liver omens, pl. XVIII

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P239118

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P239118.

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Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, pl. XVIII. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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Image: British Museum, London, UK (P239118) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P239118..

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