Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv. §1´) Bird oracle by Mašduriandu (fragmentary)

[Thus (says) M]ašduriy[andu]:

[“…”].

Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv. §2´) Bird oracle, mentioning the Mother goddess

[…] the Mother goddess […]

[…] those birds […]

[…] they did […];

further – ditto. […]

[A … bird] came in front from the favorable side

[and it …].

[A ḫaš]tapi- bird [came] in the back down from the unfav[orable side]

[and it …].

Behind the road:

a šalwini- [came] in the ba[ck …]

[and it] flew away in the middle.

Thus (says) […]:

“they exclu[ded (it)]”.

end of obv.

Abschnitt 3ID=3: (rev. §3´) Bird oracle, mentioning the ‘lords of Ḫa[š- …] and ‘the road’

[…] the lords of Ḫa[š-…]

[…]… and they determined by oracle […]

[…] and they place them on the road […]

[…] about [th]at matter, it is favorable:

let the bird[s …].

We saw [birds … GUN/tar(uya)]lian,

and […] them1 on the road […]

[…] they took flight

and they [flew away in fr]ont.

[… birds …] came lengthways GUN-li-.

[A … bird …] perched on the ground.

[It took flight]2

[and] it [flew] away in front.

[A … bird …] came [in the back u]p from the favorable side

[and it flew …].

[…] … […]

[…]

rev. breaks off