Model of a sheep's liver used for divination.
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OLD BABYLONIAN Anonymous (1900 BCE - 1600 BCE): In Babylonian divination a sheep was killed and its liver and lungs examined by a specialist priest called the baru. On this model each box describes the implications of a blemish appearing at each position on the liver.
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