Endnote 2 – Before Tea Leaves: Divination in Ancient Babylonia

On the frequent references to receiving a “firm yes” (annu k¦¯nu) in extispicy, see Starr, Queries, p. xvi; for a different view, see Cornelis van Dam, Then Urim and Thummim: a Means of Revelation in Ancient Israel (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1997), especially pp. 197–214.