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Liver Omens pl. 16 no. 53 [only obv] (P461255)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Liver Omens pl. 16 no. 53 [only obv] |
|---|---|
| ID | P461255 |
| Museum no. | BM 054304 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
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 | ...-u |
| reverse 22 | ...-u |
| obverse 11' | ... is located on the base of the 'path': the king.... |
| obverse 15' | (If) the 'paths' are 2 and the middle surface of the 'finger' are 6: the 'path' on the right and left are located in the 'path'. |
| obverse 3' | ............... |
| obverse 7' | ... the haruspex of his city to the house... |
| obverse 8' | ... is present. The 'path'... |
| obverse 1' | ...... the right 'path'... |
| obverse 2' | ......... in the left... |
| reverse 10 | ........ |
| obverse 13' | The 'path' is present. The 'path' is present. |
| obverse 23' | The right side of the 'finger' is split. The 'king' is present. |
| reverse 24 | ... before |
| obverse 16' | ... flesh like a thigh: the king. |
| reverse 18 | ... his great(?) sons |
| obverse 19' | The left of the gall bladder is present. The'strength' is present. |
| obverse 9' | ......... the royal extispicy. |
| reverse 14 | .................. |
| reverse 13 | ... are present |
| obverse 20' | If the right side of the 'path' is split: the 'path' on the left of the 'path' will become visible. The 'path' is present. |
| reverse 20 | ... they are present. |
| obverse 18' | The right of the gall bladder is present. The'strength' is present. |
| obverse 17' | ... flesh like a thigh: the king. |
| reverse 19 | ... the great king (and) his sons |
| obverse 24' | ... the 'increment' is visible. The 'increment' is present. The right side of the 'finger' is thin....... |
| obverse 6' | ... the surface of the 'path' is split from the right. |
| obverse 4' | ...... The 'finger' is thick. The 'finger' is thick. The 'finger' is thick. |
| obverse 5' | ...... is present. The 3rd is unfavourable. The news which is in it is to be seen. |
| obverse 22' | The back of the right 'path' is split. The'strength' is present. |
| obverse 10' | ... the feet... like a fish... on a man's neck. |
| reverse 21 | ... a.... |
| reverse 16 | ....... |
| obverse 14' | The 'path' is like a 'foot'-mark. The four corners of the 'finger' are missing. |
| obverse 12' | If the 'path' is smashed and... in the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark: the king.... |
| reverse 15 | ... he placed |
| reverse 17 | ... he placed |
| obverse 21' | If the left side of the 'path' is seen on the right side of the 'finger.' The 'finger' on the left of the 'path' is split. |
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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