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CT 20, pl. 18, Sm 1658 (P426032)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 20, pl. 18, Sm 1658 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426032 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 4' | If the anomaly... |
| reverse 6' | If the anomaly... |
| obverse 3 | The 'path' is present and is split on the left. |
| reverse 2' | If the anomaly... |
| reverse 3' | If the anomaly... |
| reverse 1' | If... |
| obverse 9 | If the 'paths' are two, the upper.... |
| obverse 7 | If the 'path' is located to the right of the gall bladder and the head of the 'path' is present.... |
| obverse 6 | If the 'paths' are two, and the'strength' is thick. |
| obverse 4 | Your brickwork, which they have done since time immemorial, is here. May the lord of your fate be at peace and may he listen to you. |
| obverse 10 | (and) with the weapon of the enemy |
| obverse 8 | they will return to the king, his enemy.... |
| obverse 12 | in battle... |
| obverse 1 | The 'path' is present. The 'path' is present. |
| reverse 5' | If the Well-being... |
| reverse 7' | If the Well-being... |
| obverse 5 | If the 'path'''s left 'path' is curled; alternatively, the 'path' of a man will be given to the god Aur, the god. |
| reverse 10' | ...... |
| reverse 11' | ...... |
| reverse 8' | ...... |
| reverse 9' | ...... |
| obverse 13 | If the Path... |
| reverse 12' | Just as in the kalû-festival this is a good day, your words are good. |
| obverse 2 | The 'path' is present and is recessed. The right side of the 'finger' is split in the gate of his house. |
| obverse 11 | If the 'paths' are two, the lower.... |
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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