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1883-01-18, 0451 unpublished unassigned ? (P452694)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0451 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452694 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 9' | her angryness, her peace, her famine, |
| 7' | If the top of the 'finger' of the lung is split and Adad roars. |
| 11' | ... will be placed. He enters the man's house and the woman. |
| 1' | If the lung is like a egid tree: the lord of the sacrifices will bring(?)... to the path of his troops |
| 12' | ... not... |
| 6' | If ditto a name is located on the top of the 'finger' of the lung and... in the mouth: attack of fire. |
| 4' | If there is a mole on the left side of the 'finger': an eclipse of ama will take place. |
| 2' | (If) he strews his right and left ribs like a pig: he will receive another payment. |
| 3' | 'It is my god, it is my scepter. It is a curse, it is a curse, it is a curse. |
| 5' | he who said: "Ishtar is seized" - if he is seized, he will be killed. |
| 10' | If a sorcery is located inside the 'finger':... in the 'finger.' |
| 8' | If ditto (and) its name is dark: the 'finger' is thick and....... |
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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