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K 17881 (P403168)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 17881 |
|---|---|
| ID | P403168 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 10' | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the right and left of the 'path': her heart will be white. |
| obverse 2' | If a 'foot'-mark is located on the right 'path': a god will eat it. |
| reverse 2' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'finger' on the right side of the 'finger' like a 'finger' and there is a 'weapon'-mark inside it: fall of my army. |
| reverse 8' | If a 'weapon'-mark is located in its middle and its 'weapon'-mark is thin: there will be reconciliation and peace in the land. |
| obverse 1' | ... prince of the houses, his servants, will die. |
| obverse 5' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'finger' on the right side of the 'finger.' |
| reverse 5' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the left side of the 'finger' on the left of the 'finger' like a 'finger' and there is a mole inside it: a hostile enemy will come. |
| reverse 6' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'finger' on the right side of the 'finger' like a 'finger' and there is a 'weapon'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark of the prince' or a 'weapon'-mark on the river. |
| reverse 3' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the left side of the 'finger' on the left side of the 'finger' like a 'finger' and there is a 'foot'-mark: the enemy will fall. |
| obverse 4' | If the Well-being reaches the river: there will be famine. |
| reverse 4' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'finger' on the right side of the 'finger' like a 'finger' and there is a 'weapon'-mark inside it: your city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 7' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the left side of the 'finger' on the left side of the 'finger' like a 'finger' and there is a 'weapon'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark and a 'weapon'-mark: the enemy's troops will be scattered. |
| reverse 9' | If a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the gall bladder is like a 'foot'-mark: Nergal will eat Adad, Adad will devastate Enlil. |
| obverse 3' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the right side of the 'path' like a fish: Adad will devastate. |
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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