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BAM 2, 165+ (P281813)
Medical, Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 2, 165+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P281813 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09467 + VAT 10300 + VAT 10414 + VAT 12261 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
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 col 2 | ||
| 1' | [... {u2}tar]-musz#? | ... tarmuš plant |
| 2' | [... _{gesz}]szinig#_ | ... a measuring vessel |
| 3' | [... _{u2}a]-zal-la2_ | azallu-plant |
| 4' | [...] {gesz}x [... _{gesz}]haszhur# gesz-gi_ | ... ... apple tree |
| 5' | [...] _{u2}kur#_ [... _{u2}]kur#-kur_ | ... mountain plants |
| 6' | [...] x _numun_ {u2}[x ...] _{u2#}szakir_ | ... seeds of ...-plant, šakir-plant |
| 7' | [...] x _suhusz_ {gesz}[x ... {u2}]szu-szi | ... the base of a ... tree ... juniper |
| 8' | [x x] _szu#-gidim-ma_ ina _kasz nag_ | You knead ... alum in beer. |
| 9' | [... _{u2}]igi_-lim | ... is seen. |
| 10' | [... _{gesz}]szinig_ | ... a kiln |
| 11' | [...] _na4#_ ga-bi-i | ... alum |
| 12' | [...] {u2#}ur2-nu-u | ... juniper |
| 13' | [...] {u2#}ti-ia2-tu2 | ... tīyatu-plant |
| 14' | [... _{u2}kur]-kur_ | ... mountain plants |
| 15' | [... x _u2 szu]-gidim#-ma_ ina _kasz nag_ | ... ... and shumû-plant in beer, |
| 16' | [_DISZ na gidim] dab#_-su-ma _sza3_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu2 | If a ghost has seized a man and his heart hurts him: |
| 17' | [... _numun {gesz}]szinig# numun# {u2}in-nu-usz_ | ... seed of tamarisk, seed of alabaster |
| 18' | [...] x ta-sak3 | You pound ... |
| 19' | [... ina] _a nag_ | ... in water |
| 20' | [...] x x x | |
| 21' | [...] x | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | _[{u2}]luh#-mar-tu_ {u2}zi#-bu#-u# | luḫmartu-plant, zibû-plant |
| 3' | _gazi#{sar} {u2}a-zal-[la2]_ | mustard, azallu-plant |
| 4' | _{u2#}sumun-dar {szim}im-[di]_ | juniper, alum |
| 5' | {u2}szu-un-hu _{u2}an-dah#-[szum]_ | šunḫu-plant (and) ānum-plant |
| 6' | _gi du10-ga#_ | good reed |
| 7' | 1(u) 5(disz) _u2 gaba_-su _gu7#_ | 15 grass-fed plants are his breast. |
| 8' | u3 ha-sze-e _gig#_ | and hašê-illness |
| 9' | _{u2#}kur-ra {u2}kur-kur_ | mountain plants, mountain plants |
| 10' | _{u2}gazi{sar} za3-hi-li-a{sar}_ | juniper, šaḫilia-plant |
| 11' | _{u2}masz-tab i3-udu {szim}gig_ | maštab-plant, fat from a sickle |
| 12' | _u2 numun {szim}li kam2_-ma sza2 _{lu2}aszgab_ | the seed of juniper comes and that of the šakku-priest |
| 13' | 8(disz) _u2_ rib-ku sza _igi-min kum2_ | 8 ribku-plants of the same type |
| 14' | ina _i3-udu duh-lal3 i3-nun-na hi-hi_ | with sheep fat, honey and butter |
| 15' | {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim | tarmuš-plant |
| 16' | _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}ak-tam _{u2}hab_ | juniper, sulphur, ḫašû |
| 17' | _{u2}ukusz2-hab numun {u2}ukusz2-hab_ | a kind of grass, seed of grass |
| 18' | _{u2}ukusz2_-ti-gi-la | a kind of plant |
| 19' | _bun2#?_ a-bat-te _{u2}nig2-bur3-bur3_ | a kind of plant, nīnû-plant |
| 20' | _numun# eme ur-gi7 numun {gesz}szinig_ | seed of dog tongue, seed of tamarisk |
| 21' | _[numun] {gesz}ma-nu_ {u2}nu-s,a-bu | seed of a manu-tree, nuṣābu-plant |
| 22' | _[numun] {szim#}li_ ni-kip-tu4 | seed of juniper, nikiptu |
| 23' | [im-bu tam]-tim# _gi-dub-ba_ tam-tim | The flood of the sea, the reed screen of the Sea |
| 24' | [...] {na4#}mu-s,u | ... muṣu-stone |
| 25' | [...] x [...] | |
| 26' | [...] _{szim#}[szesz?_ ...] | ... myrrh(?) |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] ni#? | ... fear(?) |
| 3' | [...] li | ... may |
| 4' | [...] la | ... not |
| 5' | [...] x | |
| 6' | [...] da# | ... beside |
| 7' | [...] x | |
| 8' | [...] x | |
Sources & licences
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