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1881-02-04, 0198 unpublished unassigned ? (P452130)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1881-02-04, 0198 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452130 |
| 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 12' | I wrote this tablet with the help of the army. I looked at it and looked at it. |
| obverse 5 | There is a 'foot'-mark between the'station' and the 'path' of the 'path.' |
| reverse 9' | Assurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 6' | If between the'station' and the 'path' are split and there is a hole: a lion will become dark and he will die. |
| obverse 13 | If there is a'station' on the top of the'station': there will be a 'weapon'-mark. |
| reverse 14' | Whoever erases my inscribed name or writes his own name, may Nabû, scribe of all the lands, destroy his name. |
| reverse 11' | When the tablets (and) arrows are inscribed, Assyria, Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 11 | or Mercury strikes a snake with a weapon: he will go before my troops. |
| obverse 3 | If from the middle of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark a 'foot'-mark to the 'finger' a 'weapon'-mark of ama will reach the gods. |
| obverse 7 | If between a man's and a niru-mark there is a hole and a hole: the city will be destroyed. |
| reverse 8' | It is the sixth tablet of the series. |
| reverse 1' | If in the right side of the'station' there are 'well-beings' there are 'well-beings' in them: Itar. |
| obverse 9 | If between a man and a niru-mark there is a hole in the side of the niru-mark: fall of oxen, rams, donkeys. |
| reverse 4' | If in the right of the middle surface of the'station' a'station' and a 'foot'-mark are located on the right: fall of the man.... |
| reverse 3' | If a man is stricken with ribs: the god will eat food; there will be deaths in the land. |
| obverse 2 | If from the top of the'station' a 'weapon'-mark the 'weapon'-mark to the 'weapon'-mark is seen: the 'weapon'-mark will enter into the land. |
| obverse 12 | If the middle of the 'finger' is white: his heart will be happy. |
| obverse 4 | There is a 'foot'-mark between the'station' and the 'path' of the god. |
| reverse 7' | The 'path' is present. The 'path' is present. |
| obverse 1 | If from the top of the'station' a 'weapon'-mark to the middle of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark and it emerges a 'weapon'-mark in the 'finger.' |
| reverse 13' | I set out in my palace for my reading of kingship. |
| obverse 14 | (If) he sees a man or a woman: he will die if he sees him. |
| obverse 6 | There is a 'foot'-mark between the'station' and the 'path' of the 'path.' until the 3rd, the'strength' of the wife will be killed; her wife will be killed. |
| reverse 5' | There is a hole in the left side of the'station' between the'station' and the 'path.' |
| reverse 2' | If the top of the'station' is split: an eclipse. |
| obverse 8 | or that of your guards will kill the enemy. At that time, the sign of an incantation (or) the incantation of dispelling will be dissolved. |
| obverse 10 | If a man is seen on the top of the'station': the'station' will fall. The watch will be released. The heir will die. |
| obverse 15 | (If) an eclipse takes place: it will occur to the king. |
| obverse 16 | If the middle of the 'finger' is white: the man will seize the throne. |
| reverse 10' | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
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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