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BAM 4, 339 (P281827)
Medical, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 4, 339 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281827 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10034 + VAT 11425 + VAT 11571 + VAT 12115 + VAT 12216 |
| 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 |
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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.
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| 1 | [ina _{iti}szu]-numun#-na u4-1(u)#-[kam_ e-nu-ma {d}isz8-tar2 _un-mesz kur]_ | On the 1st of Tammuz, when Ištar the people of the land |
| 2 | [u]-sab#?-ku-u2 _igi_ {d}a-[nun-na-ki? u?] _gidim#?_ [kim-ti] | they seized. Before Anunnaki and the ghost(?) of the family |
| 3 | [ana] _{d}dumu-zi_ i-bak-ka-a _im#-[ri-a lu2_ asz-ra]-nu [pah-rat] | To Dumuzi I prayed to you. The Assyrian man was received. |
| 4 | {d}isz8-tar2 _gub_-az-ma ka _un-mesz_ i-ha-ra# _[u4_-um _tur3-mesz] gal4-la_ sza _{na4}za-gin3 mul#_-tam _gar_-an _gi-duh <gin_-an> | Ištar stands there and opens the mouth of the people. On the day of the stalls of lapis lazuli a star is placed. A reed mat is set. |
| 5 | _mu lu2_ ta-za-kar 1(u) 2(disz) _ninda_ u mi-ih-ha _[ti?_-qe2-ma] _lu2#-gig_ szu-zi-bi# [ta]-qab-bi | You say the name of the man. 12 loaves of bread and mihha-bread you take, and the sick man you say. |
| 6 | ana {d}isz8-tar2-re-s,u2-u2-a ka-par2-ri sza _{d}dumu-zi#_ [na-as,]-rap-tam u gu-has,-s,a ba-asz | To Ištar-rēṣūa, the gatekeeper of Dumuzi, the guardian and the guhaṣa priest |
| 7 | {d}isz8-tar2-re-s,u2-u2-a s,a-bat a-bu-ut _lu2-gig_ [ana _{d}]dumu#-zi_ ta-qab-bi | Ištar-rēṣūa, you speak the word of the sick man to Dumuzi. |
| 8 | an-na-a-am ina _e2_ {d}isz8-tar2 _u4_-um _tur3-mesz# [du3]_-usz ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ | This is in the temple of Ištar. On the day that the stalls are built, on the threshing floor |
| 9 | e-nu-ma ma-a-a-al-tum ana _{d}dumu-zi szub_-u2 [1(disz)] _sila3# zi3-da_ sza2 _nita_ i-t,e3-nu _ti_-qe2 | When a claim has been made against Dumuzi 1 qû flour of a man has broken you take. |
| 10 | ina _sag_ ma-a-a-al-ti _izi mu2_-ah ka-ma-na# tu-szab-szal ina _ga_ ta-mar-ra-as | In the beginning of the night, you ignite a fire. You make a kamanu-fire. You sprinkle it on a piece of bread. |
| 11 | ina _sag_ ma-a-a-al-ti _gar_-an _{dug}la-ha-an kasz# gin_-an _gi-gid2 gi_-s,i-in-na-ta | You set up a laḫan-vessel of beer on the head of the sea. You tie a string of reeds. |
| 12 | _{gesz}szab {gesz}bunin-tur nig2-ba_ ana _{d}dumu-zi_ ba-asz _nig2-na szem-szesz_ ina _sag_-szu2 ta-sar2-raq | a censer of fig-trees, a gift to Dumuzi; a tureen of myrrh (and) juniper you sprinkle on his head. |
| 13 | _nig2-na {szim}li_ ina sze-pi-it ma-a-a-al-ti ana {d}isz8-tar2 ta-sar2-raq ana _igi_ {d}isz8-tar2 _gi-duh gin_-an | You strew a censer of juniper on a piece of land. You pour it out before Ištar. You set up a reed mat. |
| 14 | 1(u) 2(disz) _ninda ziz2-an-na gar_-an _ninda-i3-de2-a lal3 i3-nun-na gar_-an _{dug}a-da-gur5 gin_-an _sila4 kud_-is | You set out 12 loaves of emmer bread, you set out a libation bowl of honey and butter. You make an adagurru-bowl and cut a lamb. |
| 15 | _kasz-sag bal_-qi2 szid-di _gid2_-ad _{zi3}dub-dub-bu szub-szub_-di ina _zag_ ma-a-a-al-ti | You libate first-rate beer. You recite the incantation three times. You throw down the šubdubu-flour on the right side of the sea. |
| 16 | ana _gidim im-ri-a_-szu ina _gub3_ ma#-[a-a]-al#-ti ana {d}a-nun-na-ki _ki-se3-ga#_ [ta]-kas#-sip | For a reed-bearing snake, you wrap it in a blanket for the Anunnaki. |
| 17 | _a kasz_ u3 _ga bal_-qi2 x [x x] x-ma _lu2-gig tug2-sza3-ha mu4-mu4_-asz | you pour water, beer and milk ... and the sick person wears a šahu-garment daily. |
| 18 | ana _igi_ {d}isz8-tar2 tu-qar-rab#-[szu]-ma ki-a-am tu-szad-bab-szu2 | you will bring him before Ištar, and then you will speak to him thus: |
| 19 | _en2_ sza-qu2-tum {d}isz8-[tar2] _du3#_-at te-ne-sze-ti mu-kin2-nat par-s,i a-szi-kad2 _bara2-mesz_ | Incantation: O supreme one, Ištar, creator of people, who establishes rites, who sits on dais(s) |
| 20 | {d}isz8-tar2 ru-bu-tum# sza-ru-uh-ti# {d}i-gi4-gi4 | Ištar, exalted princess, Igigi |
| 21 | ba-na-a-at kul#-lat _un-mesz_ musz-te-szi-rat szik-na-at na-pisz-ti | Creator of all the people, who guides the people aright, creator of life, |
| 22 | dir-ni-[ni] sza-ru-uh-tu qa-rit-tu at-ti | You are exalted, you are mighty, |
| 23 | [ge]-rat# qab-lim musz-tak3#?-ki#?-pat#? x a-na#-[an-ti] | The mighty one, the one who keeps watch over(?) the ... of the land |
| 24 | [ba-lu-uk]-ki _id2 nu bad_-te _id2 nu_ is-[se-ker] sza# ub-ba-lu nu-uh#-[sza] | Balukki, the undeveloped canal, the non-irrigated canal, which is surrounded by a dense forest, |
| 25 | [ba-lu]-uk-ki _pa5 nu bad_-te _pa5 nu_ is#-[se-ker] sza _nag-mesz un-mesz [dagal-mesz]_ | "Balukku is not a wall, it is not an open wall" = Iqqur ipush §42. |
| 26 | [ba]-lu-uk-ki _gal5-la2 hul_ ana _lu2 nu dim4_ ba-[lu-uk-ki] '-lum _lu2-lil2-la2 munus#-[lil2-la2_ u] | The evil gallû-demon will not approach a man, the ‘distortion-of-life’ of the liar, the woman, and |
| 27 | _ki-sikil-lil2-la2 nu_ te-hi ana _lu2-gig_ ana-ku _[ir3]_-ki# an-hu szu-nu-hu a-ta-[mar _igi_-ki] | I am a young woman who is not afraid of the sick man. I am afraid of you, I am terrified, I have seen your face. |
| 28 | {d}isz8-tar2 be-let in-bi u a-gu-uh-hi a-ta#-[ziz] _igi_-ki zi-ti ana ka-a-szi [ub-la] | Ištar, mistress of justice and justice, I stood before you. I brought life to you. |
| 29 | ina _du11-ga_ ki-s,ir-tim sza2 _nu kur2_-ru u3 an-ni-ki _ki_-nim sza2 _nu bal_-[u2] | By the command of the underworld, which cannot be changed, and your firm affirmation that cannot be altered, |
| 30 | lem-nam ha-a-a-t,am mu-kil _sag hul_-tim sza _gar_-ma _usz-mesz_-ma _nu_ duh-[ru] | The evil is a curse, the one who carries off the evil head. Whoever places it and dies and does not receive it, |
| 31 | ina _u4_-me an-ni-i ina _su_-ia _zi_-szu2-ma ana ag-gi _sza3_-ki id-ni-szu2 | On this day, in my body, he rose up and gave him to the agrig-priestess of your heart. |
| 32 | isz-tu _szid_-tam an-ni-tam tusz-tam-nu-szu ana _igi {d}dumu-zi-kam du11-ga_ | After this šidtam you have presented it to Dumuzi. |
| 33 | _en2 {d}dumu-zi_ be-lum _sipa_ sza {d}a-nim ra-szub-bu | Incantation: O Dumuzi, lord, shepherd of the great Anu, |
| 34 | har-mi {d}isz-dar szar-ra-tim bu-kur _{d}nu-dim2-mud_ | the harmu of Ištar the king, son of Nudimmud |
| 35 | ga-asz-rum mas-se-e la sza-na-an a-kil el-le-ti ka-man tum3-ri | “Gašrum, unrivalled massû-plant, pure akkil-plant (and) kanmantum-plant. |
| 36 | la-bisz ku-si-ti na-szi szi#-bir#-ri sza2-ti-u2 _a-mesz_ na-a-di ha-li-ib-ti | “I am the one who takes care of the kusītu-vessels, I carry water for this šibirru-vaṭî. I am a liar. |
| 37 | ba-nu-u2 kul-la2-tim _en-tur3# nun_ sza-qu2-u mut-tal-lu-u2 at-ta-ma | You are the creator of everything, the princely cowherd, the exalted one, the one who roams around. |
| 38 | lem-nam ha-a-a-t,am mu-kil _sag hul#_-tim# [sza2] _ki_-ia rak-su-ma ana _kud zi_-ia _gub-zu#?_ | The evil of the ḫayatam-demon, the bearer of the evil head, who is bound with me and stands at my right side. |
| 39 | _ki_-ia _szu#?_-si na-pisz-ti ub-lak-ku ana _udug#_ lem-ni _gal5-la2_ la ba-bil2 pa-ni | with me, my life I carried off. To the evil udug-demon, the evil-doer not to be seen |
| 40 | pi-qid-su-ma ki-ia lip-pa-ri-is na-pis-ti qi2-szam | Release him, so that he may look upon my life. Give me life! |
| 41 | lem-nam ha-a-a-t,am sza2 ina _su_-ia _gal2_-u2 ina _su_-ia u2-suh-szu-ma | the evil haztam that is present in my body, I removed from my body and |
| 42 | ana _gizkim u4_-me an-nu-tim lu-mur-ka-ma da3-li2-li2-ka# lud-lul | May I see you on these days, so that I may sing your praises. |
| 43 | _gin7 szid_-tam an-ni-tam tusz-tam-nu-szu2 _lu2-gig_ ana _ki-ta {gesz}na2 {d}dumu-zi_ tu-sze-reb-ma | Like this šidtam you have imposed upon him. The sick man you have brought down to the lower bed of Dumuzi and |
| 44 | _igi-mesz_-szu2 ana sze-pi-ti _gar_-an ana si-hi-ip pa-ni-szu _szu2-szu2_-ma _ur5-gin7# du11-ga_ | his eyes to a hole you place. You twist his face in a knot and he speaks as follows: |
| 45 | _en2 {d}dumu-zi_ har-mi {d}isz8-tar2 li-qe2 un-ne-ni# _mar_-s,i | Incantation: O Dumuzi, harmu of Ištar, may he accept my prayer. |
| 46 | ka#-sza-a-ma _lu2-gig lugal_ git2-ma-lum u2-qi2-ka | Gašama, the sick man, the perfect king, greets you. |
| 47 | [i-na] ki#?-tim-ru3 {d}a-nun-na-ki _igi_-ka _im#-ri#-a_-szu2 _gub_-az | In the kītumru of the Anunnaki, before you, his feet stood |
| 48 | [pu-t,ur? a-dir]-ta#?-szu u2-suh lem-na a-a-ba sza _uzu-mesz_-szu2 | Release his sin, release the evil, who will take away his flesh? |
| 49 | [szu-s,u] _gidim usz-mesz_-szu2 t,u2-ru-ud mur-s,a sza _sa#-[mesz_-szu2] | “The šūṣu-demon, the ghost of his corpses, the remission of the illness of his feet, |
| 50 | e-nu-ma at-ta ana _ki-ta#_-tim# _gar_-nu _igi-mesz_-ka ana _nenni a nenni gig_ a-a [isz-ku-na pa-ni-szu2] | When you have been placed on the lower side, may your eyes not be turned towards so-and-so, son-in-law so that they may not turn towards him. |
| 51 | e-nu-ma tal2-la-ku u2-ru-uh-ka lem#-na# suh-hir-szu2 pa-nu-uk-ka lil2#-[lik] | When you go, may the evil urubuḫ-demon run behind your face. |
| 52 | e-nu-ma tal-la-ku _edin_ tum-mi-szu qer#-bi#-tam a-a is-sah-ra | When you go, the steppe of his choice shall not be abandoned inside. |
| 53 | e-nu-ma ta-zak-ki-pu bu-lam bu-lum li2-tar-ru-szu2 ka-lu _edin_ | When you scream, may the bulum-plant overwhelm him, all the steppe. |
| 54 | e-nu-ma te-eb-bi-ru _id2_ tum-mi-szu2 de2-a-ma a-a is-sah#-ra# | When you are to traverse the river, may his name be called, may it not be forgotten. |
| 55 | e-t,ir _lu2-gig_-ma lisz-ta-mar _dingir_-ut-ka da3-li2-li2-ka lid-lul ana _un-[mesz] dagal-mesz_ | May the sick man see your divinity and sing your praises to the far-flung peoples. |
| 56 | {d}isz8-tar2 na-ram-ta-ka _a2_-ka lil#-lik | May Ištar, your beloved, your arm go! |
| 57 | _gin7# szid_-nu-u2 ina gi tu-lap-pat-su 7(disz)-szu2 tusz-pel2-szu2 _nigin#?_-ma | You wrap him in reed, you rub him seven times, and then |
| 58 | ina _ki#-hul_ ip-pa-ra-sah-ma _ur5-gin7 du11#-ga#_ | In the evil place he will be scattered and spoken as follows: |
| 59 | {d}isz8-tar2 [ina _ki]-hul_-ki ap-pa-ra-si-ih it-ti _un-mesz_-ki | Ištar, in your evil place I have gathered together with your people. |
| 60 | as#?-pi?-[id lem-nam ha-a-a]-tam# sza2 ana _hul_-tim _gub-gub_-za-ma _usz-mesz_-ni | I smote the evildoer, the one who stands in opposition to evil, and dies. |
| 61 | [ina] _su#?_-ia us#-hi#-[szu-ma ana ag]-gi#? _sza3#_-ki# id-ni-szu2 te-de-ki-szu-ma _sig2 sag-ki_-szu2 ta-ha#-[sip] | In my body he seized him, and to the aggi? of your heart he gave him, you made him tremble, and you struck his temple with the wool of his head. |
| 62 | ana? _igi#?_ 1(u) 2(disz)? _ninda?-hi#?-a_ [u _zi3]-ma#?-[ad]-ga2#? mu2-mu2_-ar2 _kasz-sag bal_-qi2-ma KU x [x] | 12? loaves of bread and mashtaqqin-flour, he will pour. He will libate first-rate beer and ... |
| 63 | x [...] x x x ni? KAR KID x x NAGA? | ... tamarisk(?) |
| 64 | [...] x _szennur?_-ra ku2#? x x u be#? x x | ... pure šennur? |
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| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [te-li]-tu [{d}isz8-tar2? ...] | The exalted one, Ištar |
| 3' | [dir]-ni-ni sza# sza2#-lum-ma#-ta# [ra-ma-at] | You are the one who loves peace. |
| 4' | sza-qu-tu# {d}isz8-tar2# [ba-'-lat kib-ra-a]-ti# | exalted Ištar, foremost of the world |
| 5' | a-ku-ku-tu sza qab-la-[at _an_-e u KI-tim] t,e#-rat# | The akukûtu-demons of the middle of heaven and earth are news. |
| 6' | e-ri-bat pa-an bu-li# [ra-'-i-mat u2]-tul-lim | I have seized the face of the wild bull, I have filled it with joy. |
| 7' | ba-lu#-uk-ki _id2 nu bad id2 [nu_ is-se-ker sza ub-ba]-lu# nu-uh-sza | The canal was not irrigated, the river was not leveled, it was filled with mud. |
| 8' | _ki-min# tir nu bad tir [nu_ is-se-ker] sza2#? ub#?-ba-lu# _un-mesz dagal-mesz_ | Ditto, a forest without a wall (and) no wall is se[t]; which they brought? to the far-flung people |
| 9' | _[ki]-min# {gesz}szub-ba ha-la# [szuku-{d}]inanna#_ ul isz-szar-rak | Ditto, the šubbû-wood, the share of Shuku-Ishtar, did not prosper. |
| 10' | [a-na]-ku#? _[nenni] dumu-nita2 nenni# [keszda_-ki] keszda# ku3_ ina _ga ku3_ ka-man _tum2_-ri | I, so-and-so, the son of so<so>, a pure keshda-vessel with a silver kaman-flour |
| 11' | [az-qup]-ki# _{dug#}a-da#-[gur4_ si-min3-ni u] mug#-rin-ni | I have strewn for you a tureen of mixed beer and beer. |
| 12' | [at,-bu-ha-ak-ki _udu-nita2_ ni]-qi2?-i? _[ku3_ sza bu]-ul# _{d}sumugan#_ | Aṭbaḫakku, the ram, the holy offering of the cattle of Sumuqan |
| 13' | [u2-t,ah-hi mir-sa ana] ka#-pa-ar-ra#-[a-ti sza _{d}dumu-zi]_ | a ṭaḫi-container of mirsa-flour for the kapāru-offerings of Dumuzi |
| 14' | [asz-tak-kan _szuku-mesz_ a]-na# za-ab-bi za-ab-ba-tim# [...] | I set up rations for the free and the free ... |
| 15' | [aq-ti-sza-ak-ki _gal4-la] {na4#}za#-gin3 mul_-ti si-mat#? _[dingir_-ti-ki] | I spoke to you, the one of lapis lazuli, the star that is fitting for your divinity |
| 16' | [... _gi]-gid2_ s,i-in-na-ta# _{gesz}szab# {gesz}bunin#-[tur?]_ ana _[sipa {d}dumu-zi]_ | ... a reed mat, a basket of grapes for the shepherd Dumuzi |
| 17' | [...] x x li tum x x [...] | ... ... |
| 18' | [...] x _ur5?-gin7#? du11#?-[ga?]_ | ... like a dog |
| 19' | [...] x ni#? isz#? szi#? nu x x [...] | ... ... not |
| 20' | sza#-pu#-[u] ri#-gim em#-bu-bi-ki# mim-ma lem#-[nu] | The šapû-demon, the voice of your voice, anything evil |
| 21' | [la-'-ba]-an#-ni-ma la u2-masz-szar-an-ni _gin7#_ sze#-[e]-ti# [kut-tu-ma-an-ni] | I am ill, but he did not release me. Like the barley, he has deprived me. |
| 22' | [...] x x sah-pan#-ni# ka#-lu# | ... ... is full of tears. |
| 23' | ka#? lu#? [...] mu x [...] x x [...] | ... mouth(?) ... |
| 24' | [... x]-an-ni ha-at-ta pi-rit-ta ul-ta-na#-[ar-sza-an-ni] | ... ... kept me awake with fear and fear. |
| 25' | [...] ud/pi? kar#? ka-lu# _sa#-mesz_-ia lit#-bu#-[szu] | ... may my limbs be full of tears(?) |
| 26' | [lu lem]-nu# lu# _gal5#-la2_ lem#-nu lu# | either an evil or an evil gallû-demon, |
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