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(Beginning destroyed) (2) Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case [......], by the command of [your great] divinity, Šamaš, great lord? (4) Will he who can see, se[e it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (5) Disregard that for [......]. (6) Disregard the (formulation) of [today's] case, [be it good, be it faulty]. (7) Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 1) Disregard that an unclean [man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. (r 2) Disregard that [an unclean…
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the] oracular command [of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. (r 2) May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great lord, and [may] an oracle [be given as an answer]. (r 3) [The gall-bladder is s]plit [on the right] and attached on the left ...[...]. (r 4) [...... The breast-bo]ne in its entirety lies on its back. The coils of the co[lon are ... in number]. (r 5) [...... second extis]picy. The 'station' [......]. (r 6) [......]. The u…
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