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BAM 2, 141 (P285237)
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| Designation | BAM 2, 141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285237 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16448 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x _u2-sikil_ {u2#}x [...] | ... ... maiden, ... plant |
| 3' | [...] ku te-BAD ina _nindu usz2_-er# [...] | ... he will die in a nindu-vessel ... |
| 4' | [... _{gesz}]szinig numun {u2}in-nu-usz_ x [...] | ... tamarisk, seed of ēru-plant ... |
| 5' | [... {u2}tar]-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz u2-sikil_ [...] | ... tarmuš-plant, ālu-līm-plant (and) gypsum |
| 6' | [...] _{u2#}ku6 {gesz}gesztin ka5-a_ ina _i3-gesz sud2_ [...] | ... you knead fish and tamarisk in oil ... |
| 7' | [enuru{+e2-nu-ru}] szim#-ma-tu _min_ szim-mat _uzu_ szim-mat _sa_ szim#-[mat _a2-min_] | (In) the city Enuru, šimmatu-plant, ditto, aromatic plant, fatty tissue, aromatics, adāru-plant |
| 8' | [szim]-mat# mu-ti am-me-ni szim-ma-tu _gurusz_ u _ki#-[sikil_ tu-s,ab-bi-ti?] | “What is the fate of my husband? What are the fates of the young man and the young woman that you have seized? |
| 9' | [s,i-i szim-ma-tu ki-ma] _ga_ ina tu-le-e ki-ma i-szat me-e [ina na-kap-ti] | The smell of the aromatics is like ghee in the morning like a river in the evening. |
| 10' | [ki-ma szi-na-ti ina] bi#-rit# pu-ri-di s,i-i szim-[ma-tu] | Just as the stars in the middle of the heavens, the stars |
| 11' | [am-me-ni szim-ma-tu _gurusz]_ u# _ki#-sikil#_ tu-kas#-[sa3-si] | You crush the aromatics of a man and a young woman. |
| 12' | [szim-ma-tu ia i-bit ina _su] gurusz#_ u# _munus#_ [...] | My shammātu-plant has died in the flesh of a man and a woman .... |
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