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BAM 2, 131 (P285228)
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| Designation | BAM 2, 131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285228 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13775 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
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 | [_DISZ na_ sza2]-asz2#-sza-t,a _gig_ ki-sin-ti _{gesz}erin {gesz}[szur-min3]_ | If a man suffers from ašaššaṭu-disease: kisintu-spurge, cedar and cypress |
| 2 | _[gi du10]-ga# {szim}buluh {szim}gam-me {szim}en-di_ ni-kip#-ta | sweet reed, baluhhu-aromatic, cumin, beetroot, nikiptu-spurge |
| 3 | [1(disz)? _sila3_ ki]-sin-ta-szu2-nu tar-qit _i3-gesz 2(disz) sila3 kasz du10-ga_ ana _sza3 dub_-ak | 1? qû of their kisintānu, tarqit of oil, 2 sila3 of good beer into it you pour. |
| 4 | [x x BAD] _sag_-ka u2-kal ina _{uruda}szen-tur szeg6-ga2_ x [x] | ... your head ... with a small copper arrow ... |
| 5 | [x x x] x _gu2_-su _i3-nun-na szesz2_ rib-ki an-[ni-i?] | ... his neck with butter, this brother |
| 6 | _[lal_ ina tah-ri]-isz# _lu2-kurun2-na szub_-szu ana _u4 1(u)-kam2 e11_-a# | he will weigh out the honey on the opposite side of the brewer's prebend, and return it on the 10th day. |
| 7 | [x x x x x]-ma-am-ma _tu5_-szu2 _i3-gesz kum2 szesz2#_ [x] | ... ... and his bathed body with oil, feverish ... |
| 8 | [x x _x]-kam2#_ an-nam _du3-du3_-usz# | ... this ... you will do. |
| 9 | [_DISZ na gu2]_-su i-<kap?>-pa2-al _igi-min_-szu2 gal-ta-at!(MA) pi-qa la pi-qa | If a man’s neck is swollen, his eyes are dark, not dark: |
| 10 | [i-par]-ru-ud _{gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3 {szim}hab {szim}im-di_ | he plundered. Cedar, cypress, habû-aromatic, juniper |
| 11 | [x] _{szim}gig {szim}buluh gi du10-ga gaz_ ina _kasz_ tara-muk ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ | You crush ... sulphur, baluhhu-aromatic, sweet reed, in beer (and) with a small copper kettledrum. |
| 12 | tara#-bak _zi3-kum {szim}szesz gu2_-su _en masz-sila3_-szu2 _lal_ | You stir (the mixture) into a paste, you bandage his neck with myrrh, the owner of his offspring. |
| 13 | x x ina _szurim gu4 {gesz}na2_-szu2 te-t,e6(TI)-en _zi3-sur!(PAD)-ra!(SZA) sze-musz5_ | ... in the middle of an ox’s bed you wash it with ghee, musz barley |
| 14 | _[nigin_ x] x [x] x x x [x sza2] _{d#}utu_ x E MU RU ina _im-szu-rin-na_ | ... ... of Šamaš ... in the steppe |
| 15 | [... ta-ra]-ah#-ha-su | … you will rub him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _[i3-udu ellag2 utu nita2] duh#-lal3# [{szim}buluh illu {szim}buluh {szim}gur2-gur2]_ | fat from a male sheep, honey, baluhhu-aromatic, sulphur, mint, |
| 2' | _[illu li-dur] {szim}szesz {gesz}erin-sumun i3-gesz {szim}szesz [{gesz}erin]_ | May a well drain. Myrtle, juniper, oil, myrrh and cedar |
| 3' | _[{szim}hab2]_ na-as,-mat-ti sik-ka-te sza2 _en-te-[na]_ | ḫašû-aromatic, naṣmatītu-spurge, wool from the entinena (temple), |
| 4' | _{szim}gur2-gur2 i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 {szim}buluh illu {szim}buluh illu li-[dur]_ | gurgur-aromatic oil, fat of a sheep, baluḫ-plant, the water of the lidur-plant |
| 5' | _{gesz}erin-sumun i3-gesz {szim}gir2! mud2 {gesz}erin {szim}hab_ an-nu-u2 | cedar oil, sulphur, mud, cedar, ḫašû-aromatic |
| 6' | na-as,-mat-ti sik-ka-te | “The guardian of the garments, |
| 7' | _[gazi]{sar#} numun gada numun {gesz}hab {szim}man-du zi3 gu2-gal zi3 gig-ba_ | gazelle seed, linen seed, ḫašû-tree seed, mandu-juniper, gugal-flour, wheat flour |
| 8' | [tara]-bak# _nig2-la2_ asz-t,a ana lu-bu-ki | I have sworn by the life of the Assyrians. |
| 9' | [_DISZ na_] bur#-ka-a-szu2 mun-ga _diri egir_-szu2 isz-szad#-[dad?] | If a man’s hips are swollen: he will become ill afterward. |
| 10' | _[gaba-ri] {gesz}zu_ sza2 bul-t,i sza _e2 {d}me-me_ sza3-t,ir ba3-ri | The breast of the knife of the life of the temple of Mudamme, written and collated. |
| 11' | [t,up-pi] {m}ki-s,ir-_an-szar2 dumu {m}{d}muati_-be-sun2 _masz-masz [e2 an-szar2]_ | Tablet of Kiṣir-Ashur, son of Nabû-bessunu, exorcist of the temple of Ashur. |
| 12' | _sza3 ir {d}ag zah2_-szu2 liq-[bi] | may the angry heart of Nabû command his escape. |
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