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BM.40798 (ebl:BM.40798)
CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40798 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.40798 |
| Museum no. | BM.40798 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Extispicy > Bārûtu > 1. Isru |
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 23' | ......... |
| reverse 9' | .........., servant of the city. |
| obverse 6' | If the vertebrae are...: the enemy's troops will be abandoned. |
| obverse 17' | If the right 'finger' of the lung is like a'snake': there will be a'snake'-mark in the king's reign. |
| obverse 3' | ......... a prince of the land of the enemy. |
| obverse 24' | If the right surface of the 'finger' is white and red: to our army. |
| reverse 28' | ......... |
| obverse 20' | If the right vertebra is swollen and swollen: my army. |
| obverse 26' | If the right and left sides of the 'finger' are 'loose': weapons. |
| reverse 3' | If the right of the gall bladder... a prince's land.... |
| reverse 24' | ... there will be deaths in the land. |
| reverse 11' | ...... he will measure out |
| obverse 19' | If the vertebrae are in opposition: the fate of the land will change. |
| reverse 15' | ... kingship of the land |
| reverse 4' | If the left surface of the 'finger' of the lung is split: the enemy's land.... |
| obverse 14' | ................................ |
| obverse 28' | If the right of the gall bladder is split:....... |
| reverse 25' | ......... |
| reverse 12' | ...... his prince...... |
| obverse 18' | If the left surface of the 'finger' is like a'snake': a'snake'-mark. |
| obverse 23' | If the left side of the 'finger' of the lung is split: enemy troops? |
| reverse 18' | ... troops(?) |
| obverse 15' | ... on the left side of the 'finger' of the prince's enemy... |
| obverse 2' | ............ |
| reverse 20' | You take... and the enemy woman. |
| reverse 27' | ......... |
| reverse 14' | ... the prince, his city ruler |
| reverse 2' | If the right and left of the gall bladder....... |
| obverse 11' | ............ |
| obverse 27' | If the right and left sides of the gall bladder are smashed and you hear.... |
| obverse 21' | If the left surface of the 'finger' is swollen, and the heart of the enemy's army... |
| reverse 13' | ... a prince will be appointed(?) |
| reverse 8' | ... the right and left side of the 'finger' is split. |
| reverse 26' | ......... |
| obverse 4' | ......... the king of the world, the lord |
| reverse 22' | ......... |
| reverse 6' | If the vertebrae are in the right side of the 'finger': the prince's reign. |
| obverse 10' | ... destroy.......... |
| reverse 10' | ... servant of the city of the enemy. |
| obverse 22' | If the right side of the 'finger' of the lung... |
| obverse 9' | ... will kill... or in battle will kill me |
| obverse 5' | If the vertebrae are...: my army will be abandoned. |
| obverse 12' | ............. |
| reverse 19' | .......... a palace. |
| reverse 17' | ...... his army(?) |
| obverse 8' | ... I will kill........ |
| obverse 25' | If the left side of the 'finger' of the lung is white and red: attack of enemy troops. |
| obverse 1' | ... enemy |
| reverse 1' | If the right and left of the gall bladder....... |
| reverse 5' | If the vertebrae are broken and the land....... |
| reverse 16' | ............. a hostile land... |
| obverse 7' | ... the right and left side of the gall bladder are split. |
| reverse 21' | ............ |
| obverse 13' | ..., evil of the troops(?) |
| obverse 16' | ... on the right... of the enemy's land... |
| reverse 7' | If the Well-being is located on the left side of the gall bladder: the prince's reign will change. |
Sources & licences
- 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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