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DA 222-224 (P425454)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | DA 222-224 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425454 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 9' | The base of the middle surface of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' The enemy will not... the palace. |
| 16' | The wall of the palace gives the hand to the right of the horn. The hand of the army will take an oath. |
| 31' | The left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose.' In its middle it goes out to the palace. The 'finger' rises. |
| 8' | (If) the top of the 'finger' of the Finger towards the middle surface of the 'finger': the prince's palace will conquer his enemy. |
| 20' | The middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose'. |
| 2' | The right side of the 'finger' is split and faces the 'finger.' |
| 21' | The left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose'; it is 'loose' on its head. The road to the land will take a different path. |
| 29' | The left surface of the 'finger' is split in front of it to the palace. The 'hand' of the enemy's palace will come out in the city. |
| 34' | (If) he is stricken with a kiln: he will not return to the palace. |
| 12' | The foundation of the palace is 'loose.' The middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| 30' | The right surface of the 'finger' is 'loose' in its middle. |
| 32' | (If) a cloudburst lies on the right: he will go to the palace; he will take the property of a enemy. |
| 26' | The base of the right surface of the 'finger' is 'loose.' Its base is wide. The right side of the 'finger' is 'loose.' |
| 15' | The base of the middle surface of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose' for the palace. |
| 18' | (If) the right side of the 'finger' of the lung reaches the top of the lung: the enemy will take the road. |
| 1' | ......... |
| 10' | The top of the palace gives the hand to the middle surface of the 'finger.' The enemy's hand will conquer the palace. |
| 14' | The middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' of the lung is 'bound.' The middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose' for the palace. Adad will devastate in the land. |
| 6' | The right side of the 'finger' [has passed] to the palace. |
| 22' | The middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose'; it is 'loose' at its beginning to the widening of the right. The 'finger' is 'loose.' The enemy will take away or the 'finger' of the enemy. |
| 23' | The left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose'; it is 'loose' on its head to the wide left of the 'finger.' The enemy will take an oath. |
| 4' | The wall of the steppe is 15 fingers, it sets to the right of the 'finger' of the city. |
| 11' | The middle of the palace gives the hand to the open country. The middle of the 'finger' of Adad will devastate in the land of the prince. |
| 3' | (If) the left side of the 'finger' is split and faces the 'finger': attack of the enemy. |
| 28' | (If) the right side of the 'finger' has a finger in its head to the palace: attack of the palace. |
| 35' | DUL...... |
| 17' | (If) the left side of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger' of the 'finger.' |
| 13' | The top of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' The middle of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose' for the palace. |
| 19' | The left side of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose'. |
| 7' | The left surface of the 'finger' [has passed] to the palace. The 'finger' is inside the enemy's land. |
| 33' | the left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose'; it is 'loose' at its base to the palace. |
| 27' | The left surface of the 'finger' is 'loose'; it is 'loose' on its base. |
| 25' | The left side of the 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' In the middle of it, it rises to the wide left of the 'finger.' |
| 5' | The left surface of the 'finger' [has passed] to the left of the 'finger.' The enemy in... |
| 24' | The right surface of the 'finger' is 'loose' in its middle. The right side of the 'finger' rises. |
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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