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BAM 2, 147 (P285243)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 2, 147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285243 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00041 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 kum2_ dan-nu _dab_-su {u2}e-li-kul-la | If a man is seized by a strong wind: elikulla-plant |
| 2 | {u2}ir-kul-la _{u2}lu2-u18-lu {u2}an-ki-nu-te_ | birkulla-plant, lupin, ankinūtu-plant |
| 3 | {u2}eli-kul-la _sa5 ka a-ab-ba szurun {d}sze-risz_ | elikulla-plant, red, the mouth of the sea, the overseer of Sheriš |
| 4 | _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _pesz10-{d}id2 hi-hi i3_ ana _sza3 szub_-ma _hi-hi_-ma | Alternatively, you mix it in a mixture of oil into it, and then mix it. |
| 5 | _szesz2_-su-ma li-'i-bu sza2 is,-ba-tu-szu2 _zi_-ah | his brother, and liʾbu-disease which seized him, he will die. |
| 6 | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}eli-kul-la _si dara3-masz? {gesz}szinig sig7_ | If ditto: elikulla-plant, horned acacia (and) yellow juniper |
| 7 | _ka a-ab-ba szurun {d}sze-risz disz_-nisz ina _a-mesz sud2_ | From the mouth of the sea, the sanctuary of Šeriš. |
| 8 | ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2_-su | his brother with a mixture of oil |
| 9 | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}eli-kul-la el-kul-la {u2}eli-kul-la _sa5_ | If ditto: elkulla-plant, elikulla-tree (and) sagapenum |
| 10 | _{u2}lu2-u18-lu numun {gesz}szinig_ ni-kip-tu2 _nita2_ u _munus_ | a man’s plant, seed of a kiln, a male and a female |
| 11 | _pesz10-{d}id2 mud2 {gesz}erin hi-hi szesz2-mesz_-su-ma | “Peš-Id, blood of cedar, his brothers, |
| 12 | _kum2_ dan-nu li-'-bu sza2 _dab_-szu2 in-na-sah | a strong fever, a liʾbu-disease that has seized him, he will recover. |
| 13 | a-na _kum2_ dan-ni _zi_-ah _kur-ra_ sza2 _{lu2}aszgab sumun {u2}in6-usz2_ | to a strong wind blow: the enemy's land; the old sorceress, the innards |
| 14 | ni-kip-tu2 _ka a-ab-ba disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz_ | ni-kiptu-disease of the mouth of the sea, miš-sud-plant in oil |
| 15 | _szesz2-me_-su-ma ina-esz | his brothers, and he will recover. |
| 16 | _DISZ ki-min {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li u2_ a-szi-i ni-kip-tu2 _sud2_ | If ditto: gurgur-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, ašî-plant, nikiptu-spurge |
| 17 | _{u2}kur-zi {gesz}gesztin ka5-a {u2}gamun{sar} pesz10-{d}id2_ | kurzi-plant, ka'a-wine, cumin, Peš-Idi |
| 18 | _{u2}hur-sag{sar} _sig7_-su _eme-szid_ sza _iz-zi_ | ḫursag-plant, its greenery, emešid-plant of the izzi-plant |
| 19 | ana _sza3 szub_-di _szeg6_-ma an-na-a u an-na-[a] | enter it. It will rain and this and this. |
| 20 | ina _izi_ ta-sal-laq-ma _szesz2-mesz_-su-ma ina-esz | you burn with fire, and his brothers will recover. |
| 21 | _DISZ ki-min gesz_ pisz-ri _sig2 uz3 gesz3 nu-zu nigin_-mi ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | If DITTO, you put suluppu-plant, pishru-aromatic, wool from a goat that has not yet bowed down on his neck. |
| 22 | a-na um-mi dan-ni _zi_-hi {u2}el-kul-la | to the mighty mother a libation bowl of elkulla-plant |
| 23 | {u2}eli-kul-la _{u2}lu2-u18-lu sig2 {munus}asz2-gar3_ ina _sig2-aka3_ | elikulla-plant, lupin, wool of a female kid in wool |
| 24 | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}eli-kul-la ina _sig2-aka3_ {u2}szu-mut-tu2 ina _a-mesz nag_ | If DITTO, you soak elikulla-plant in wool (and) šumuttu-aromatic in water. |
| 25 | _DISZ na kum2_ ka-a-a-ma-an _dab_-su _im pa5 ti_-qe2 | If a man is constantly seized by fever: you take clay from a well. |
| 26 | ina _a pa5 hi-hi su lu2-gig_ tu-kap _nu du3_-usz | You pour it in the water of the ditch of the sick man's body, but it is not done. |
| 27 | ina _masz-sila3 gub3_-szu2 _nu_ mim-ma lem-nu _sar sig2_ pu-ti | in his left hand there is no evil, red wool. |
| 28 | _gu4-udu-hi-a ti_-qe2 _tug2 u4 1(disz)-kam2 {tug2}gu2-e3 u4 1(disz)-kam2_ | sheep you will take. 1 garment of the 1st day, 1 oxen-garment |
| 29 | _[{tug2}bar-sig] u4 1(disz)-kam2_ ta-mah-has, _nig2-ar3-ra [bappir?]_ | a barsig-garment on the 1st day you will remove; a nig-arra-container of beer |
| 30 | _[munu6 zi3_ x ina se]-pi2 tara3-kas2 ina _u4 gurum-ma_ ana _igi [{d}utu]_ | You set up a ... flour-flour in the morning. On the day of the inspection before Šamaš |
| 31 | [ta-da-an-szu-ma ana] _edin# e3_-szu2 ana _{d}utu-[szu2-a]_ | you gave him, and to the steppe he went out to Šamaš-szū'a |
| 32 | _[igi_-szu2 _gar_-ma _ki {gesz}dih3_ u] _{gesz}kiszi16_ tu-[ra-kas-su-ma] | you put his face on it, and with tamarisk and juniper you twist him, and |
| 33 | _[zi3-sur-ra_-a _nigin_-szu2 ana _egir_-szu] _nu igi-bar kaskal#? sza2#?-[ni-tu2 ...] | You wrap it in a tuft of flour, but you do not look behind it. That second journey? ... |
| 34 | [...] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [_DISZ ki-min szika_ kur-sin-ni _szah_ sza2] _gub3_ tur-[ar2 ...] | If ditto: you pound kursinnu-plant, a pig that stands on the left, ... . |
| 2' | [e-ma _dab_-szu2 ana] _ugu#_-szu2 ta-zar-ru-ma ina#? x [x x] | If he is seized by him, you make him rebel against him and in ... |
| 3' | [_DISZ ki-min sig2 ugu]-dul#-bi giri3-pad-da nam-lu2-[u18-lu]_ | If ditto, the hair on his head is twisted: humanity. |
| 4' | [tur-ar2 _sud2]_ ina _gu2_-szu2 [_gar_-an?] | it will be small; a rain shower will be placed on his neck. |
| 5' | _DISZ ki-min_ ina _an-bar7 sahar gissu_ u _u4-da ti_-qe2 _ki_ si-ra | If DITTO, at noon you take sand from a tree and a day, and then he will recover. |
| 6' | sza2 sip-pi2 2(disz) _sahar kun4 igi_-ti _sahar_ sza2 _ki-ta {uruda}szen-tur_ | of sippi, 2 (shekels of) baked earth, the surface of a copper kettle. |
| 7' | _sahar ki-mah {u2}kur-zi sud2_ ina _i3-gesz bur hi-hi_ ina _{na4}bur algames_ | You knead kimaḫ-spurge (and) kurzi-plant, you mix them in oil from a bur-vessel, you smear (the mixture) on a piece of algami stone. |
| 8' | ina _izi szeg6_-szal _eme-szid ti_-qe2 _ti_-sa ana _sza3 szub_-di | You take a censer of emeszid-fire, you pour her water into it. |
| 9' | tu-tar-ra-ma ta-na-suk ana _sza3_-bi? ki-a-am _szid_ | you return, and you smear (it) into it. That is the procedure. |
| 10' | _en2_ ki-i _u4-da kum2_-im : ki-i _gissu_ ur-ra | Incantation: “How is it that the day is hot?’ |
| 11' | ki-i sip-pi2 ana sip-pi2 [a-a] iq#-ri-bu : mur!(BIR)-s,u a-a iq-rib-szu2 | May they not approach the fox like a fox. : May their illness not approach him. |
| 12' | _gin7 kun4_ li-[kab-bi]-su-szu-ma ma-am-ma-an a-a ir-szi | Like a fox, may it be able to hold him back, and no one shall take it away. |
| 13' | _gin7_ pi-sa-an-ni ana [ur]-hu-szu2 u ti-bi-szu2 la iz-zi-bu | Like a trap, they did not stand in his way and his way. |
| 14' | _gig_ a-a in-ne2-zib2 _gin7 lu2-usz2_ la in-nu-u _ellag2_-su | May the illness not seize him like a dead man. |
| 15' | _gig ellag2_-su a-a i-ni _tu6-enuru{+e2-nu-ru}_ | May his illness not come near me! Tīl-enuru |
| 16' | 7(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 szid_-nu-ma _szesz2_-su | 7 times into it you recite and his brother |
| 17' | _en2 a-ra-zu {d}nin-a-zu me-tesz2 he2-i-i_ | Incantation: “Alas, Ninazu, may he be merciful. |
| 18' | _{d}ku3-a-ni u3!-zu-ub-be2 min min_ : ina ni-pi-ih nu!(NI)-ri sza2 _{d}utu#?_ | Kūni will know (this). : In the nipih ritual of Šamaš |
| 19' | _{d}en-lil2-le_ {d}e2-a _tu6-en2_ | Enlil and Ea incantations |
| 20' | _ka-inim-ma kum2_ la-az-zi _zi_ | Wording of a spell for lazzu-disease. |
| 21' | _du3-du3-bi {u2}kur-ra pesz10-{d}id2 {u2}kur-kur_ ni-kip-tu2 | Its ritual: the plants of the mountain, Peš-Ida, the plants from the mountains, the nikiptu-plant |
| 22' | tur-ar2 _sud2 ki i3-gesz hi-hi en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 szid_-nu | You recite the incantation three times into it. |
| 23' | _szesz2-szesz2_-su-ma _ti_-ut, _gi-du3-a ti_-qe2 7(disz) _szu-si_ | his brother, and he will recover. You take a reed bundle. 7 fingers |
| 24' | te-sze-rim _eme-szid ti-la_-su _sag-du_ nu-usz-sza2 ana _sza3 szub_-di | You bring in the scepter of his life, the head of the numušša-demon to the inside. |
| 25' | ina _tug2 ge6 ka2_-sza2 _kesz2_-ma ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | You tie it to the black garment of her gate and you place it on her neck. |
| 26' | _kum2 te_-szu-u2 _kum2_ qab-lu _egir_-szu _sar_ nis-hu2-u2 | kum₂ means “to approach. kammû means qablu-disease. After that, sar means nishuru. |
| 27' | ki-i _ka {gesz}zu uri{ki}_ sza3-t,ir ba3-ri3 | Written according to the wording of a written document of Ur. |
| 28' | _im_ {m}ki-s,ir-_{d}muati_ sza2 {d}muati nir_-su | Tablet of Kiṣir-Nabû, whose name is Nergal. |
| 29' | _dumu {m}{d}utu-du3 lu2-masz-masz e2 an-sar2_ | son of Šamaš-ibni, exorcist of the temple of Ansar |
| 30' | ana# [mal]-su#-ut# _zi_-ha | To cure a stroke of the nose |
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