CCP 3.4.u12 - Bārûtu 8 Kakku (?)

Catalogue information
British Museum
Sm.2055
Nineveh›Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
CDLI: 
P426248
Commentary
Divination›Extispicy (Bārûtu)

Broken

Base text: 
Bārûtu 8 Kakku (?)
Tablet information
Assyrian
Fragment
Lines: 
7
Size: 
2,22 × 1,9 cm
7th cent (Assurbanipal libraries and other Assyrian cities)
Record
Koch, 09/2015 (Identification)
Koch, 09/2015 (Transliteration)
Jiménez, 09/2015 (Translation)
Jiménez, 09/2015 (Introduction)
Jiménez, 08/2016 (Commentary markup)
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How to cite
Koch, U., 2015, “Commentary on Bārûtu 8 Kakku (?) (CCP 3.4.u12),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2026; accessed September 26, 2026, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P426248. DOI: 10079/xksn0fw
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Introduction

This small fragment preserves meager remains of a commentary on an extispicy text. Since one of the entries runs parallel to an entry from a commentary on the chapter Kakku (see notes below), the base text of the present fragment may also be Kakku.

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Obverse
1'1'

BE MANú MU-NI [gišTUKUL 15 3-ma re-diš GAR-MEŠ]1

(1') Its second 'If': [(If) there are three right "Weapons" and they lie consecutively,] let travelers on the roads, [whoever they are], take [vengeance ...].

2'2'

    a-li-ku su-⸢le⸣-[e DUMU-MEŠ mam-ma-na-ma]

3'3'

    li-ter-ru [gim-la ...]

4'4'

BE šal-šú MU-NI UGUnu SAG [...]

(4') Its third 'If': (If) above the top of the [...] above the socle of the "plain" of the gall bla[dder ...] - omen of Sargon [...] at its front the city [...].

5'5'

    UGUnu SUR EDIN ⸢ZÉ⸣ [x x x x x x x x]

6'6'

    BÀut LUGAL-GI.⸢NA⸣ [x x x x x x x x]

7'7'

    ana IGI-šú URU [x x x x x x x x]

1Lines 1'-3' are restored with K.2092 iv 8-11 (CCP 3.4.8.F) // SpTU 2 45(+) r 13 (CCP 3.4.8.L). See RA 68 (1974) 65. The translation of the apodosis follows CAD S 370b.

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