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1879-07-08, 0090 unpublished unassigned ? (P451830)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 10. Multābiltu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1879-07-08, 0090 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P451830 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 10. Multābiltu |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| 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 23 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder and a niru-demon, he will make an extispicy. |
| obverse 19 | If the'station' is surrounded by a 'path' and a 'well-being': the gall bladder and the 'hand' will not exist. |
| reverse 6' | If there is a mole on the qarrû of the city, it will be a ntu-snake. |
| obverse 16 | If a man's'station' and 'path' are present and are located behind it: an eclipse. |
| obverse 5 | If there is a mole on his thighs: the land of the prince will diminish. |
| obverse 20 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': he will conquer the city. |
| reverse 16' | I took (it) as a loan. I gave (it) as a gift to my great divinity. |
| reverse 19' | May Nabû, scribe of all the lands, make his name sound. |
| obverse 8 | If there is a mole on the... of Adad, the prince's land will be killed; the land will experience hunger. There will be famine. |
| obverse 9 | If the Well-being is thick: the land will become happy. |
| obverse 21 | If there is a mole on the... of the gall bladder and the 'finger' are not in his house. |
| obverse 1 | If the Well-being is long and its left horn is long: enemy attack. |
| obverse 7 | If there is a mole on his right cheek, and his left cheek: the prince will send his word to the enemy. |
| obverse 14 | If the Well-being is split on the right and is confused on top of it: there will be famine in the land. |
| reverse 4' | If the right and left of the gall bladder are red: the enemy will devastate. Adad will devastate in the land of the prince. My gods will seize the land. |
| reverse 11' | son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 8' | If there is a mole on the left side of the city, and its water will be scattered. |
| reverse 10' | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria |
| obverse 17 | If the Well-being is surrounded by a 'foot'-mark: there will be a 'well-being' of a 'path' and a 'well-being'. |
| obverse 24 | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'increment' of the 'increment.' |
| obverse 13 | If there is a mole on the right side of the 'finger': the lord of the attack will die. |
| reverse 12' | son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 4 | If there is a mole on his thighs, the prince's land will expand. |
| obverse 26 | If on the left'station' there are 2'stations', 2 'paths', 2 'well-beings', 2 'well-beings', 2 houses and 2 'hands' are located: the prince of the land will not conquer that land. |
| reverse 17' | In my palace I established. |
| reverse 18' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his name, |
| obverse 29 | If the right of the gall bladder is long and has no flesh: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 11 | If there is a mole on the right side of the land, |
| obverse 18 | If the Well-being is surrounded by a'station': a 'path' is weak and a 'well-being' is not present and the 'increment' and 'increment' are located on the right. |
| reverse 5' | If the left of the gall bladder is red: the enemy will die. |
| reverse 15' | That tablet, with the support of the army, |
| reverse 1' | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: the shrine of the land will become visible. |
| obverse 15 | If a man and a 'foot'-mark are located on the left of the gall bladder: the city will be destroyed and he will live in another place. |
| obverse 6 | If a man is seized by two and a man is seized by the prince: his dwelling will not be good for him. |
| reverse 2' | If there is a mole on the top of the gall bladder and it is covered in famine: the shrines of the people will become happy. |
| obverse 10 | If there is a mole on the left side of the throne, |
| obverse 3 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder, a man will go before him. |
| obverse 28 | If a Perforation is located on the left side of the Well-being: 4 kurru 4 kurru 4 kurru 4 kurru 4 (sixties) each: the gall bladders are 4 (and) the gods will dwell in Elam. |
| reverse 7' | If there is a mole on the left side of his gall bladder and he goes out to the city. |
| obverse 12 | If there is a mole on the left side of the'station' and a 'foot'-mark: he will not acquire the 'increment.' |
| reverse 14' | Copy of Assyria, land of Sumer and Akkad. |
| reverse 13' | According to the wording of the tablet(s), |
| reverse 3' | If there is a mole on his left side: rejoicing of the city; the prince's residence will be destroyed with the god. |
| obverse 25 | If there is a mole on the left side of his eyes and behind it, and there is a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark and a 'foot'-mark are present: the prince will come out of his city and dwell in a man's city. |
| reverse 9' | It is the 14th tablet of the series. |
| obverse 27 | If a Perforation is located on the top of the Well-being: 3'stations', 3 'paths', 3 'paths', 3 'well-beings', 3 'well-beings' and 3 'well-beings' are present. |
| obverse 22 | If there is a mole on the gall bladder and the 'finger': he will not die. |
| obverse 2 | If the Well-being is long and its right horn is long: the enemy will devastate me. |
| obverse 30 | If the flesh is swollen: the god will seize the man for his fault. |
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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