| Word | extispicy |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. The practice of using anomalies in animal entrails (usually those sacrificed) for divination. |
| Sentence | Other Akkadian literature begins to appear at this time, such as texts expounding the Babylonian sciences, divination by extispicy, astrology and mathematics, and incantations in both Sumerian and Akkadian whose purpose was to ward off evil by magic means. |
| Source | The Epic of Gilgamesh, Introduction, p. xxi |
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