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BAM 2, 150 (P285246)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 2, 150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285246 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13903 + VAT 14043 |
| 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 kum2_ x [...] x [...] | If a man’s neck is swollen ... .... |
| 2 | ina _e2_ x x [...] x x [...] | in the house ... ... |
| 3 | tusz-ba-'-szu2? [x] _sag#-ga2_-szu2 ina im x x x [x x] | ... his head in ... |
| 4 | ina _{na4}kiszib szuba# {na4}kur_-nu ta-bar-rim _{na4}an-zah_ | You remove it with a seal of šuba-stone and kurnu-stone. Anzaḫ |
| 5 | _szurun gu4_ ina _mud2 szah [hi]-hi_ sip-pi2 _ka2_ x _{gi}szutug szub_-di | the ox’s meal in a mud-brick, a sippu-vessel at the gate of ... reed you set down. |
| 6 | _{gi}uri3-gal_ tu-[zaq]-qap# _tug2 sa5_ ina _ka2 lal_-as, | You will fill a urgal-vessel. You will wash the red garment at the gate. |
| 7 | _mud2 eme-dir ki_ x [x] x x me-e sza _{uruda}szen hi-hi_ | water from a copper kettledrum |
| 8 | _igi-min-mesz_-szu2 _mar igi-mesz_-szu2 _u2#-bil-la2 szesz2 sag-du_-su | his eyes, the front of his eyes: billa-plant, his brother's head |
| 9 | _{tug2}bar-si sa5_ tara-kas2 _{gesz}ban2_ di-ik-me-na _diri_ | You tie a red hem, a bow and a knot. |
| 10 | ina _sag {gesz}na2_-szu2 _gar_-an _{gesz}na2_-szu2 _zi3-sur-ra_-a | at the head of his bed he placed. His bed with flour |
| 11 | sza _zi3-da sze-musz5# nigin_-me qu5-taru5 _gub3_-lu ana x [x] | of flour and musz barley, all qutaru-flour, set up for ... |
| 12 | za-mar _u3#?_ za-mar x [...] _gar_-an _masz-masz_ [...] ur# [...] | You set up a ritual assemblage and ... .... The incantation priest .... |
| 13 | _en2# udug-hul-a-mesz szid_-nu ina _ugu#?_ [...] | Incantation: You recite the incantation 'The evil udug-demons' over? ... |
| 14 | 3(disz)-szu2 x-szu2 _tag-mesz pesz10-{d}id2#_ [...] | 3 times ... ... peš-Id2 ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu-sza-t,i ina _de3 sar_-szu2 _{u2}ku6_ x [...] | (If) he is ill: in order to kill him, a fish ... .... |
| 2 | {u2}ra-pa2-de {u2}e-du {u2}eli-[kul-la ...] | rapade-plant, edu-plant (and) elikulla-plant |
| 3 | _{u2}lal lu2#-kurun2-na gaz_ x _sag-du_-su [...] | The lal plant kills the kurunnu-man ... his head ... |
| 4 | _ne_ [...] ina _kusz_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you put ... in a leather bag around his neck. |
| 5 | _ka2 u2_ x x _en_ x x x x _nu-nu_ x [x] | At the gate of ... ... |
| 6 | _DISZ kum2 zi_-hi _{im}kal-[gug]_ u2#-kal _gu7_-ma ina-esz | If kum̂-spurge, kalgug-plant, he eats it, and then he will get better. |
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