Unread Atlas
Rm 2, 180 (P424980)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 2. Tirānu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Rm 2, 180 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424980 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 2. Tirānu |
| 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 10 | If the coils of the colon are in balance: the river will be demolished. |
| reverse 5' | The coils of the right and left are 7 in number. The right and left of the gall bladder are 15 in number. |
| obverse 19 | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the land will... its property. |
| reverse 6' | The coils of the left surface of the 'finger' are 7 in number. The right and left are 15 in number. The enemy's army will be killed. |
| obverse 8 | If the coils of the colon are red: business will diminish. |
| reverse 1' | If the coils of the colon are flattened(?), my body... |
| obverse 12 | If the sheep's hair which is in front of the coils in front of the coils: the prince will... in his palace. |
| obverse 13 | (If) he is ill: there will be famine; there will be famine in the street. The people will rage. |
| reverse 10' | Beloved of the great gods of ama and Adad, gave him a wide understanding, and |
| reverse 3' | The coils of the colon... the king... |
| obverse 6 | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be frost in the man's house. |
| obverse 2 | If the coils of the colon are red and you.... |
| reverse 12' | he has sent back. He has written this tablet, written, and collated it. |
| reverse 13' | he established in his palace. |
| obverse 14 | If the flesh of his mouth is swollen like a neck, he will be stricken with... |
| obverse 16 | If its ribs are swollen: there will be frost. |
| obverse 9 | If the coils of the colon are dark: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 11 | If the coils of the colon are like their eyes: the property of the land will change. |
| obverse 15 | ... there will be famine, and the people will be seized by the harvest and... in their....... |
| obverse 5 | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the prince will eat his food. |
| obverse 3 | If the coils of the colon are red: there will be dihu-illness, there will be famine in a man's house. |
| reverse 4' | If the coils of the colon are in balance:...... for the king's heart.... |
| reverse 8' | It is the second tablet. |
| reverse 11' | The curses of the gods ama and Adad rejoiced, and |
| obverse 1 | If the coils of the colon are swollen(?): the commander(?) will fall(?) |
| obverse 17 | If the coils of the colon are thick: the king will become strong and all the land will raise his head. |
| reverse 2' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': the land... |
| reverse 7' | If the coils of the colon are like the tip of the end of the 'finger': the land will become small; there will be frost in the land. |
| obverse 18 | If the coils of the colon are dark: the prince's god... |
| obverse 20 | If the coils of the colon are swollen: the assembly of the prince's army |
| obverse 21 | If the coils of the colon are swollen,... weapons... the foundations of the army(?) |
| reverse 9' | Tablet of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 4 | If the coils of the colon... |
| obverse 7 | The coils of the colon are recessed. |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.