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Bārûtu

The Bārûtu, the “art of the diviner,” is a monumental ancient Mesopotamian compendium of the science of extispicy or sacrificial omens stretching over around a hundred cuneiform tablets which was assembled in the Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian period based upon earlier recensions.: 46 At the Assyrian court, the term extended to encompass sacrificial prayers and…

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Bārûtu

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples29
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
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related to The copyists · 16
Bārûtu → Assyrian, Babylonian, BC, Bīt Ibâ, Captive, Esarhaddon, In, Marduk-šumu-uṣur, Nabû-pašer, Nabû-ušallim, Nabû-zuqup-kēnu, Naṣiru, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh, Tabni, The
related to The parts of the bārûtu · 10
Bārûtu → Assyrian, Babylonian, Commentaries, DA, Excerpts, KAR, NÍG, PÀD, The, The Babylonian

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extispicy babylonian omens tablets sacrificial models liver bārû assyrian period diviner neo-assyrian king tablet divination bc compendium term commentaries name

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those of Nabû-zuqup-kēnuinstance ofCaptive scribal labor was employed at the Assyrian capital to contribute to the local material assimilated from older libraries0.80text
who was recorded as the copyist of a manzāzu commentary dated to 704 BCinstance ofCaptive scribal labor was employed at the Assyrian capital to contribute to the local material assimilated from older libraries0.80text
from Ninevehinstance ofCaptive scribal labor was employed at the Assyrian capital to contribute to the local material assimilated from older libraries0.80text
Bārûturelated to The copyistsThe0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsMarduk-šumu-uṣur0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsNaṣiru0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsTabni0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsEsarhaddon0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsIn0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsBC0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsBīt Ibâ0.60section
Bārûturelated to The copyistsBabylonian0.60section

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