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BM 128038 (P422806)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 128038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422806 |
| Museum no. | BM 128038 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 6' | To Nabû, the exalted heir, the eru-priest of the gods, the king of the universe |
| reverse 9' | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, |
| reverse 3' | If the top of the 'finger' of the lung is seen: the enemy will devastate my army. |
| reverse 5' | Written and checked according to the wording of words and omens, in Assyria and Akkad. |
| reverse 4' | On the 9th? day: he will die. |
| reverse 11' | ............ |
| reverse 2' | If a gall bladder is swollen and it sees a finger: the king of Akkad will die and the king of Amurru(?) will seize the throne. |
| reverse 10' | king of Sumer and Akkad, son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | Who determines the fates, who recites the incantation 'Ashurru, great lord,' his lord. |
| reverse 8' | Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, who... Nabû |
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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