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BAM 1, 066 (P281802)
Medical, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 1, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281802 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09475 + VAT 10753 + VAT 09499 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | x-id ina _u4-me kasz_ [... ana _gig_-szu] | ... on a day of beer ... for his illness. |
| 2 | _nu# gid2-da_ {szim?}[x ...] | not long: ...-juniper |
| 3 | [x] _kasz#-sag_ [...] | ... first-class beer ... |
| 4 | [x x] x _u4-me kasz x_ [...] _gid2#-da_ | ... ... day, beer ... length |
| 5 | [ana _gig_-szu] _nu# gid2-da_ [x x x] x _i3 {szim}gur2-gur2_ | for his illness not to be long ... gurgur-oil |
| 6 | [...] x x [...]-ma _ti_ | ... ... and life |
| 7 | [...] _du#_-ku _na bi_ 1(u) 5(disz) _u4-mesz_ | ... will go. That is for 15 days. |
| 8 | [...] _i3# {szim}li i3_ ni-kip-te | ... juniper oil, nikiptu-oil |
| 9 | [...] ana _su_-szu _szesz2-mesz_-ma _min_ | ... to his body, brothers ditto. |
| 10 | _DISZ na_ min#?_ [...] ir# _nu tuku na bi_ 1(disz) _iti gig_ ana _gig_-szu | If a man has diarrhoea ...: that man will experience illness for one month. |
| 11 | _nu gid2#-[da_ ...] _szesz2#_-su _izi_ ana _igi_-szu ta-sza2-rap? | It is not long ... you ignite his brother's fire in front of him. |
| 12 | ina _dur2_ tu#-[... x]-ma# _nag_ 3(disz) _u4-mesz_ tu-s,ar-rasz!(BI)-ma _ti_ | You ... ... and drink it. For 3 days you keep watch over him and he will recover. |
| 13 | _DISZ na min sag-ki-mesz_ [...] x bi _na bi_ 6(disz) _u4-mesz gig_ | If a man, ditto, his temples ... ... that man, 6 days of illness. |
| 14 | ana _gig_-szu _nu gid2-da_ [...] x _sza3 _geszimmar nita_ ina _{sig2}he-me-da_ | For his illness he should not be long ... ... the male date palm in red wool. |
| 15 | _tesz2-bi_ ta-t,a-me _sag-ki#-mesz#_-szu# _kesz i3 {szim}gur2-gur2 i3 {szim}li_ u | You shave his head, you anoint him with oil of mint, oil of juniper and |
| 16 | _i3_ ni-kip-te ana _sag-ki-mesz_-szu _szub-szub_-ma _ti_ | you sprinkle nikiptu-oil on his temples, and then he will recover. |
| 17 | _DISZ na min u4 1(disz)-kam2 gig u4 1(disz)-kam2 ti na bi_ 5(u) _u4-mesz gig_ ana _gig_-szu _nu gid2-da#_ | If a man is ill for 1 day, and then he is not able to live for 50 days: that man will not live long. |
| 18 | _{u2}kur-ra {szim}li gaz_ ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2_ ir3-ri ta-sak3# | You crush kurru-plant, burāšu-juniper, you mix it in oil (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 19 | mu-sza2-t,a3 _izi_ tu-qa-tar-szux(BI) _kusz! ansze szurun arkab#{muszen}_ ina szu-pe-[e] | You burn him with fire. A donkey hide, a šurrunu-bird (and) an arkabu-bird in a roasting oven |
| 20 | te-sze-pi ina _gu2_-szu _gar_-an-ma [x x] | You place a censer on his neck and ... |
| 21 | _DISZ na min kum2_ s,ar-ha li!-'i-ba _tuku a-mesz_ ma-gal _nag_ u ma-gal x x [x x] | If a man is seized by diarrhoea, he has li'ibû-disease: he will drink much water and much ... . |
| 22 | _gig_ ana _gig-bi nu gid2-da_ {gesz}szinig u2-sikil_ x [...] | (If) a sore is not long for sores: tamarisk, šunû-plant ... .... |
| 23 | tu-ha-s,a _a-mesz_-szu-nu ta-sak3 _nag_-szu2-ma [...] | you crush, you pound their water, you anoint him, and ... |
| 24 | _DISZ na min ir_ ma-gal _tuku-mesz_-szi _ir gin7 a-mesz_ x x [...] | If a man has diarrhoea, it has a lot of swelling: like water ... .... |
| 25 | ut-ta-na-tak2 _na# bi# gig#_ la3#-zi# _dab#_ [...] | ... he constantly screams: that man will be sick with lazi disease; he will be seized .... |
| 26 | hi-qa sza2 _kasz_ [...] | a fall of beer ... |
| 27 | ina {im}szu#-rin#-[na_ ...] | In Šurina |
| 28 | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | la?-szu2# [...] | Without(?) him |
| 2' | _DISZ na min du3-a-bi_ [...] | If a man’s limbs are swollen: .... |
| 3' | _nu gid2-da numun#?_ [...] | not long, seed(?) ... |
| 4' | _DISZ na u4-da kur_-id _zi sag-ki_ [...] | If a man is seized by lightning: death of the head .... |
| 5' | sza _na4 abul ti_-qe2 _ki# i3#_ [...] | You take the stone of the city gate; when oil .... |
| 6' | _DISZ na min kum2 tuku_ ana _ti-bi_ {u2}ap-ru3-sza2 [...] | If a man has diarrhoea: for the sting of apricot .... |
| 7' | ta-sak3 ina _kasz-sag_ tu-szab-szal _szesz2_ [...] | You pound it, you heat it up in prime-quality beer, ... brother .... |
| 8' | _DISZ na min ninda_ u _kasz nu_ i-le-em ana _ti-bi i3_ {szim#}[x ...] | If ditto: he should not eat bread and beer, instead of oil, ... . |
| 9' | ta-sak3 ina hi-iq _kasz nag_-szu2 ina _a2_ tu-szap#-[ra-szu2-ma _ti]_ | You pound it, you pour it in a libation bowl of beer, you send it to him at the side, and then he will recover. |
| 10' | _DISZ na min_ ku-s,u2 hur-ba-szu _gir2-gir2_-su ana _ti-bi i3 szim#_ [...] | If a man, ditto: he is constantly afflicted by cramps, his limbs are constantly swollen: in order to soothe him: oil of ... . |
| 11' | ana _udun_ {lu2}si-pi-i _su_-szu2 _{szim}gur2-gur2 nag-mesz#_ [...] | For the šīpî-priest to wash his body, he dregs a censer of mint ... |
| 12' | _DISZ na min kum2 tuku_ ha-tu _gir2-gir2_-su ana _ti-bi i3 {szim}gur2-gur2 i3_ [...] | If a man has diarrhoea (and) he is constantly afflicted with hatu-disease: his nose-rope to drink oil, gurgur-aromatic, oil ... |
| 13' | _izi_ ana _igi_-szu2 ta-sza2-rap szum4-ma ina _tug2_ tu-s,ar-rasz!(BI)-ma _[ti?]_ | You ignite fire in front of him. If you keep covering him with a cloth and he will recover. |
| 14' | _DISZ na min_ ana _tab_-it, _u4-da du3-a-bi_-ma {u2}ap-ru3-sza2 {u2}el3-kul2#-la# sza2 _pu2_ x ta-tab#-[bal] | If a man, ditto, is swollen in the morning, and then you carry away her aprušu-plant, elkulla-plant from a well. |
| 15' | ina _i3 {szim}gur2-gur2 hi-hi szesz2-mesz_-su-ma _ti#_ | with gurgur oil you wash his brothers and he will recover. |
| 16' | _DISZ na min_ {u2}ha-am-ma sza2 _a-mesz_ tu-bal ta#-[sak3] ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2-mesz_-su-ma _min_ | If a man ditto: you take ḫam̂-plant from the water, you pound it, you anoint him repeatedly with it in oil, and then DITTO. |
| 17' | [x] x x si#? [... ta]-sak3# ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2-mesz_-su-ma _min_ | You pound ... ..., you mix it in filtered oil, you anoint him repeatedly with it, and then ditto. |
| 18' | [...] _gig_-ma _na_ szu2 s,i-na-ah-tu-ra | ... is sick and he is ill with shinnahtu-disease. |
| 19' | [...] _sila3# {szim}szesz_ 3(disz) _u2-mesz_ sza2-szu-nu | ... sila of myrrh, 3 plants are there. |
| 20' | [...] x _dab_-bat ina 2(disz) _u4-me u2 babbar_ ta-sak3 | ... ... will seize ...; for 2 days you pound white plant. |
| 21' | [...] ta#-sza2-ni-ma ina _a2_ ta-szap-ra-szux(BI)-ma _min_ | ... you raise up and you send him at the side, and ditto. |
| 22' | [...] x _i3-gesz bara2 mah?_ ba-lu pa-tan | ... oil on a supreme dais, without dining |
| 23' | [...] _ti_ | ... life |
| 24' | [...] pa#-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | ... he drinks it on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 25' | [...] x [... pa]-tan# _nag_-ma _ti_ | ... ... you pound ... on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 26' | [...] ($ blank space $) [...] | ... ... |
| 27' | ($ blank space $) _szu_ an x [...] | Hand of An ... ... |
| 28' | ($ blank space $) _dumu? sze_ u2 [...] | son(?) of barley and ... |
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