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Sm 0148 (P425265)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 0148 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425265 |
| 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 2 7 | There is a 'foot'-mark on the right of the 'increment.' There is a 'weapon'-mark in the land. |
| obverse col 1 8 | ... he sees..., he is afraid of the city, he is afraid. |
| obverse col 1 4 | ... his.. you speak in his name. |
| obverse col 2 11 | ... and a fox...: he will die. |
| reverse col 3 3' | ....... |
| reverse col 3 5' | (for) the goat of Babu |
| obverse col 1 3 | ... and you recite the incantation.... |
| obverse col 2 8 | If a ditto is located on the right of the gall bladder: there will be hostility. |
| obverse col 1 5 | ... [...]... [...]... [...]... [...] |
| reverse col 3 2' | If the 'increment'... |
| obverse col 1 9 | ... my name |
| obverse col 2 2 | ... you recite... like... |
| obverse col 2 6 | If the left side of the 'increment' is split and is split. |
| reverse col 3 4' | (If) the 'increment' disappears:.... |
| obverse col 2 3 | You say: "It is good, it is good! In the evening, it is yours." |
| obverse col 2 9 | There is a 'foot'-mark in the middle....... |
| reverse col 3 7' | the goat is missing... |
| obverse col 1 11 | .... purification... |
| obverse col 1 10 | ....................... and |
| reverse col 3 9' | ...... |
| obverse col 1 7 | ........... |
| obverse col 2 1 | If....... |
| reverse col 3 8' | If ditto....... |
| obverse col 2 10 | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 3 6' | ... together |
| obverse col 2 5 | There is a hole in the middle of the 'increment.' |
| obverse col 2 4 | a shadallu-vessel above |
| obverse col 2 12 | ...... the upper part is elevated. |
| obverse col 1 2 | ... a liar of the prince, his enemy,..., |
| reverse col 3 1' | .... |
| reverse col 3 10' | ...... and the kid(?) |
| obverse col 1 6 | .... will come out for life. |
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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