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BAM 2, 114 (P285213)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 2, 114 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285213 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13734 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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' | [_DISZ na kasz2-mesz_-szu2] _gin7# kasz3 ansze na [bi_ mu-s,a _gig?_] | If a man’s beer is like that of a donkey's beer: mushu-illness. |
| 2' | [_min gin7_ szur]-szum#-me _kasz na bi_ mu#!-[s,a _gig_] | If ditto he is deprived of sleep like a shurshummu-demon, that man suffers from mushu-disease. |
| 3' | [_min gin7_] szur#-szum-me _gesztin_ [_ki-min_] | Ditto, like a shurshumme tree, wine, ditto! |
| 4' | [_min] gin7# sze-gin2_ he!-li-ti [_ki-min_] | Ditto, as if it were barley, ditto! |
| 5' | [_min] gin7 a-mesz gazi{sar} na bi u4-da kur#_-[id] | Ditto! Like water from a gazelle ... that day, the river |
| 6' | _min# sig7 na bi_ hi-niq-ti _murub4 [gig_] | If ditto he is covered in yellow-green: that man will experience distress in the middle of the illness. |
| 7' | _min babbar_-ma e-ba-a _na bi_ {na4}sza2-hi-hu# [_gig_] | If ditto is white and it is surrounded by a wall: that man will suffer from šahihu-stone. |
| 8' | _min gin7 {na4}duh-szi-e na! bi {na4}[gig_] | Ditto! Like a sulphur, that stone is a disease. |
| 9' | _min gin7_ sza2 gi-na-a _murub4-mesz_-szu2 u _sag sza3_-szu2# _[gu7_-szu2] | Ditto! Like a regular offering, his middle and top parts hurt him. |
| 10' | _na bi_ hi-niq-ti _dur2 gig_ ana _[ti_-szu2] | If a man suffers from diarrhoea: a sick lung for his life. |
| 11' | {u2}tar-musz _igi_-lim _igi-nisz ka a-ab-ba {szim#}[gur2-gur2]_ | tarmuš-plant is seen together with the mouth of the sea. Gurgur-aromatic |
| 12' | _{szim}li {na4}pa_ {na4}ni-bu _na4_ ga-[bi-i] | juniper, papparu-stone, nibû-stone (and) alum |
| 13' | _{na4}pesz4-ansze {u2}kur-kur {u2}nig2-su3-su3#_ | ebony, mountain plants, juniper |
| 14' | _{u2}nig2-bur3-bur3 ba-ba-za id2 numun {u2}eme ur-gi7#_ | niphû-plant, šabaṭu (a kind of sedge) from the river, seed from hound’s tongue plant |
| 15' | mi-sis tam-tim ka-ra-asz2 tam-tim | “The flood of the sea, the storm of the ocean, |
| 16' | _ba-ba-za id2_ {u2}ur2-nu-u _{u2}har-har_ | the bank of the river, burnû-plant, harhar-plant |
| 17' | [{u2}szib]-bur#-rat {u2}ha-hi-in _{u2}gesztin ka5-a_ | šibburrat-plant, ḫaḫin-plant (and) fox-vine |
| 18' | _[{u2}lag a-sza3] u2 babbar {gesz}sila11-ga2 szika nunuz ga2-na{muszen}_ | a plant from a white field on my sila, a šika-plant, and a gazelle |
| 19' | _[numun_ {gesz}bi-ni _numun {gesz}]ma-nu {u2}dur2-nu-luh-ha_ | seeds of juniper, seeds of manu-tree, lupin |
| 20' | [... _{gesz}]nu-ur2-ma_ | a pomegranate |
| 21' | [... _gu2]-gal# gu2 nig2-ar3_ | ... the large throne, the neck of a pig |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] 3(u) 6(disz) _u2-hi-a_ | ... 36 plants |
| 2 | [...] lu# ina _gesztin nag_ | ... or you drink it in wine. |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | _DISZ ki-min_ x [...] | If ditto: ... .... |
| 6 | x [...] | |
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