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BAM 2, 124 (P281812)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 2, 124 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281812 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08772 + VAT 15549 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 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) |
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| 1 | [_DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-tim _gig_-ma szi-kin _uzu]-mesz_-szu2 _babbar ge6 szub_ | If a man suffers from sores from the mouth and his flesh is white: fall of the night. |
| 2 | [_gig bi pa {gesz}ge6-par3] pa# gi-zu2-lum-ma_ | This illness is caused by the “gepāru-tree’s disease, caused by reed-beds |
| 3 | _pa {gesz}pesz3 pa {gesz#}[haszhur?] pa# {gesz#}[x] gi szul-hi_ | pomegranate peel, apple peel, ... reed, šulhu-wood |
| 4 | _pa {gesz}szennur_ ina _a szub_-di ina _nindu# usz2# giri3-min_-szu2 tara-has,2-ma | You throw a cedar pomegranate in water, you bandage his feet with it, and then |
| 5 | _DISZ ki-min_ {gesz}si-hu {u2}ar-ga-nu {u2}ba-ri-ra-tu2 {u2}kam2-ka-du | If ditto: sīḫu-tree, argānu-plant, barīrāiu-plant (and) kamkadu-plant |
| 6 | _naga si {u2}a-zal-la-a gaz_ ina _sahar munu6 zi3 munu6 hi-hi_ | You crush horned alkali and azallû-plant in the dust of malt flour and malt bread. |
| 7 | ina _kasz_ ina {uruda}szen-tur_ ina _ga_ tara-bak ina _tug2 sur_-ri _la2_-id | You stir it in beer with a small copper kettledrum in a paste (and) you tie it to a bandage. |
| 8 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig_-ma eq-ba-szu _mu2-mu2_-hu _sa giri3-min_-szu2 | If a man suffers from a sore of the ankle and his flesh is full of mucus: his feet |
| 9 | kab-bar-ru-ma i-tal-lu-ka la i-le-'i _im-babbar#_ sah#-le2#-e | “It is dark and he has come, but he does not know. White limestone and cress |
| 10 | _naga si_ pu-ut,-ri _sud2_ ina _ga_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur#_ [tara-bak ba-ah-ru-us]-su# | You stir together alum (and) sulphur. You stir it into a paste with a small copper pot. You anoint him. |
| 11 | ina _tug2_ te-<t,er-ri> _la2_ [...] _u4 3(disz)-kam nu-du8_ | You wrap it in a cloth. ... on the 3rd day you should not remove it. |
| 12 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig_-ma _sa mud_-szu _im diri_-u2 _mu2-mu2_-hu | If a man suffers from sores from the mouth and his blood is thick: he will become ill. |
| 13 | ana szu-s,i-i _[{szim}]li# {szim}gur2-gur2 im-babbar gazi{sar} {u2}har-har sze-sa-a_ | For the šūṣû-festival: juniper, mint, white cumin, gazelle, harhar-plant, sesame |
| 14 | ina _a sud2_ [ina _zi3-kum]_ x _hi-hi_ ina _kasz_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak ina _tug2_ te-<t,er-ri> _la2_-id-ma _im e3_-a | You dry (the mixture) in water, you mix it in kupsu-flour, you stir it into beer in a small copper pot, you smear it on a piece of fabric, and then the clay will come out. |
| 15 | [_DISZ na] gig#_ ka-bar-tim _gig_-ma _giri3-min_-szu2 _mud2 diri kusz {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_-a | If a man suffers from a sore of the ankle and his feet are full of blood: leather from pomegranates. |
| 16 | [_a-gar]-gar masz-da3 sud2_ ina _a-mesz gazi{sar}_ <ina> _szen-tur_ tara-bak _la2_-id | You knead mašda-plant, you stir it into a paste in water from gazelle's womb, you bandage him (with the mixture). |
| 17 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig pa {u2}hab i3-udu ukusz2-hab_ | If a man suffers from mucus (suālu): he will get sick with kabartu-disease, pāḫḫu-liquorice, fat from ēru-plant. |
| 18 | _sud2_ ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ina _kasz szen-tur_ tara-bak _la2_-id | You knead suluppu-plant in fine flour, you stir it into a paste in small beer, you bandage him. |
| 19 | {u2}si-hu {u2}ar-ga-nu ka-man-du _{u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}{d}utu sud2_ | siḫu-plant, argānu-plant (and) kamandu-plant. Dog’s tongue plant, šamaš-plant |
| 20 | ina _i3-udu hi-hi la2_-ma _u4 1(disz)-kam2 nu-du8 gin7 uzu_-szu i-t,a3-bu _lal2_-id | with fat from a hihu-sheep cut off and on the 1st day it is not cut off like his flesh, he should be soothed. |
| 21 | _DISZ ki-min {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li sud2_ ina _{na4}nir-zi3 hi-hi_ ina _kasz_ ina _szen-tur_ tara-bak _la2_ | If DITTO, you knead gurgur-aromatic (and) lupin, you stir them into a paste in nirzi-stone, you boil them down in beer in a small copper pot, and then he will recover. |
| 22 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}a-zal-la2 had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ina _a-mesz gazi{sar}_ | If ditto: you crush azallu-plant, ḫašû-thyme in flour (and) ghee in water from gazelle groves. |
| 23 | ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak _la2 u4 1(disz)-kam nu-du8_ | You stir it in a small copper pot. Then, on the 1st day, it is not removed. |
| 24 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}szakir# had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _sahar munu6 hi-hi gin7 utul2 zi3-da_ tara-bak _la2_ | If ditto: you crush šakir-plant (and) ḫašû-thyme in the dust of a malt-flour, like coarse flour, you stir it into a paste, you bandage him with it. |
| 25 | _DISZ ki-min sag-du! ku6 had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_ | If ditto: you dry (and) crush head of a snapped fish in ghee, you bandage him (with the mixture). |
| 26 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig_-ma szi-kin3 _gig_ e-szu-u2 {u2}kam-ka-du | If a man suffers from sores from the mouth and the condition of the sore is torn out: kamkadu-plant |
| 27 | _{u2}[giri3] uga{muszen}_ {u2}tu-lal _had2-ra2 gaz gin7_ ra-bi-ki tara-bak _la2_ | The feet of a raven (and) a tortoise are split open. Like a scorpion you shave your head. |
| 28 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig_-ma _sa giri3-min_-szu2 szag3-gu {u2}si-hu! | If a man suffers from sores from the ankle and his feet are swollen: šaggu-plant, sihu-plant |
| 29 | {u2}ar-ga-nu {u2}ba-ri-ra-tu2 _pa_ {gesz}szu-sze _sig7 sud2_ | barganu-plant (and) barīrātu-tree (a kind of juniper) you pound together. |
| 30 | ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_-id-ma _u4 1(disz)-kam2 nu-du8_ | You stir it into a paste in ghee, you bandage him (with the mixture), and then he should not remove it for 1 day. |
| 31 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti a-tal2-lu-ka la i-le-'i {u2}eme ur-gi7_ | If a man is sick with mucus (suālu): your journey will not go well. Dog’s tongue plant |
| 32 | _pa# [{gesz}]szinig# had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _zi3 munu6 hi-hi_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_-id | You crush (and) sieve pomegranate sap in flour from a saḫlû-tree ('tamarisk'), you stir it into a paste in juice from gazelle husk (and then) you bandage him. |
| 33 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti szi-kin3 _gig_-szu2 _ge6 pa {gesz}ge6-par3# gaz# sim#_ | If a man suffers from sores from kabartu-disease: his illness will be made worse during the night. The ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic will be destroyed. |
| 34 | ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2 : pa {gesz}szinig_ | You soak it in ghee, you stir it into a paste in juice from kasû-herb ('tamarind') (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 35 | _{u2}har-har {u2}kur-ra_ tu-daq3-qaq isz-tu _zi3-da_ | you mix harhar-plant (and) mountain plant. From the flour |
| 36 | _hi-hi_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_-id | You stir it into a paste in ghee (and) you bandage (his head). |
| 37 | _gurun {gesz}kiszi16 sig7_-su _sud2 la2_-id | the fruit of his red date palm he cut off. |
| 38 | {u2}szu-szum _sig7_-su _sud2 la2_-id | šushum-plant, his yellow-green plant, he shall cut off. |
| 39 | _{u2}ukusz2-hab la2_-id | a kind of plant |
| 40 | _gi du10-ga {u2}a-gug4! had2-ra2 gaz zi3 {gesz}erin-sumun_ | sweet reed, agug plant, crushed, sesame flour |
| 41 | _zi3-kum_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_-id | You stir the flour in ghee (and) you bandage (his head). |
| 42 | _DISZ ki-min pa {gesz}kiszi16 pa {gesz}dih3 pa_ {gesz}szu-szi pa gi szul-hi_ | If ditto: he is covered with kišû-plant, covered with daḫu-tree, covered in ṣuši-wood, coated with reed, |
| 43 | _pa {gesz}haszhur pa {gesz}pesz3 pa {gesz}nu-ur2-ma pa {gesz}geszimmar-tur_ | a pomegranate leaf, a pešû-green leaf (and) a nūrmu-tree leaf |
| 44 | _had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _zi3-da hi-hi_ ina _szen-tur_ tara-bak _la2_ | You crush it, you mix it in flour, you stir it into a paste, you bandage him with it. |
| 45 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}in-nu-usz_ {u2}kam2-ka-du had2-a gaz_ ina _zi3-kum_ | If ditto: maštakal-plant, kamkadu-plant (and) gazelle droppings in fine flour |
| 46 | _hi-hi_ ina _a-mesz gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_-id | You stir it into a paste in water of gazelle oil, you bandage him (with the mixture). |
| 47 | _numun {szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}im-man#-du# gaz_ ina _dida hi-hi la2_ | You crush seed from juniper, mint, and mandu-aromatic in filtered water. |
| 48 | [_DISZ ki]-min pa_ {gesz}szu-sze _pa {gi}zu2-lum-ma pa {u2}eme ur-gi7_ | If ditto: a dog’s paw is covered with reed bundles; |
| 49 | _sig7#_-su-nu _gaz_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak _sahar munu6 zi3-da hi-hi la2_-id | You stir them into a small copper pot, you knead salt, malt, flour (and) fine flour. |
| 50 | tu#-hur eq-bi-szu ka-bil2 _igi uzu-mesz_-szu2 _kur2-kur2 gig_ | You recite the incantation three times, (and) you anoint his eyes with it. He will get better. |
| 51 | _[{munus}kal]-ga#? dugud pa {gesz}kiri6 du3-a-bi ti_-qe2 ina _nindu usz2_-er | You take a mighty woman, whose face is like a planted orchard, and she dies in a censer. |
| 52 | [ana {dug}nam]-ha-ri _dub_-ak ina sza3 i-ra-has, _en {d}utu-szu2-a szub_-szu | into a tureen you pour. Therein he shall crush. Lord Šamašshua shall cast him. |
| 53 | [...] x [...] x-kib IGI#? _gig_ x-x-tu2-ma | ... ... the illness ... and |
| 54 | [...] x-en#?-nu | ... ...-ennu |
| 55 | [...] x x | |
| 56 | [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _gaz_ ina _ga_ [ina _{uruda}]szen-tur_ tara-bak bah-ru-su [...] | You crush it in ghee (and) you put it on a small copper potter's kiln. |
| 2 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-[bar]-ti# tu-har eq-bi-szu _gig#_-[ma _uzu-mesz_-szu2] | If a man is sick with mucus (suālu): you recite the incantation, he is ill with his intestines, and then his flesh. |
| 3 | _ge6 szub_ x x ta x x _giri3-pad-du_ x [...] | Night fell ... footstool ... ... |
| 4 | _{u2}ninda2 {u2}{d}utu {u2}eme ur-gi7 pa_ {gesz}bi-[ni ...] | ninda plant, šamaš-plant, ēmû-plant (and) dog's tongue plant |
| 5 | _gurun {gesz}kiszi16_ ta-sak3 _hi-hi_ ina _kasz_ ina _{uruda}szen#-[tur_ tara-bak _la2]_ | You pound juniper seed, you stir it into beer in a small copper pot and you bandage him. |
| 6 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig en giri3-pad-du_ ir#-[te-hi x x] | If a man suffers from kabartu-illness, he is constantly afflicted with pain from the ankle joint .... |
| 7 | _gig_ il-ta-za-az ina _su_-szu2 _nu du8 dida_ x [...] | (If) a sore keeps lingering on his body: he will not recover. ... .... |
| 8 | {dug}nam-ha-ri _dub_-ak _giri3-min_-szu2 tara-has, ta-sar _en#? [giri3-min_-szu2?] | You strew a namḫaru-vessel. You wipe his feet clean. You write the owner of his feet. |
| 9 | ra-ah-s,a na-as,-ma-ti x [...] | (Sum) The raḫṣu priestess, the herdsman(?) of ... (Akk) The lamentation priest(s) of the shephards ... |
| 10 | _{u2}{gesz}har-har sze-sa-a_ ina _i3-nun_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak _[la2_-id] | You stir harhar-plant (and) sesame in ghee into a copper kettledrum. |
| 11 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti _gig en_ kin3-s,i-szu2 ki _e11_-a szi-kin3 _uzu#-[mesz_-szu2] | If a man suffers from kabartu-illness: his body will be ill when it rises, his flesh will become sick. |
| 12 | tu-ri-ih _igi gig_-szu2 _ge6 gig bi_ ina na-as,-ma-ti [...] | If he sees a ghost: that night, that patient will be ill with nasmātu-disease. |
| 13 | ul i-tel-li _lagab szurun gu4 a-gar-gar masz-da3 {gesz}sze-nu_ ina _nindu usz2_-[er] | he did not come up. The lagab priest, the šurun priest of an ox, agargar priest, gazelle and cedar he killed in the oven. |
| 14 | _giri3-min_-szu2 i-ra-has, _{u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}{d}utu {gesz}li {szim}[x_ x] | his feet tremble, dog’s tongue plant, šamaš-plant, juniper |
| 15 | {u2}ana-me-ru3 _{u2}a-zal-la {u2}har-hu-ba-nu11_ {u2}am-[ha-ra] | Anameru, azallu-plant, harḫubanû-plant and amhara-plant |
| 16 | {u2}pi4-za-lu-ur-tu2 _{u2}ab2-duh_ {u2}kam2-ka-du [x] _zu2#-lum_ | pomegranate, abduḫ-plant, kamkadu-plant x dates |
| 17 | _{u2}sikil {u2}gesztin ka5-a {u2}masz-husz {u2}kur-ra [numun_ {gesz}]bi#-nu | sikillu-plant, fox-vine, mashhuš-plant (and) mountain plants, seeds of juniper |
| 18 | _gaz_ ina _kasz_ ina _szen-tur_ tara-bak [...] _la2_-id | You crush it in beer in a sieve ... and you bandage him with it. |
| 19 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-[bar-ti] _gig_-ma _{u2}a-zal-la#_ [... ina _i3]-nun esz_-asz | If a man suffers from mucus (suālu) fever, and then azallu-plant .. in ghee you anoint him regularly. |
| 20 | _DISZ ki-min_ {szim}tar-[musz8 {gesz}gesztin] ka5-a i3-nun szesz2_-asz | If ditto: tarmuš-aromatic, ka’a-vine, ghee (and) myrrh |
| 21 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}ukusz2-hab#_ ina _i3-nun szesz2_-asz | If ditto: you anoint him with alum in ghee. |
| 22 | _en la2-mesz_ an-na-te _la2_-du _egir#_-[szu2 ri]-ip!-hu u ta-bi-lam! _la2_ | Until these deficits are reduced, after that, there will be a remission of debts and losses. |
| 23 | _DISZ ki-min u2 babbar {u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}in#-[nu]-usz had2-ra2 gaz i3+gesz esz_-asz ta-za-ru | If ditto: white plant, dog’s tongue plant, nūšu-plant, sulphur, you fumigate (them) with oil of an ointment. |
| 24 | _DISZ ki-min buru5-id2-da {szim}li had2-ra2 sud2_ [ina] _i3-nun esz mar_ | If ditto: you knead alum (and) burūdu-juniper, you mix them in ghee and daub (his eyes). |
| 25 | _DISZ ki-min duh-sze-gesz-i3 gaz# igi gig_ it#-tu#-szu2# _esz mar_-ru3 | If ditto: he sees šēgešu-juniper, he is ill with his eyesight, and then he will recover. |
| 26 | _DISZ ki-min pa {gesz}ukusz2-[hab] gaz igi gig_ it-tu-szu2#-esz mar_-ru3 | If ditto: he is struck by a ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ weapon, (and) he has a sick eye, and he will get better. |
| 27 | _DISZ ki-min {na4}pesz4-id2#-[da] gaz igi gig_ sze-szen _esz mar#_-ru3 _la2_ | If ditto: pešūdu-stone shoots (and) has a sick eye: he will suffer from barley famine. |
| 28 | _DISZ ki-min_ {gesz}si-ha _[numun_ {u2}]ap2-ru-sza2 _{u2}{d}utu gaz_ ina# _[i3]-nun esz mar_ | If ditto: sīḫû-tree, apricot seed, šamaš-plant you crush in ghee (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 29 | _DISZ ki-min {gesz}[gesztin ka5-a]_ {u2}tu-lal _gaz_ ina szur-szum-me _kasz i3-nun# szesz2_-[asz] | If ditto: you crush kabû-wine, tullal-plant, (and) you anoint him repeatedly with it in beer and butter. |
| 30 | _DISZ ki-min {na4}zu2-lum#-[ma] sud2_ ina _i3-szah esz_-asz _mar_-ru3 | If ditto: you dry and crush dates, you knead them in ghee (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 31 | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}pi4-zal-lu-ur-t,a _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz esz_-asz _mar_-ru3 | If ditto: you pound pizallurtu-plant, you anoint him repeatedly with it in new oil. |
| 32 | _DISZ_ ki-min {u2}a-zal-la-a {u2}sikil gaz i3#-kur esz_-[asz] _mar_-ru3 | If ditto: azallû-plant (and) sikillu-plant are torn out, he will recover and become poor. |
| 33 | _DISZ_ ki-min pa {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_ tur-ar2 _sud2 i3+gesz-ku6 esz#_-[asz] _mar_-ru3 | If ditto: you dry, crush, and sift pomegranate sap, eš-ash oil, |
| 34 | _DISZ na gig_ ka-bar-ti ma-gal _nam-erim2# [dab]_-su i-pa-asz-sze-eh [ana _egir u4-me ba-usz2]_ | If a man suffers from numbness, he is constantly affected by a severe fever: the enemy will seize him and he will die in the future. |
| 35 | DISZ _gig_ ka-bar-ti ru-t,ib-tu2 ib-ta-ni _ba-usz2_ | If a sore's surface is thick: he will die. |
| 36 | _DISZ gig_ ka-bar-ti _a-gar-gar sig7_ ina _kasz3_ ru-usz-sze-ti ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ | If a person is sick with mucus (suālu): you crush yellow-green agargar plant in beer, rūšû-tamarind in a small copper pot. |
| 37 | ina _zi3-kum hi-hi la2_-id# | You pound ḫīḫu-salt in flour. |
| 38 | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}ur2-ne2-e {gesz}si-ha {u2}ar-ga-nu _{gesz}lum-[ha]_ | If ditto: burnû-plant, sīḫu-tree, barganu-plant (and) lupin |
| 39 | _zi3 {u2}ukusz2-hab_ ina _i3-nun i3-szah_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak _[la2]_ | You crush the flour of kušhab-plant in ghee, you stir it into a paste in a small copper pot, (and) you bandage him. |
| 40 | _DISZ gig min_ {u2}i-szi-in _a-sza3_ tur-ar2 ana _igi szub_-[di] | If a sore, ditto: you scatter išin-plant in a field, you throw it into the eye. |
| 41 | _DISZ pa {gesz}szu-szi _sud2_ ana _igi szub_-di | If he touches the lip of a šuši tree: he will fall before you. |
| 42 | _DISZ szika {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_ ta-qal-lu ana _igi szub_-di | If a man has been seized by šāku-disease (and) a taqlû-demon, |
| 43 | _DISZ sag-du! ku6_ ta-qal-lu ana _igi szub_-di | If the head of a fish is flattened: you throw it into the eye. |
| 44 | _DISZ ki-min pa {gi}zu2-lum-ma_ ta-sal-laq ana _igi szub_-di | If ditto, you shave the head of dates (and) you put it on as a bandage. |
| 45 | _DISZ ki-min pa {gi}zu2-lum-ma pa_ {gesz}ur-zi-ni _ki-min_ | If ditto: a reed stalk of dates, a stalk of a date palm. |
| 46 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}ur-tal2-tal2_ ta-sal-laq ana _igi_ ta-tab-bak | If ditto: you take uḫurtaltal-plant (and) you put it on as a bandage. |
| 47 | _DISZ na_ ka-pal-ta-szu _gig sag-du eme-dir_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ ana _igi mar-mesz_ | If a man’s left ear is sick: you dry, crush, and sieve the head of a lizard; you put it on as a bandage for the eyes. |
| 48 | _DISZ ki-min szika {gesz}nu-ur2-ma sud2_ ana _igi szub_-di | If ditto: you pound šika-plant (and) pomegranate seeds, you put them on his eyes. |
| 49 | _DISZ ki-min sag-du_ ka-zi-ri ta-qa-lu ina _igi szub_-di | If ditto: you dry up the head of a kaziru-plant, you put it on the eye. |
| 50 | _DISZ ki-min igi gig_ ta-kap-par it-qur-ta te-[qi2] | If ditto: you wipe away the eye (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 51 | _[{szim}gur2-gur2 gazi{sar}] x _zi3 sze-sa-a_ szik-na-tu2 _lagab munu6 sze10 [tu{muszen}]_ | gurgur-aromatic, gazelle oil, x grains of sesame flour, šiknātu-flour, malt, pigeon |
| 52 | [pu-ut-ri _a-gar-gar masz-da3] im-babbar zi3-gig_ ha-hu-u2# [sza2 _udun_] | alum, gazelle droppings, imbabbar, ḫaḫû-flour from the oven. |
| 53 | _[gibil gi-mesz sumun-mesz_ szu-lut, _szim-hi-a] disz#_-nisz# gaz# [sim]_ | New and old reeds, purification of the aromatics, burning of the garlic. |
| 54 | [ina _kasz szeg6_-szal _la2 1(u) 4(disz) nig2-la2 si-sa2]_ | in filtered beer, less 14 nig2-la-measures are balanced. |
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| 1 | _[{szim}gur2-gur2] {szim}li#_ {u2}ak-tam _numun gada gazi{sar} lagab# [munu6 zi3 sze-gig zi3-kum_] | gurgur-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, baktam-plant, seed from a linen cloth, gazelle, lagab-flour, malt flour, wheat flour (and) coarse flour |
| 2 | _dida# sig5#-ga disz_-nisz _sud2_ : ina _kusz sur la2 9(disz) nig2-la2_ [sik-ka-ti] | “Good sweet emmer’s milk— Isḫi-sud2 means : in a leather bag, less 9 bags of sucklings. |
| 3 | _[{szim}gur2-gur2 i3-udu] ellag2 udu-nita2 {szim}buluh illu {szim}buluh a illu# [li-dur]_ | gurgur-aromatic, fat from a sheep, baluḫ-plant, the water of the river |
| 4 | _[{gesz}erin-sumun i3-gesz] {szim}gir2 mud2_ {gesz}e-re-ni _{szim}hab_ [an-nu-u2?] | cedar oil, cypress oil, cedar resin, ḫašû-aromatic |
| 5 | 9(disz) _nig2-la2_ sik-ka-[ti] | 9 bundles of wool, |
| 6 | _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 duh-lal3 {szim}buluh illu {szim}[buluh]_ | fatty tissue of a sheep, honey, baluḫh&bu-aromatic, sulphur |
| 7 | _{szim}gur2-gur2 illu li-dur {szim#}szesz {gesz}erin-[sumun]_ | gurgur-aromatic, lidur-plant, murru-juniper |
| 8 | _i3-gesz {szim}gir2 {szim}hab_ an#-[nu]-u _nig2-la2_ sik-ka-te sza2 _en#-[te-na]_ | this oil, sulphur, and ḫašû-aromatic: a ration of wool for the winter. |
| 9 | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}szesz {szim}gam-ma illu li-[dur {szim}buluh]_ | may gurgur-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, myrtle, cumin, lupine, buluḫ-plant |
| 10 | _illu {szim}buluh# {szim}hab mud2 {gesz}erin_ x [...] | The flood, baluhhu-aromatic, ḫašūmu-juniper, blood of cedar ... |
| 11 | _{u2}kur-kur_ [...] 1(u) 1(disz) _u2-hi-a nig2-la2_ sik-ka-te [sza2 _en-te-na?]_ | kurkurru-plant, ... 11 plants, rations of the woolen garments |
| 12 | ha-hu-u2 sza2 _udun_ i-ra-sza2 _munu6 lagab munu6_ x [...] | The ḫaḫû-plant that grows in the sacrificial sheep ... malt ... |
| 13 | ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ina _a gazi{sar} szag6_-szal _la2 4(disz) nig2-la2 gu2_-[su sik-ka-te] | in flour mixed with ghee, in juice from gazelle's churn, less 4 cuts of his neck, |
| 14 | _zi3_ [...] _zi3 lagab munu6 zi3 gazi{sar} bil2-mesz_ ha-hu-[u sza2 _udun_] | flour of ..., flour of lagab-plant, malt flour, gazīnu-flour, (and) ḫaḫû-disease from the udug-vessel |
| 15 | ina [x] _sila11#_-asz _la2 4(disz) nig2-la2_ s,er-hi [...] | in x sila3 less 4 bundles of emmer ... |
| 16 | _zi3 gurun {gesz}nu-ur2-ma zi3 gurun {gesz}kiszi16 zi3 numun babbar-hi[{sar}]_ | flour from pomegranates, flour from dates from juniper (and) flour from white plant |
| 17 | _zi3 numun {u2}eme ur-gi7 4(disz) zi3-mesz_ an-nu-ti ana _ugu gig# [mar]_ | lion’s-tongue flour, these four flours on account of a sick patient |
| 18 | sah-le2-e a-lu-te _gazi{sar}_ si-ku-u2-ti ina _kasz# [szeg6_-szal] | saḫlû (‘cress’), alūtu (a kind of juniper), mustard (and) sikūlu-plant in beer. |
| 19 | 3(disz) _u4-me 3(disz) nig2-la2 giri3_ nu-uh-hur-[ti] | 3 days, 3 rations via Nuhḫurtu |
| 20 | _egir_-szu ina 4(disz)-kam2 u4-me si dara3-masz! {na4}zu2-lum-[ma]_ [...] | After that, on the 4th day, when the sun was shining, dates |
| 21 | tur-ar2 _sud2_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi i3-nun esz_-asz 2(disz)#? nig2-la2_ [sza2 _gig_ nu-hur-ti] | You dry, crush, and sift with sheep fat, ghee, eshash-plant, 2? nigla-containers of nuhurtu-plant |
| 22 | _zi3 sze-sa-a zi3 gazi{sar} zi3-kum_ ina _i3_ [...] | roasted barley flour, gazelle flour in oil ... |
| 23 | [ina] _izi# szeg6_-szal 3(disz) _nig2-la2_ [...] | With fire, a gusty wind, 3 nigla ... |
| 24 | [...] _ge6# illu szim_ [...] | ... night, the river level ... aromatic ... |
| 25 | [...] | |
| 26 | _zi3 sze-sa#-[a_ ...] | barley flour ... |
| 27 | _zi3_ {szim}[x ...] | the flour of ...-juniper |
| 28 | _{szim}szesz_ [...] | myrtle |
| 29 | _illu li-dur# [{na4}]ka#-ba-za#_ x [...] | The river level should be low, the kabaza stone ... |
| 30 | _i3-udu sumun duh-[lal3_ x] _nig2-la2 masz_ x [...] | fat from a sheep, honey ..., a ration of goat ... ... |
| 31 | sah-le2-e ina _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _zi3 sze-sa-a_ [...] | You stir saḫlû-cress in ghee (and) sesame oil ... |
| 32 | _szim-mesz_ u _{u2}igi_-lim ana _igi_ ta-szab-bah3 ina x [...] | You pour aromatics and juniper in front of (them). In ... . |
| 33 | li3-szu4 _kum2_-su _la2 4(disz) nig2-la2 gig_ x [...] | his fever, reduced to 4 nigla-diseases, ... ... |
| 34 | _szim#_ [x ina] _a gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _zi3-kum zi3 gazi{sar#}_ [...] | You stir ...-aromatic in water from a gazelle's jug, you grind your flour, flour from ... . |
| 35 | ana _igi_ ta#-[szab]-bah3 _i3 tag kum2_-su _la2_-id x [...] | You pour oil on the surface of the 'finger.' ... .... |
| 36 | {szim}[x] _{szim}buluh illu {szim}buluh {szim}hab [{szim}]li_ x [...] | ...-aromatic, buluḫ-acacia, lupin, habru-plant, juniper ... |
| 37 | _{gesz}erin#_ [x duh]-lal3# i3-udu sumun 8(disz) nig2-la2_ [...] x-nab tu-[x ...] | cedar, ... honey, old sheep fat, 8 nigla-containers |
| 38 | _{szim}gur2-gur2 [{szim}li {u2}]kur-kur {szim}szesz illu {szim}buluh {szim}[buluh]_ | burāšu-juniper, lupin, kurkuru-plant, murru-aromatic, alum, buluḫ-plant |
| 39 | qi2-lip _zu2-[lum-ma]_ x-ka-nim _duh-lal3 i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2_ sza2 2(gesz2) 3(u)#? | ... dates, honey, fat from a sheep's kidney, of 180? sheep |
| 40 | _mud2 {gesz}erin_ 1(u) 1(disz) [u2]-hi-a_ sza a-pi2-is-lat ina _izi_ tu-sza2-ha-an | You ignite fire with cedar blood, 11 plants of apišlatu-plant. |
| 41 | ana sik-ka-ti szup-[szu]-hi# _u2 babbar illu li-dur illu {szim}buluh_ | For a šukatu-vessel, white plant, may the river level be prolonged, the water level of baluhhu-aromatic |
| 42 | _pa {u2}ukusz2-hab [numun_ {u2}lap-ti] _{szim}szesz {szim}gur2-gur2 naga si_ | nīnû-plant, seed from laptu-tree, murru-aromatic, mint, horned alkali |
| 43 | _pesz10-{d}id2 a-gar-gar masz-[da3] zi3-kum duh-lal3 i3-udu ellag2 nig2-la2_ sik-ka-ti | “Peš-Id, agargar, gazelle droppings, flour, honey, sheep fat, emmer fat, (and) wool rations |
| 44 | _zi3_ szib-ri _zi3 lagab munu6 zi3 [sze-bar sumun zi3] sze-esztub zi3 sze-nu-ha_ | šibru-flour, sacrificial flour, malt flour, old barley flour, roasted grain flour (and) sown grain |
| 45 | _zi3-gig zi3 gu2-gal zi3 gu2-[tur zi3] gu2#-nig2-ar3-ra zi3 sze-sa-a_ | wheat, emmer, gugal-flour, small grains, nigŋara flour, barley flour, |
| 46 | _zi3 sze_ sa-hi-in#-di# _zi3 imgaga3_ zi3#_ pu-ut-ri _zi3 sze10 tu{muszen}_ | sahindi-grain, agānu-flour, šutru flour, barley flour of a dove |
| 47 | _zi3 numun gada zi3 gazi{sar} bil2-mesz [zi3 za3-hi]-li bil2_-te _zi3 im-babbar_ | flour of seed, linen, flour of gazelle, (and) flour of zaḫilu-flour; flour of imbabbar; |
| 48 | _zi3 duh-sze-gesz-i3 had2-ra2_-ti _zi3 {gesz#}[ur3 sumun] zi3# gi gi-sal bad3 sumun_ | šēgešu-flour, hadra-ti, sour pomegranate flour, reed, and bricks |
| 49 | _zi3 szika im-szu-rin-na ti#? zi3 munu6# [zi3]_ ha-he-e sza2 _udun_ | šika-flour, imshurinnu-seed, tītu-grain, malt, ḫāḫû flour of the udug-vessel |
| 50 | _zi3 t,i-ik-me-ni sza2 _{dug}utul7 zi3_ {u2}s,a-da#-[ni _zi3]_ {gesz#}si-hi _zi3_ ar-ga-ni | ṭikmēnu-flour of a jug, ṣadanu-plant, sīḫu-juniper, arganu-grain |
| 51 | _zi3 {gesz}lum-ha zi3_ {u2}ap2-ru-sze {u2}ak-tam _zi3 a#-[gar-gar masz-da3] zi3_ {u2}s,a-s,u-un-[tu2] | limḫu-flour, aprušu-plant, nīnû-tree, emmer flour, gazelle droppings, ṣaṣuntu-paste |
| 52 | _zi3 {gesz}erin zi3 {gesz}szur-min3 zi3_ {gesz}dup-ra-ni _zi3 [{szim}]gur2-gur2 zi3 {szim}li#_ | cedar flour, cypress flour, cress flour, mustard, gurgur flour and lupin |
| 53 | _[zi3] {szim}gam-ma zi3 {szim}szesz zi3 {szim}gir2 zi3 {szim}[sal zi3] {szim#}gig_ | gamma-flour, šēdu-aromatic, myrrh, gir-alkali, juniper, cress, and sulphur. |
| 54 | _[zi3] gi du10-ga zi3 {gesz}man-du pap 4(u) 6(disz) zi3-da-mesz [u2-hi]-a_ | flour, good reeds, flour from Mandu, total: 46 flours, plants |
| 55 | [u] _szim#-hi-a_ si-ku _gal_-u2 na-as,-[ma]-ti a-[su]-ti | and aromatics, the great sikû-plant, the nasmātu-spurge, the asutu. |
| 56 | [kab-di] ana# szup-szu-hi asz2-t,a ana lu-ub-bu-ki sah-ra [ana su-up-pu-hi] | I have been confined to the supsuḫu-vessel, I have fallen into disrepair in the lupītu-vat. |
| 57 | _[lugud_ ana] pa#-ta-hi sze-bir-te ana ke#-sze-ri sza2-hi-it-te# [ana tur-ri] | The king, my lord, gave me the silver for the crossing of the quay, for the reopening of the battle, and for the return of the troops. |
| 58 | _[sa_ bat]-qa# a#-[na ka]-4(disz)-ma _en-te-na_ ina _kasz-[sag]_ | You pour a fourth of a shekel of red wine into the first-class beer. |
| 59 | [szum4-ma _ama-mesz_ ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_]-asz# ina _i3-nun tag-tag la2_-id-ma# _[ti_-ut,] | If the mothers in ghee (and) sesame oil he drank, and then he will recover. |
| 60 | _[en2 a-zu-kalam-ma] {d#}nin-i3-si-in-na! ama arhusz kalam#-[ma me-en]_ | Incantation: O Azukalama, Ninisina, you are the compassionate mother of the land |
| 61 | _[agrig e2-kur] nin e2-dub-ba#_ | the steward of the Ekur, the lady of the scribal school |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _[{d}szu-zi-gal-an-na] nin-sag-ge6#-[ga-ke4]_ | Šuzigalana, the queen of the black-headed people |
| 2 | _[{d}urasz dagal-la] {d}kur-rib-ba# za-ra_ x [...] | Uraš, the broad one, Kurribba, ... for you |
| 3 | [x x x a]-ge nam-ri-ri sza2 da-[num {d}en-lil2 u {d}e2-a] | ..., the bright light of Anu, Enlil and Ea |
| 4 | [isz-ku]-nu-szi re-esz _bara2 kur-kur dingir#!-[mesz] i#-[na]-asz2-szu2-u _igi_-ki | They placed her at the head of the dais of all the lands, the gods, before you. |
| 5 | [x pat,]-ra# hu-bur _sze-gan2-gan2_ {d}e2-a za-ru-u2 sza2 _kur_ | ... of the ḫubur field, the field of Ea, the šarû of the land |
| 6 | [ul-gi]-ri#-tum til-la-tu4 _im-ma-an-szub_ | The ulgirītu-demon abandoned its fullness. |
| 7 | _[ab2_ ina _si]_-sza2 _u8_ ina _sig2-hi-a_-sza2 _id2_ ir-ha-an ina kib-ri-sza2 | (If) a cow in its horn, a ewe in its wool, the river will flow and in its territory |
| 8 | [sza i-na]-hu# lid-di-ma pa-asz2-hu lisz-szi | May the one who is frightened speak, and may he listen. |
| 9 | [qi2-ba-a]-ma sza _nenni a nenni_ pa-rik-ta-szu2 li-szir | Speak! May the one of the so-and-so, son of so- and so, make his way straight! |
| 10 | _[en2_ szu-u] szum#-szu masz-ka-du ki-nu-us-su ul masz!-ka-du | Incantation: “His name is maškadu-disease, his foundations are not maszkadu. |
| 11 | ki-nu-us-su szu-u szum-szu | “It is his foundation, it is his name, |
| 12 | ul-tu _mul_ sza-ma-me ur-da | After the stars of the heavens became visible, |
| 13 | ur-dam-ma ul-tu _mul_ sza-ma-mi | After the stars of the heavens |
| 14 | mi-szil im-ti sza2 _musz_ il-qe2 mi-szil im-ti sza2 _gir2-tab_ il-qe2 | half a shekel of clay from a snake he took, half <half a herkel> from sphinxes he taken. |
| 15 | pa-a la _gar_-in _gar_-in szin-ni szin-ni la _gar_-in# s,a-bit _sa-mesz_ | There is no opening, there are no reopenings, there is no breaking of the knots. |
| 16 | _szu-si-mesz_ la _gar_-in s,a-bit kap-pal-ti | The horns are not present; they are bound by a knot. |
| 17 | ki-ma szar-ti qa-tan la i-du ina _uzu-mesz_ | like a queen I do not know. In the flesh |
| 18 | ul i-sza2-a pa-na u _murub4#_ is,-bat gesz-sza2 kin3-s,a ki-s,il-la | he did not have, the face and the middle he seized; the work of the work-assignment |
| 19 | qab-la ra-pa-asz2-tu u sza2-szal-li gu-ub-gu-ba pu-hur _sa-mesz_ | a broad throne and a wide square, a set of strings, |
| 20 | s,a-bit sza2 _nenni a nenni_-pu-hur ka-li-szu2-nu _sa-gal_ | captured of so-and-so, son of sîn-puhur; all of them are well. |
| 21 | ul-tu2 _u4_-um i'-al-du ul-la-nu-um-ma ib#-ni-szu _dingir_-szu | From the day he was born, until the time he created him, his god |
| 22 | _in-dib in-sar# in#-[du8 x x x lit,-t,a]-rid lik-ka-mi | He passed by, wrote, checked, and ...ed. May he be pacified, may he become strong. |
| 23 | _en2#_ [ul] ia#-ut-tu2 _en2#_ [{d}e2-a u {d}]asal-lu2-hi | Incantation: “It is not mine, Incantations: Ea and Asalluhi |
| 24 | _[en2_ {d}]da-mu u [{d}gu]-la# | Incantation: O Damu and Gula |
| 25 | _en2 {d}nin-girima3 [en] en2_ | Incantation: O Ningirima, incantation priest |
| 26 | szu-nu iq-bu-ma ana-ku u2-sza2-[an-ni szap-lisz lit]-ta#-s,i-ma | They said to me, and I made it clear to me: "Let him go down below and |
| 27 | e-lisz a-a i-li _eme hul-gal2 bar-[sze3 he2-em-ta-gub]_ | Above father Ili, may the evil tongue stand aside. |
| 28 | _ka-inim-ma sa#-[gal-la]-kam2#_ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 29 | _kid3-kid3-bi sig2-aka3 sila4-nim! u munus-sila4-nim!_ ina _[sa] masz-da3_ | Its ritual: you bind wool from a male lamb and a female lamb in the bundle of a gazelle. |
| 30 | _nu-nu {na4}szu_-u _nita2_ u _munus {na4}gug {na4}pa_ {na4}ia2-ni-bu | šû-stone, a man's and a woman's ox, carnelian, alabaster |
| 31 | _{na4}szuba_ {na4}zi-bitu {na4}a-ba-asz-mu _{na4}zalag2 {na4}kur_-nu _dab-ba_ | šuba stone, zibitu stone, abašāmu-stone, lapis lazuli (and) mountain stone were seized. |
| 32 | {na4}kak-ku-sak-ku _{na4}pesz4-a-ab#-ba# e3 had2-ra2_ {u2}kur-ka-nam ina _sig2 sa5_ | kakkusakku-stone (and) ēšû-abba-stone came out; kurkanum-plant in red wool |
| 33 | [7(disz)] lip-pi tala2-pap ina x gesz#-szi-szu _kesz2_-as-ma i-szal-lim | You pound 7 lippi, you tie it on his neck, and then he will recover. |
| 34 | _[enuru_ kisz-pu ze]-ru#-tum it-ta-s,u-u2 ana ki-di | The city has been turned into a mound of evil witchcraft. |
| 35 | t,up-[pi2 ... sza2]-t,ir#-ma ba-a-ri | A tablet of ... written and collated. |
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