path' has a 'foot'-mark for the upper part: the enemy's land will have floods; the gods will reach the top of the enemy's army. |
| obverse? 11' | (If) there is a hole in the middle surface of the 'finger' (and) a 'foot'-mark to the upper surface of the 'finger': that'she will experience'. |
| reverse? 5' | ... which like... |
| obverse? 8' | If the'station' has a 'foot'-mark of 50 fingers towards the top of the 'finger' and that 'finger' reaches the right: the prince's reign.... |
| obverse? 4' | ...... |
| obverse? 3' | If the base of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose': the army.... |
| reverse? 3' | If a king... |
| reverse? 1' | Ditto and.... |
| reverse? 9' | ... |
| reverse? 8' | If a man... |
| obverse? 10' | If the 6th part of the 'finger' has a 'foot'-mark for the upper part: the gods will reach the top of the enemy's army. |
| obverse? 5' | .... |
| reverse? 4' | If the 'paths'. |
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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