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Dan Diffendale / 15,406 items
Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 7th c. BCE
Found in the Library of Ashurbanipal at Kuyunjik (ancient Nineveh; see on Pleiades), modern Iraq

The Neo-Assyrian inscriptions provide guidance for interpreting omens observed in sheep lungs (extispicy).

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. ME Rm.620
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_Rm-620
cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/424862
www.jstor.org/stable/27095062
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  • Taken: Apr 12, 2024
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  • Updated: Apr 15, 2024