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K 17960 (P403240)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 7. Ubānu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 17960 |
|---|---|
| ID | P403240 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6 | If the 'finger' is like a 'weapon'-mark and the right surface of the 'finger' is split: the enemy's army will not acquire an opponent. |
| obverse 4 | If the 'finger' is like a 'weapon'-mark and the top of the 'finger' is split: your army will be entrusted to her in the top of her land. |
| obverse 2 | If the 'finger' is like a lion's head: the prince's 'hearts' will rage. |
| obverse 12 | If the 'finger' of the 'increment' is as if it were a 'horn'-mark,' and its head is swollen: the 'increment' will diminish. |
| obverse 10 | If the 'finger' of the 'increment' is like a horn: the prince will die of his land. |
| obverse 7 | If the 'finger' is like a 'weapon'-mark: the left surface of the 'finger' is split: the prince's army will not acquire a rival. |
| obverse 5 | If the 'finger' is like a 'weapon'-mark and stands on it: your army will fall. |
| obverse 8 | If the 'finger' is like the 'well-being' of an ox: the prince's 'heads' will be present. |
| obverse 11 | If the 'finger' of the 'increment' is like a 'horn'-mark, and its head is swollen: a man's lamassu-demon will attack the king. |
| obverse 1 | If the 'finger' is white like a 'weapon'-mark: the king of the sons of his palace will kill him with their seals. |
| obverse 9 | If the 'finger' is like a 'foot'-mark: the prince will make the whole ram. |
| obverse 3 | If the 'finger' is like a 'weapon'-mark: the prince will not acquire an opponent. |
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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