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CT 20, pl. 18, Sm 1520 (P425957)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 4. Padānu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 20, pl. 18, Sm 1520 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425957 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 4. Padānu; 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 6' | ... the path of a god. |
| reverse 10' | ... the goods of... |
| obverse 7' | The right and left of the gall bladder is split.... |
| obverse 6' | If the king's foot... 2... to....... |
| reverse 16' | If the 'path' is thick: the'strength' is split on the right and on the left. |
| reverse 11' | If the 'path' towards the left of the gall bladder... |
| reverse 15' | If its left horn is two....... |
| reverse 2' | it thundered slowly to the west. The 15th, he lulled... |
| reverse 3' | If the 'paths' are 2 and minas: in the left side of the gall bladder he will be entrusted to the middle of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 5' | If the 'paths' are 3 and the 'well-being' is present: the cities will dwell in arbutu-disease. |
| obverse 1' | If the upper part... |
| reverse 12' | If the left side of the gall bladder is surrounded by a halo: enemy troops.... |
| reverse 13' | it thundered twice to the left... |
| reverse 9' | If the 'path' towards the middle of the 'finger'.... |
| reverse 4' | ... of a beer... |
| reverse 1' | ... my king |
| obverse 4' | (If) my troops go on her way and.... |
| reverse 8' | You say as follows:... |
| obverse 3' | If the 'finger'....... |
| obverse 8' | ... the feet of the titurretu-demons of...... |
| reverse 7' | The base of the left surface of the 'path' is 'loose.' There is a hole in the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
| obverse 2' | If a fourth.... |
| reverse 5' | In order to...... |
| reverse 14' | If there is a 'foot'-mark on the right and left: fall of the land to the palace.... |
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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