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BAM 1, 032 (P285134)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 1, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285134 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08912 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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] x x x x x x x x _mud2_ [x] _{gesz}erin szesz2_-su | ...... his brother ... cedar dust |
| 2' | _{u2}gamun{sar} sud2_ ana _igi gig numun {u2}ki-{d}iszkur sud2_ | You knead cumin, you put it on the front of the sore, you shave the seed of Ki-Adad. |
| 3' | ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz lu ba-hir2 _lal_-su ina sza-nu-ti-szu2 | in ghee (and) sesame juice may he be cut off his hair. In another case |
| 4' | an-na-a-ma _szed_-ma _lal_-su-ma _ti_-ut, | This is cold, so that he will recover. |
| 5' | szum4-ma _gig_ im-szid-ma _sa-mesz_-szu2 _a-mesz_ u2-szal-la-ku | If he suffers from a sore and his feet are covered with water: |
| 6' | {u2}kam-ka-du _had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ana _igi gig mar lal_-su-ma _tin_ | kammû-plant (a kind of juniper) is poisoned, it burns like a ghost in front of a sick eye, and then he will recover. |
| 7' | szum4#-[ma] _gig#_ szar2-ku-pag?-ru-ma _muszen szub_-ma _igi gig_ s,a-bit _gazi{sar}_ qa-lu-ti | If a sick person is sick with šar-kupra-disease and a bird falls and the eye is sick: he will be seized by a poisonous plant. |
| 8' | ina# _[ugu]_-hi? te-hi-tu _i3-nun-na szesz2_ ana _igi gig mar lal2_-su-ma _tin_ | On top of it, you anoint him with ghee, you daub his eyes with honey, and then he will recover. |
| 9' | _DISZ#_ [... {u2}]szar#?-ma#-da _pa_ {gesz}szu-szi _pa_ {gesz}gesztin ka5-a_ {u2}ur-ne2-e | If ... šarmadu-plant, a twig of juniper, tamarisk, fox-vine, urnû-plant |
| 10' | [... _u2-hi-a]_ an-nu-ti3 _tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _a#-gesztin#-na_ | ... these plants you mix together in wine. |
| 11' | [...] x x [...] _pa#? szeg6_-szal | ... ... it is cold. |
| 12' | _u4_-ma#? [...] x x [...] x ir#? [...] x-szu2#? _ki-min_ | If ... ... his ... ditto |
| 13' | szum4-ma ina _sza3 gig uzu gag#-mesz e3_ re-hu#-ut _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ | If in a sick man's belly lumps come out, the remainder of humanity |
| 14' | pet2-ni7 _szesz2 zi3-kum {zi3}gig lal kum2 de3_ ta-sar2-raq | You strew a censer of your brother’s flour, ghee, honey and baked goods. |
| 15' | lu ba-hir2!(SAR) _lal_-su ina sza-nu-ti-szu2 an-nam _szed lal_-ma _tin_ | may it be cut off, his tooth in another case, this is honey, honey, and wine. |
| 16' | _gig_-szu2 ib-lu-ut,-ma _igi gig_-szu2# _ge6 szub!_-u2 | (If) his illness has healed and his eye is black: he will die. |
| 17' | {na4}as2-har ina ru-ti _sud2 esz_-ma#? _lal2_-su-ma _ki uzu_-szu2-ma _szid_-nu | You pound ashar-stone in a mortar, you recite (the incantation) “It is new, its honey and you place it with its meat, |
| 18' | _igi gig babbar_ | the white eye |
Sources & licences
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