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TDP, pl. 15-18, K 261 (P273353)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TDP, pl. 15-18, K 261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273353 |
| 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 29' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| reverse 27' | If a sick patient's neck rages on the right: his hands and his feet will die. |
| obverse 15' | If his eyes are black: his tongue will be red. |
| reverse 32' | Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and does not pay back the silver, he shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| reverse 24' | If in the beginning of his eyes he sees a red dagger: he will recover. |
| reverse 12' | If his eyes are dark and his intestines are dark: death. |
| reverse 22' | If his eyes are darkened: a ghost that dies in water. |
| obverse 30' | If his eyes are dark: his tongue will be yellow. : his body will be yellow. |
| obverse 8' | If his eyes are dark and yellow-green: he will die. |
| obverse 44' | If his eyes are yellow-green: hand of Enlil will become long. |
| reverse 35' | For my reading, he established it in my palace. |
| obverse 43' | If his eyes are white: he will recover. |
| obverse 4' | If his eyes are red and they are covered: death. |
| reverse 26' | If his field is overcast: he will die in the open country. |
| obverse 22' | (If) he says: "The dead will die": he will die after him. |
| reverse 17' | If his eyes are dark: he will recover. |
| obverse 41' | If his eyes are swollen: he will recover. |
| reverse 10' | Hand of Lugalgalgira and Meslamtaea |
| obverse 14' | If his eyes are black: his illness will be long and he will die. |
| obverse 12' | If his eyes are yellow-green: his eyes will be yellow-green. |
| reverse 28' | [The 7th tablet: If a sick man] approaches you. |
| obverse 21' | His lips have been very thick and his eyes have been swollen. |
| reverse 30' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave greatness to him, |
| reverse 6' | If his eyes are dark: his life will be long. |
| obverse 40' | If his eyes are long: a raging flood. |
| obverse 37' | If his eyes are swollen and his body is seized and his body is not seized: he will die. |
| obverse 7' | If his eyes are white: he will recover. |
| obverse 25' | If his eyes are swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 11' | If his eyes are yellow-green and his eyes are red: he will die. |
| obverse 56' | If his eyes are dark and his forehead are dark: he will die. |
| obverse 34' | If his eyes are dark (and) his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| reverse 33' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who sattakku-demons as many as there are |
| reverse 15' | If his eyes and his eyes are red: his eyes will be red. |
| reverse 23' | If his eyes are swollen and he is swollen: |
| obverse 3' | If his eyes are red: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 53' | If his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| obverse 18' | If his eyes are black: he will recover. |
| obverse 2' | He built his dream and his inscription and he will recover. |
| reverse 25' | If he sees a swollen face: he will become black. |
| obverse 46' | If his eyes are red: hand of Sin. |
| obverse 27' | If his eyes are dark: he will die. His lips will be scattered. |
| obverse 48' | If his eyes are black: he will die. |
| reverse 13' | If his eyes and his intestines are swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 29' | If his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| obverse 52' | If his eyes are dark: he will recover. |
| obverse 24' | If his eyes are dark: dates will become scarce. |
| obverse 26' | If his eyes are dark and dark: hand of Adad will die. |
| obverse 45' | If his eyes are black: he will die. |
| obverse 9' | If his eyes are white: black and yellow; he will die. |
| obverse 55' | If his eyes are darkened and his eyes are dark: hand of the god, his father. |
| reverse 21' | If his eyes are dark: there will be famine. |
| reverse 5' | If his eyes are dark, his ears are swollen and his forehead hurts him: hand of a ghost. |
| obverse 36' | If his eyes are swollen: death. |
| reverse 16' | You do not know. Copy of an inscribed object of Inurta. |
| reverse 8' | If his eyes are dark: he will die on his bed. |
| obverse 23' | If his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| obverse 1' | If a sick patient's eyes are swollen: hand of Ninurta. |
| obverse 28' | and his right eye he writes: |
| obverse 10' | If his eyes are yellow: Elam will seize him. |
| obverse 13' | If his eyes are yellow and black: he will die. |
| obverse 51' | If his eyes are swollen: he will recover. |
| reverse 19' | If his eyes are dark: he will recover. |
| obverse 38' | If his eyes are well, he will recover. |
| obverse 39' | If his eyes are dark: his tongue will be red. |
| obverse 32' | If his eyes are swollen: he will recover. |
| obverse 42' | If his eyes are covered in red wool: he will die. |
| reverse 3' | If his eyes are dark: his hands and his feet will become frightened. |
| obverse 19' | If his eyes are black and he sees a sick man: he will die. |
| reverse 20' | (If) his feet become dark: hand of a man; his days will be long; he will not thrive. |
| obverse 16' | If his eyes are black and white: he will die. |
| reverse 2' | Hand of arru-uur and Meslamtaea |
| reverse 31' | They rejoiced. |
| obverse 33' | If his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| reverse 34' | I wrote, collated, and collated it. |
| reverse 1' | If his eyes are dark: his head, his hands and his feet will turn. |
| reverse 14' | If his eyes are swollen: hand and feet will die. |
| obverse 5' | If his eyes are red and ill: he will die and he will die. |
| reverse 9' | If his eyes are dark: his limbs will become dark and he will recover. |
| obverse 54' | If his eyes are darkened and darkened: hand of the god of his city; he will die. |
| obverse 31' | If his eyes are dark: he will recover. |
| reverse 18' | his feet will become stable; he will die. |
| obverse 17' | If his eyes are black (and) his intestines are black: he will die. |
| reverse 4' | If his eyes are dark: his ears will rage. |
| reverse 11' | If his eyes are dark and his eyes are dark: he will die. |
| obverse 47' | If his eyes are swollen: dispersal of the hands of ama; |
| obverse 20' | If his eyes are black and he is swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 49' | If his eyes are split: hand of his god; he will recover. |
| reverse 7' | Hand of a Ghost is seized in the steppe. |
| obverse 35' | If his eyes are cold: he will die. |
| obverse 6' | If his eyes are red and black: he will recover. |
| obverse 50' | If his eyes are swollen: hand of Marduk; variant: hand of Adad. |
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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