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BAM 1, 030 (P285132)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 1, 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285132 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13725 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [... x]-di-im | ... ...dim |
| 2' | [...] u3# {d}1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _maszkim_-szu2 | ... and his (personal) goddess is his enforcer |
| 3' | [...] x t,u# _igi-mar_ ana _ti_-szu2 | ... ... will become visible for his life. |
| 4' | [...] x _{u2}lu2-u18-lu_ ina _kusz_ | ... a man in a leather (bag) |
| 5' | _enuru{+e2-nu-ru}_ sza-ra-saga{ga} _igi_ sza-ra-saga{ga} | The city Enuru, Šara-saga |
| 6' | _a-ra-zu he2-en-saga-ga igi {d}en-ki {d}asal-lu2-hi_ | may an arazu prayer be uttered before Enki and Asalluhi |
| 7' | _u4-szu2-usz_-ru _he2-en-dar-dar-ra-gin7 tu6-enuru_ | Like a rising storm, may the city tremble. |
| 8' | _ka-inim-ma DISZ na zu2-mesz_-szu2 i-kas,3-s,a-as, | Incantation: If a man’s teeth hurt him. |
| 9' | _kid3-kid3-bi sahar dag ki-mah_ | Its ritual: dust from the grave. |
| 10' | la-bi-ru-ti# _ti_-qe2 | You take old. |
| 11' | ina _tug2#_ hasz#-ma#-ni# _du3#_-usz# [ina] _gu2#_-szu2 _gar_-an | You do it in a hashmânu-garment, you put it around his neck. |
| 12' | _DISZ ki-min mun_ a-ma-num _{szim}li_ | If ditto: alum, amānum-juniper |
| 13' | _ti_-qe2-ma _disz_-nisz _sud2 ugu zu2-mesz_-szu2 ta-kap-par2 | you take, and then you bandage him with a bandage over his teeth. |
| 14' | _DISZ ki-min_ gul-gul _lu2-u18-lu ti_-qe2-ma | If ditto: you take a man’s crucible and |
| 15' | ina _ugu {gesz}gu-za_ ina _tug2_ hasz-ma-ni tu-pe-as,-s,a | You cover the top of the throne with a ḫašmānu-garment. |
| 16' | gul-gul-la szu-a-tu2 ina _ugu gar_-an | that destroyed house upon it |
| 17' | ina sze-ri3 u szi-me-tan 3(disz) _u4-me_ ki-is-pa ta-kas-sip | In the morning and evening, for 3 days you wrap a reed bundle. |
| 18' | _en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3_ gul-gul-li _szid_-nu | You recite the incantation seven times into the midst of the destruction. |
| 19' | gul-gul-la szu-a-tu2 ina _igi ki-na2_-szu2 | that destroyed house in front of its bed |
| 20' | 7(disz)-szu2 u 7(disz)-szu2 tu-sza2-asz-szaq-szu-ma ina-esz | You make him rise seven and seven times, and then he will recover. |
| 21' | gul-gul-la szu2-a-tu2 a-szar tasz#-sza2-a tu-tar-szi# | That destroyer, where you brought it, you returned it to her. |
| 22' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}hur-lum-ba-szir ka_ tam-tim | If ditto: ḫurlum-bašir-plant in the mouth of the sea |
| 23' | _pesz10-{d}id2 zi3-{d}nisaba_ {u2}ka-man#-[tu2] | Ištar, Nisaba, kamantu-plant |
| 24' | ni-kip-tu2 _nita2_ u _mi2 lu2-u18-lu uh2-{d}id2_ ina [...] | (If) a man’s and a woman's breast-bone is swollen: in .... |
| 25' | _DISZ ki-min ka a-ab-ba zi3-{d}nisaba#_ | If ditto: mouth of the sea, flour of Nisaba |
| 26' | _{u2}hur-lum-ba-szir_ ni-kip-tu2 ina _[kusz]_ | ḫurlum-bašir-plant, nikiptu-plant in a leather (bag). |
| 27' | _DISZ ki-min {na4}kur-nu-dib ka-ab#-[ba]_ | If ditto, kurnudib-stone of the mouth |
| 28' | ni-kip-tu2 _giri3-pad lu2-u18-lu_ ina _[kusz]_ | nikiptu-spurge of the foot of a man in a leather bag. |
| 29' | _[DISZ] ki#-min 3(disz) u4-me_ ina _igi ki-na2_-szu2 gul-gul [...] | If ditto, 3 days are destroyed in front of his bed .... |
| 30' | [...] 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 ina-sik-ma [ina _kusz]_ | ... he washes his 15th ... and in a leather bag |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[DISZ ki-min]_ {u2}ir-kul-lu# [...] | If ditto: birkullu-plant |
| 2 | _DISZ ki-min sag-du_ {gesz}bal_ {gesz}nu#? [...] | If ditto: the head of a bat, a bed |
| 3 | _DISZ ki-min_ gul-gul _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ ki-ma _sag-du_ | If ditto: destroyer of humanity like a head. |
| 4 | _a luh_-si 3(disz)-szu2 _a-mesz_ sza2 i-al-lut-[ma] | three times the water that he drank |
| 5 | ina _ki-na2_-szu2 tu-sza2-asz-szaq-szu2 | You make him rise from his bed. |
| 6 | _DISZ ki-min {na4}kur-nu-dib ka a-ab-ba_ | If ditto, kurnudib stone at the mouth of the sea |
| 7 | _numun_ {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 _giri3-pad-du lu2-u18-lu_ ina _kusz_ | the seed of ḫalūb-tree (and) the footstool of a man in leather |
| 8 | _DISZ ki-min sahar kaskal {tug2}nig2-dara2 szu-lal2_ | If ditto, sand on a road with a šulalû-garment |
| 9 | _giri3-pad-du lu2-u18-lu_ | foot of a man |
| 10 | tim-bu-ut-ti _a-sza3_ ina _kusz_ | the timbuttu of the field in leather |
| 11 | _DISZ ki-min sahar ub-pad {tug2}nig2-dara2 szu-lal2_ | If ditto, he touches the ground, (and) a šulalû-garment |
| 12 | gul-gul _lu2-u18-lu_ tim-bu-ut-ti _a-sza3_ ina _kusz_ | destroyer of a man’s limbs the field with leather |
| 13 | _DISZ ki-min bar gu4_ pir-ha ina _kusz_ | If ditto: liver of an ox is swollen in a leather bag. |
| 14 | _DISZ ki-min sag-du {gesz}bal {gesz}mes_ | If ditto, the head of a pickaxe and a wooden spoon |
| 15 | _{na4}as2-di3-di3 {na4}pa_ sza2 7(disz) _gun3-mesz_ sza2 | asdīdu-stone, papparu-stone of 7 talents of |
| 16 | _{na4}zalag_ ina _dur_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | You put lapis lazuli around his neck. |
| 17 | _DISZ na_ ina i-tu-li-szu2 _zu2-mesz_-szu2 | If a man, when walking, his teeth |
| 18 | i-kas,3-s,a-as, _gul-gul lu2-u18-lu_ | destroys, destroys the man |
| 19 | _ti_-qe2 ina _a luh_-si _i3-gesz szesz2_ | you take. In filtered water, you anoint him with oil. |
| 20 | 7(disz) _u4-mesz_ ina _sag {gesz}na2_-szu _gar_ | 7 days were placed at the head of his bed. |
| 21 | ina _igi_ i-tu-li-szu2 | in front of he turned him |
| 22 | 7(disz)-szu2 i-na-szi-iq | 7 times he will pass, |
| 23 | 7(disz)-szu2 i-li-ik-ma _ti_-ut, | 7 times he went, and life |
| 24 | _DISZ na_ ina _ki-na2_-szu2 _ka-ka-si is,-s,e-ne2-eh | If a man, when lying down, constantly trembles. |
| 25 | _libir-ra-bi gin7 ab-sar ba-an-e3_ | Its old age, like a garden plot, came out. |
| 26 | [...] sza# _{d}muati#-geszkim_-szu2 | ... of Nabû-ērišu |
| 27 | [...] | |
| 28 | [...] x x | |
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