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Rm 2, 141 (P424958)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Rm 2, 141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424958 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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 col 1 22' | If your 'weapon'-mark is well: the'strength' is split on the right. |
| reverse col 4? 12' | ... light/lightening(?) |
| obverse col 1 20' | ... will come out. That illness will occur in the evening. |
| obverse col 1 15' | ... is unfavourable. In an unfavorable case, it is favourable. |
| obverse col 1 24' | The'strength' is present. The front of the troops is located on the right. |
| obverse col 1 13' | (If) my troops and my troops stand in her womb: he will die in his middle. |
| obverse col 1 7' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the 'weapon'-mark and your 'weapon'-mark is well. |
| reverse col 4? 1' | ... I want to go(?) |
| reverse col 4? 2' | ... before you... |
| reverse col 4? 5' | ...... will not see... |
| reverse col 4? 9' | ... plant(?) |
| reverse col 4? 16' | ... reeds |
| obverse col 1 8' | (If) he is ill and he is ill for a long time: fall of my troops; he will not prosper. |
| obverse col 1 26' | ... the right 'finger' is split. |
| obverse col 1 6' | The enemy will seize me. |
| reverse col 4? 7' | ... your name... |
| reverse col 4? 6' | ... the lung... |
| obverse col 1 11' | (If) in her heart... is seen...: he is ill, he will die. |
| reverse col 4? 3' | ... sees... |
| obverse col 1 3' | If an anomaly is located on the right and left side of the lung(?). |
| obverse col 1 16' | If the right and left side of the gall bladder are split: in battle, the enemy will bring me to the right and left. |
| reverse col 4? 10' | ... lord |
| reverse col 4? 4' | ... he smote... and |
| obverse col 1 12' | If your skin is swollen: there will be famine in his middle. |
| obverse col 1 21' | You are able to smite the dead, the dead, alternatively,... |
| obverse col 1 10' | (If) he is ill: her property will be destroyed. |
| obverse col 1 23' | (If) he is surrounded by a halo on the right: peace will be established with the dead. |
| obverse col 1 4' | he eats..., |
| obverse col 1 9' | If ditto and your skin is swollen: the base of the middle 'finger' of the lung will become stable and the 'finger' will become stable. |
| obverse col 1 19' | If your lung is well: in the right of the 'finger' there is a 'finger'-mark: the enemy will fall in my body. |
| obverse col 1 25' | The saqu-offering is present. |
| reverse col 4? 8' | ... builder of the city |
| obverse col 1 5' | If an anomaly is provided with a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark is located on the middle of the 'finger.' The'strength' is normal. |
| reverse col 4? 11' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 14' | If a mina is located in your body: a favorable fate. |
| obverse col 1 18' | (If) he is stricken: he will kill my troops and my troops; he will die of hunger. |
| obverse col 1 17' | The'strength' is normal. |
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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