Occult Literature
Babylonian Sheep-Liver Model for Divination
A rounded clay model bears dense cuneiform writing and several raised anatomical features. The printed caption identifies a baked-clay model of a sheep’s liver in the British Museum, discussed within the history of divination.
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Illustrator not identified. "Babylonian Sheep-Liver Model for Divination" [editorial title]. In Amulets and Superstitions, E. A. Wallis Budge. Oxford University Press edition, 1930, 1930, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Source scan leaf 496. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0492
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A historical symbolic image or diagram from the author’s system. Its reproduction records the source without validating its cosmological, magical or astrological claims.
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Illustrator not identified. Babylonian Sheep-Liver Model for Divination. Amulets and Superstitions. Scan leaf 496. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0492