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BAM 2, 140 (P285236)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 2, 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285236 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14427 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Assur |
| 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' | [...] _{szim#}szesz#_ [...] | ... myrrh ... |
| 2' | [...] x gi [...] | ... reed |
| 3' | [...] x x x [x] _a_ pa-szi-ri [x] sza2 _id2_ ina _kasz?_ [...] | ... ... of the river in beer? ... |
| 4' | _szeg6_-[szal ina] _nindu#_ te-sek-ker ina _sza3 szub-szub_-szu? _szu_-su x [x x] _numun_ ti-ia-[tu2] | You pound black cumin in a pastry, you put it inside his fallen body, ... seed of tiyatu-plant |
| 5' | _numun u2-sikil numun {gesz}szinig naga {u2}har-har {u2}kur-kur_ ta-sak3 ina _kasz_ [x] | You pound seed from ēsikil (‘pure’ plant), seed from date palm, naga-plant, harhar-plant (and) mountain plants, in beer ... |
| 6' | ina _mul_ tusz-bat ina szer3-ti _nag_-szu-ma ina _iti 1(disz)-kam_ 7(disz)-szu2 _du3_-usz-ma _bur2#_ [x] | you sit in the star, in the morning you have him drink it, and in the first month you do it seven times, and then he will recover. |
| 7' | _DISZ lu2 su-mesz_-szu2 szim-ma-tu4 u2-kal-lu i-te-ne-mi-im-[ma] | If a man’s muscles hold sulphur, he continually cries out, and |
| 8' | _uzu#?-mesz#_-szu2 u2-tab-ba-tu2 u a-na _munus_ a-la-kam2 la i-le-'e | his flesh they shall cut off, and to the woman he shall not go |
| 9' | _[nu-mesz_-szu2] sza2 im szu-nu-lu ina kul-la-tim _du_-ma ana _sze ku3-babbar_ ana _sze ku3-sig17_ | His limbs, which are covered with clay, in all of them he made and for grain silver for grain gold |
| 10' | [ina kul-la-ti _szub]_-ma# im-ta-szam _alam usz11-zu_ u _munus usz11-zu du3_-usz-ma | You cast the figurines of your witchcraft and of the witchcraft against me, and then |
| 11' | [szum-szu-nu ina] _masz-sila3 sar_-ar2 i-di-szu-nu ana _egir_-szu-nu | their name in a goat's tallow he heaped up. After them |
| 12' | [ina asz-lim ta-kas3-su] mu-sza2-t,i _nigin_-szu2-nu-ti _i3-hab_ | You rub him with asafoetida; he will recover. |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [ana _ugu_-szu2]-nu tu-ra-ak _ub-ga_-tim la-a s,a-ri-ip-tim | against them, a famine that is not severe |
| 2' | ta-an#-<na>-szi-szu2-nu-ti ma-har _{d}utu_ ta-dan{an}-szu2-nu-te | You give them to them, before Šamaš you give them. |
| 3' | ina _a a-gub2-ba szu-min_-ka u3 _giri3-min_-ka ana _ugu_-szu2-nu ta-sza2-hat | You sprinkle your hands and feet over them. |
| 4' | _zi3 nig2-sila11-ga2 zi3 gig nunuz sag sza3_-szu2 tu-kap-par2-ma | You wipe the head of his belly with flour from a bag of grain flour, and |
| 5' | ana _ugu_-szu-nu _szub_-di ina ma-har _{d}utu_ ki-a-am tu-szad-bab-szu2 | to them fall, in front of Šamaš you speak to him thus: |
| 6' | um-ma at-ta-ma _{d}utu man an_-e u _ki_-te | Thus says Šamaš, king of heaven and earth: |
| 7' | da-a-a-an _dingir_ u _lu2_ at-ta-ma _{d}utu_ ana ia2-ti kisz-pi ru-he-e | You are the judge of god and man, and Šamaš to me witchcraft and magic |
| 8' | ru-si-i up-sza-sze-e _nu du10-mesz du3_-sza2 _nigin_-ra i-szi-am isz-tu2 _u4_-[mi] | the rūsî-demons, the unfavorable things that she had done, she carried off. From the day |
| 9' | ina# _[igi]_-ka#? _du11-ga_ lu _du8_-ni lu _kesz2_-ma da-li-li-ka lud-[lul] | Be present in your presence, be present in the assembly, and may I sing your praises. |
| 10' | [7(disz)-szu2] _du11#-ga#_-ma _bur2_-ir# | He speaks seven times and is released. |
| 11' | [_DISZ_ x]-u2# ru-su-u2 up-sza2-szu2-u ana _lu2 nu te#_ | If ...: rūsû-disease and sorcery will not approach a man. |
| 12' | [1/2(disz)? _gin2_ ur2-ne2]-e# 1(disz) _gin2 nu-luh-ha_ 1/3(disz) _gin2_ ha-sze-[e] | 1/2? shekel of urnû-frit, 1 shekel nulluhha-plant, 1/3 shekel hasper-flour, |
| 13' | [...] _gin2#? gesztin szur# igi {d}utu nag#_-[szu2] | ... shekel(s) of wine, sparkling wine before Šamaš drink it |
| 14' | [... i-sze-']-la#? [...] | ... he will weigh out ... |
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