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1879-07-08, 0101 unpublished unassigned ? (P451835)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 6. Martu, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1879-07-08, 0101 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P451835 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 6. Martu |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 11 | If there is a mole in the middle of the gall bladder: Itar will make a rebellion in the land. |
| reverse 12 | If there is a mole on the left side of the gall bladder: a god will die. |
| obverse 1' | If ditto the upper part is dark: the lower part is black: the king will die; the king's word will die. |
| obverse 7' | .... beloved of a god. |
| reverse 6 | If ditto and the upper part is dark: the lower part is black. |
| reverse 5 | If in the left of the gall bladder two pigs are smashed and are black: your enemy(?), his army will not stand with him. |
| obverse 3' | If on the right of the gall bladder two times there are a hole: the city will be plundered. |
| reverse 9 | You set fire to the enemy's enemy. |
| obverse 5' | He strews a son in the throne and sits down. |
| reverse 10 | If the Well-being is located on the top of the gall bladder: Itar will die in the land. |
| reverse 2 | If in the left of the gall bladder two times there are famine and redness: the king of the land will conquer the enemy. |
| reverse 7 | Your enemy will kill and eat his land. |
| obverse 9' | If he is a son of the king, and his house will be destroyed, the palace will be destroyed. |
| reverse 4 | If in the left side of the gall bladder two pigs are smashed: guard and Ema will not be good for a god. |
| obverse 6' | If on the right of the gall bladder it is two (times): guard and house. |
| reverse 3 | He strews a son in the throne and sits down. |
| reverse 1 | If in the left of the gall bladder two times there are a 'foot'-mark: the enemy's city will be plundered and he will recover. |
| obverse 4' | If ditto, black ones are seen: the king will have no rival in his life. |
| reverse 8 | If ditto and the lower part is elevated: the upper part is black. |
| obverse 8' | If there is a mole on the right of the gall bladder two times and it is covered by the upper part, the lower part is black. |
| obverse 10' | If on the right of the gall bladder two times there are a hole: the lower part is elevated. The upper part is black: the king will die and nobody will take the throne. |
| obverse 2' | If ditto, the lower part is elevated: the upper part is black; the king's floods will take place. |
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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