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K 15258 (P401271)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 7. Ubānu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 15258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P401271 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 7. Ubānu |
| 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 12' | If the horns of the colon are 4 in the path of the king of the land: he will live. |
| reverse 6' | If the horns are 3 and are on them: he will die like a male. |
| reverse 5' | If the horns are three,.... |
| reverse 13' | The horns of the colon are 5 in number. |
| obverse 15' | If the 'finger's... are 2...: the prince's land will revolt against him. |
| obverse 1' | If the horns... 2.... |
| reverse 2' | If the horns... |
| reverse 16' | If the 'finger' is broken: the lord of the sacrificial sheep will become good. The king's city will become good. The throne of the prince will be destroyed. |
| obverse 8' | If the 'finger's two 'finger' are large: he will take.... |
| reverse 14' | If the horns of the colon are 6 in number: an eclipse will take place. |
| reverse 10' | If the 'finger' are three, and the 'heads' are long and are curved: the prince... with a weapon. |
| reverse 3' | If the horns... 3 and.... |
| reverse 11' | If the 'finger's horns are 3 and are long: the 'heads' will become long. |
| reverse 4' | If the horns are 3 and...... the house.... |
| obverse 14' | If the horns are 2...: the prince will have no opponent. |
| reverse 15' | If the horns of the colon are 7: the king will die. |
| reverse 1' | If the horns... |
| obverse 12' | ... is located on the throne. The prince will conquer the palace, which is like his palace. |
| obverse 10' | If two horns are attached:.... |
| obverse 5' | If two horns.......... |
| obverse 11' | (If) a prince... his enemy and his enemy's wall rises, he will make his intestines firm. |
| reverse 17' | to the city...... |
| reverse 7' | (If) he is ill for all of the kings: he will die and he will not... his hand.... will enter his palace. |
| obverse 13' | The king who goes up to the throne of his father |
| reverse 9' | (If) he... his enemy in his city: the land(?) will come out from his city and... enemy.... |
| obverse 4' | The 'finger' two fingers... |
| obverse 7' | If two horns...: he will conquer. |
| obverse 6' | If two horns.......... |
| obverse 16' | If the horns are two...: his land will be destroyed. |
| obverse 2' | If the horns... 2.... |
| obverse 3' | If the horns... 2.... |
| reverse 8' | If the 'finger' are 3 and... on them: there will be a small... reed. |
| obverse 9' | If two horns...: the enemy will take a prince's 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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