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TDP, pl. 21-23, K 03687+ (P273406)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TDP, pl. 21-23, K 03687+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P273406 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 13' | and to the ground he strews. The threshing floor afflicts him. |
| reverse 8' | If his limbs are swollen: in the mouth of his heart he will die. |
| reverse 1' | If his left arm is black: he will die. |
| obverse 5' | (If) he goes to his mouth: he will die. |
| obverse 18' | If on his neck it is swollen: hand of Adad. |
| obverse 14' | If his neck is on the right and on the left he is frightened. |
| reverse 13' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion on the right: hand of Itar. |
| reverse 26' | I wrote (and) collated (it) in our tablets. |
| reverse 3' | If his feet are small: he will not die. |
| reverse 18' | If he is ill with his feet: he will set his intestines on his head. |
| reverse 7' | If his limbs are flattened: hand of Ninurta. |
| obverse 10' | If his neck, his hands and feet are swollen: he will die. |
| reverse 4' | If his feet are small: he will not die. |
| obverse 4' | If his neck reaches the left: his hands and his feet will be cut off. |
| obverse 16' | If its neck is on the right and on the left: death. |
| obverse 1' | If a sick patient's neck rages on the right: his hands and his feet will die. |
| reverse 2' | If his feet are small: he will not die. |
| obverse 20' | If he is swollen on his neck and he is ill: hand of Itar. |
| reverse 27' | For my reading, I established it in my palace. |
| obverse 12' | If his lungs are swollen: he will die. |
| reverse 21' | Palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria. |
| obverse 17' | If his neck rages from right to left and he is ill: he will die. |
| obverse 32' | If his body is swollen: he will die. |
| reverse 15' | If his cubits do not approach his body: hand of a man. |
| obverse 24' | (If) a man is seized by evil: |
| reverse 12' | If he is stricken on his left and left shoulder: hand of Itar. |
| obverse 22' | If he is swollen on his neck and his feet are swollen: his heart will be swollen. |
| obverse 29' | If he is stricken and he is ill: his neck is on the right and on the left. |
| reverse 16' | If his cubits, his nose and feet hurt him: hand of ama. |
| obverse 15' | If its neck is on the right and on the left: death. |
| reverse 23' | They rejoiced over me. The eyes were full of scepter. |
| reverse 25' | the wisdom of Nabû, the one who carries out your sands, as many as there are |
| obverse 26' | If a seal - its neck is split and its veins are located on his neck. |
| obverse 2' | he will go to his mouth; he will recover. |
| obverse 28' | If a seal - its neck is swollen: his mouth will be smashed. |
| obverse 6' | In the course of his reign he has sinned against him. |
| obverse 9' | If his neck and his lung hurt him: hand of Adad. |
| reverse 9' | (If) he goes to his bed: he will become a slave, he will become a slave, he will become a slave, he will die. |
| reverse 20' | The eighth tablet to the sick man at your side. |
| obverse 21' | If he is swollen on his neck and his intestines are swollen: he will die. |
| reverse 24' | Whoever among the kings who preceded me has not received that work, |
| reverse 5' | If his feet are covered in red wool: hand of Itar. |
| obverse 30' | If his veins from his neck are swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 8' | If an anomaly - its neck hurts him and the waters of the wind blow: hand of Itar will be scattered on his neck. |
| reverse 10' | (If) a man is seized by blood: ditto he will die. |
| reverse 14' | If a ewe gives birth to a lion from its body to its middle: he will die from its middle. |
| reverse 11' | If he is stricken in his arms: hand of Ninurta. |
| obverse 34' | If his life is long: Mercury and his intestines will become poor. |
| reverse 17' | If his cubits, his feet and his feet hurt him: hand of Itar. |
| obverse 31' | may his battles be good. |
| obverse 35' | If his life is long: Mercury and his lungs will be scattered. |
| obverse 7' | If his neck eats him : hand of his divinity : hand of ama will come close to the utterance of his mouth. |
| obverse 3' | If, when he afflicts him, he is frightened, if he afflicts him, he does not know, he will not die. |
| obverse 33' | If his neck is long: he will die. |
| obverse 19' | If he is ill on his neck: he will die. |
| reverse 22' | which Nabû and Tashmetu gave great wisdom, |
| reverse 19' | If a sick person's right hand eats him: hand of ama to the command of his mouth. |
| obverse 11' | If his neck swollen and his face is swollen: unceasing. |
| reverse 6' | If his feet are swollen: in the womb a man will devastate and he will die. |
| obverse 27' | If a seal is located on his neck: his intestines will be released. |
| obverse 25' | If a seal afflicts him: he will die. : If a seal afflicts him: he will die. |
| obverse 23' | If he is swollen on his neck and his eyes hurt him: 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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