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TDP, pl. 10-11, K 2243+ (P273347)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TDP, pl. 10-11, K 2243+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P273347 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2' | If a sorcerer... in his body... |
| reverse 19' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave wide understanding |
| obverse 16' | If a dog or a black dog does not eat food: hand of Ura, the name of a man will be long and he will die. |
| obverse 33' | If a wind blows him: his illness will become severe. |
| obverse 1' | If a sow gives birth to a sow: variant: his sow will be black. |
| obverse 3' | If his light is faint : variant: his light is cold. |
| reverse 11' | If his hands and feet are swollen: hand of Sin. |
| obverse 20' | If he is ill at his feet and he is ill and he is ill and he is ill. |
| obverse 6' | If his lung is swollen: illness. |
| reverse 15' | If his hands are swollen:... will be sick. |
| obverse 22' | If the top of his head is dark: he will become poor and ill. |
| reverse 24' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| reverse 13' | If his hands are swollen: hand of Itar. |
| obverse 5' | If his fever........ |
| reverse 3' | If his right hand hurts him and his body... |
| obverse 25' | If the head of his lung is yellow: he will die :. |
| obverse 30' | If a black spot is located on the top of his lung: he will die. |
| reverse 7' | If his hands are dark: he will die : if his hands.... |
| reverse 5' | If his days are long: his illness will be long. : If his days.... |
| reverse 9' | If his hands are swollen: he will become frightened, his eyes will be swollen: he will become frightened. |
| reverse 16' | ... is present... |
| reverse 18' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 21' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, whether he or his son or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the king, my lord, |
| obverse 13' | If his lung... is swollen: he will recover. |
| obverse 23' | If its head is dark and cold: a chariot of his god. |
| obverse 19' | If his eyes and ears are swollen: hand of Gula; he will die with him. |
| obverse 4' | If its horn... : If its horn is dark: he will die. |
| reverse 17' | [Month IV,...]th [day], eponym year of. |
| obverse 27' | If a Perforation is located on the top of his lung: red wool; he will recover. |
| reverse 10' | If his hands and feet are swollen: hand of a ghost. |
| obverse 10' | If his ear is black(?): he will die. |
| obverse 12' | If he is ill for a long time: he will die. |
| reverse 12' | If his hands are swollen: his head will be seized. |
| reverse 6' | If his days are long (and) his illness is long (or): if his days are long (or): hand of Itar. |
| reverse 1' | If his lips... |
| obverse 11' | If he is ill for...: he will die; he will not approach him. |
| reverse 22' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who carries out all of the sand dunes |
| obverse 15' | ... and.... and... |
| obverse 28' | If a Perforation is located on its top: red and white wool. |
| reverse 14' | If his hands are swollen and he is swollen: there will be famine. |
| obverse 31' | If a Perforation is located on its head: hand of his god : If a Perforation is located on its base: hand of Papsukkal. |
| reverse 23' | I wrote, collated, and collated it in tablets. |
| obverse 29' | If a black spot is located on the top of his lung: famine. |
| obverse 21' | If he is stricken in his lung: he will die. |
| obverse 7' | If he is stricken with a lung: attack of the enemy. |
| reverse 8' | If his eyes are long: his illness will be long. : If his eyes are long: ditto. |
| obverse 26' | If in the beginning of its 'finger' a red 'finger' becomes visible: a man will not acquire a slave. |
| obverse 17' | If a...-plant reaches its lung:... will become poor. |
| obverse 14' | If its horn.......... |
| obverse 8' | If his ear is red(?): he will be well. |
| obverse 9' | If his ear is white(?): he will be well. |
| reverse 20' | They rejoiced over me, they rejoiced in the face of the scribal art, the joy of the kingship. |
| reverse 4' | If his eyes are dark: he will recover. : If his eyes.... |
| obverse 18' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion in its ear: his life will be long; his ears will be white and his feet will be scattered. |
| obverse 2' | If his ewe... : he will die. |
| obverse 32' | If a wind blows him: he will come out from his mouth for the fourth time. |
| obverse 24' | If the top of the 'finger' of the lung is covered: he will die. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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