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Sm 1904 (P426167)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sm 1904 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426167 |
| 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? 20' | ... killed and in the hardships... |
| reverse? 11' | ... Nergal(?) |
| obverse? 20 | ... will be scattered, and he will set his attack. |
| obverse? 13 | If a Perforation is located on the right of the Perforation. The Perforation is located on the right of the Perforation. |
| obverse? 14 | (If) he is stricken...: he will die. The 15th, he will die. |
| reverse? 5' | ...... : If its head... the throne of the house.... |
| obverse? 24 | ... plant |
| obverse? 3 | If there is a mole on the front of the 'finger' of the 'finger.' : If there is a mole on the front of the 'finger': the 'finger.' |
| reverse? 4' | ... your army in... not with her... |
| reverse? 23' | ... his... |
| obverse? 6 | If ditto (and) the base of the 'finger' of the lung is swollen: my people will die. |
| obverse? 15 | You sweep the right side of the 'finger.' The sick man will die and his extispicy will die. |
| obverse? 16 | (If) he is surrounded by a halo on the right: the sick man will die and his wife will die. |
| reverse? 18' | ... is located on the left of the gall bladder. : If the right mouth of the gall bladder is split: the enemy's army will fall. |
| obverse? 18 | (If)... falls on the right(?): he will die; he will die in a man's house. |
| reverse? 10' | ... : If he is very sick, he is very sick. |
| obverse? 12 | He has sinned against a frightened person, and the husband of his fate will die. |
| reverse? 6' | ... my sadidi. |
| obverse? 11 | If the right side of the 'finger' is split: the lord of the ram will eat food. |
| obverse? 1 | ... fate |
| reverse? 27' | ... he will return to its place. |
| obverse? 21 | ... a man’s neck has slain |
| obverse? 17 | (If)... is surrounded by a halo on the right: attack of a man. |
| reverse? 16' | ... of ME-NI (means)... |
| reverse? 14' | (If) he is seized(?) and he is seized(?) by the son of the king |
| reverse? 22' | ...... |
| reverse? 12' | ... he will die. |
| reverse? 21' | ... his dead(?) are killed(?) |
| obverse? 2 | ...,...,...,..., |
| reverse? 3' | ... there will be no... |
| obverse? 5 | The upper part is elevated. The'strength' is present. |
| obverse? 10 | ... his water will be poured, a man will be seized. |
| reverse? 17' | (If) he sees...: the enemy will devour my land. |
| reverse? 13' | ... he will die. The son of the king, his father, will have the usufruct of it. |
| obverse? 9 | ... fear. |
| reverse? 7' | ........ a son who carries my messenger, will take away the enemy's land. |
| obverse? 19 | ... that man will die and his house will be destroyed in the end(?) |
| reverse? 9' | ... : If the enemy will take away the mountain |
| reverse? 15' | ... the lower side before the Weapon, the ox(?) and the other Weapon |
| reverse? 8' | ...... : If the Well-being is surrounded by a fog: my army will seize me. |
| obverse? 22 | ... a man blew |
| obverse? 7 | Alternatively, ditto: these are the...s; they will return. |
| obverse? 25 | ...... |
| obverse? 23 | ... he will release him. |
| obverse? 4 | If the front of the 'finger' is split above the surface (of the 'finger'). |
| reverse? 24' | ... I will kill. |
| reverse? 25' | ... I will kill. |
| obverse? 8 | If... is yellow-green(?), an eclipse |
| reverse? 2' | ... its left... is split in a weapon |
| reverse? 26' | ... and her mother |
| reverse? 19' | ... a hostile enemy in a hostile place will fall. |
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- 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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