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K 14739 (P400962)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 14739 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400962 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru |
| 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 9' | son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 10' | According to the wording of this tablet, |
| obverse 8' | If the right side of the gall bladder is split...: my army will be abandoned. |
| obverse 9' | If the left side of the gall bladder is split: the enemy's troops will be scattered. |
| reverse 4' | If... in the middle... the wife of a man.... |
| obverse 10' | If the right and left side of the gall bladder is split: an eclipse. |
| reverse 11' | Copy of Assyria, land of Sumer and Akkad. |
| obverse 12' | If the left side of the 'finger' is split: the enemy will be killed. |
| obverse 1' | If an anomaly is provided with black eyes and an anomaly: my army will be killed. |
| obverse 13' | If the front eyes are swollen: the enemy will kill my enemies. |
| reverse 2' | If the'station'... is dark: the army will become frightened. |
| reverse 6' | It is the first tablet. |
| obverse 3' | If the right side of them is black, your troops(?) will fall in battle. |
| reverse 12' | That tablet is at the disposal of the army. |
| reverse 3' | If......: the king's daughter will go to robbery. |
| obverse 11' | If the right side of the lung is split: the enemy will kill. |
| obverse 4' | If the right side of the gall bladder is split: he who dwells in the city of your guard. |
| obverse 7' | If the left side of the 'finger' is swollen: attack of enemy troops. |
| reverse 1' | If.................. |
| obverse 5' | If an anomaly is located on the left of the gall bladder: the residing of the city will become hostile. |
| reverse 5' | If the right 'path' becomes visible: my army will take a favorable hand. |
| reverse 7' | Assurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 8' | son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 6' | If the right side of the 'finger' is covered in a yellow 'finger': attack of the army. |
| obverse 2' | If an anomaly is provided with black and white patches: the enemy will be killed. |
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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