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BM 099039 (P422088)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 099039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422088 |
| Museum no. | BM 099039 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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 14' | ... the land of An(?) |
| reverse 8' | If the upper part is elevated: the son will die after his father's father's father's house. |
| reverse 11' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the lung: the enemy will be killed. |
| reverse 7' | If a...-mark is located on the left side of the gall bladder: the son will make his father's house strong. |
| obverse 11' | ... in the land, the enemy will come out. |
| obverse 15' | ...... in the land, the enemy will come out. |
| obverse 13' | ... the enemy will kill. |
| reverse 6' | If the upper part is elevated: the palace will be seized. |
| reverse 10' | If the upper part is elevated: the enemy will come out in the land. |
| reverse 17' | If the upper part is elevated: the wall of the enemy will become strong. |
| reverse 18' | If a lung on its right and left is covered in red wool: Itar, who... a report in the land. |
| obverse 5' | ... the king |
| reverse 12' | If the upper part on the left side of the 'finger' is elevated: the enemy will devastate. |
| obverse 9' | ... enemy(?) |
| obverse 4' | .... of Antu |
| obverse 17' | ... ditto |
| obverse 19' | ... ditto |
| reverse 3' | If the left side of the lung is split: attack of a enemy. |
| obverse 2' | ... ditto |
| obverse 8' | ... supplication(?) to my land. |
| reverse 19' | ... my field(?) |
| obverse 6' | ... you seize the city |
| obverse 12' | ... nanny goat(s) |
| reverse 13' | ... you set up... |
| obverse 18' | ...... |
| obverse 7' | ... the city, my right side, will pass by. |
| reverse 9' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger' of the lung, a enemy will take away the road. |
| obverse 10' | ... enemy(?) |
| obverse 3' | ... mountain(?) ditto |
| reverse 1' | If the top of the lung is split on the left: a hostile enemy will not seize it. |
| reverse 2' | If the vertebrae of the lung stand below the surface of the mountain: my hand will devour my army. |
| reverse 14' | ... he will not reach the highest rank. |
| reverse 15' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': he will die. |
| reverse 16' | If the 'cavity' of the palace is located on the left side of the 'finger.' The enemy's wall will be destroyed. |
| reverse 4' | If the'station' of the lung stands on the left: the lower part is elevated; there will be an attack of the enemy. |
| reverse 5' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, you will kill all of the kings. |
| obverse 16' | ... his troops... |
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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