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BAM 2, 151 (P285247)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 2, 151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285247 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13757 + VAT 13939 + VAT 13987 |
| 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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x [...] _{d}amar-utu#_ [...] | ... Marduk ... |
| 5' | [...] _erin#-na#_ [x x] _ub2? sag abzu mun_ [...] | ... troops? ... the top of the Abzu ... |
| 6' | [x] x GA _tag-tag#_ [x] _li#-bi za#-a-he2#?_ | ... is swollen; ... will be scattered. |
| 7' | _[ka]-inim-ma_ sza2 [x x] x-ha nu-uh-hi | Incantation formula: ... nuhhu |
| 8' | _[du3]-du3-bi gag sza3-ga2#?_ [x x] x x lu2-gig-ta sag-du_-szu2 | Its ritual: ... in my heart ... the sick man's head |
| 9' | _[en] giri3#-min_-szu2 tu-masz-[sza2]-'#-szu2-ma _ti_-ut, | Lord of his feet, you expel him, and he will recover. |
| 10' | [_DISZ ki]-min?_ ni-kip-tu2 _{szim}li#_ [ina] _i3 hi-hi uzu-mesz_-szu2 | If ditto: you anoint him with nikiptu-spurge (and) lupin in oil from his flesh. |
| 11' | [x] _giri3#-min-mesz_-szu2 _szesz2#_-ma ina-esz | ... his feet hurt him and he will recover. |
| 12' | [_DISZ ki-min] {tug2}nig2-dara2 szu-lal2 szurun ansze_ ina _sag-ki gub3_-szu2 ta-rak-kas2 | If DITTO, you tie a nīnû-garment, šulālu-flour (and) a donkey’s head to his temple. |
| 13' | [_DISZ ki-min] {u2}har-har sahar ki-ta munus_ sza2 _u3-tu_ par-sat | If ditto: ḫašû-plant, earth from the lower part of a woman who has given birth to a child. |
| 14' | [x x] x ina _i3 szesz2 su_ ina _sig2-aka3 nigin_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | You wrap ... in oil from a brother in a woolen garment, you put it around his neck. |
| 15' | [...] _asz#_ sza _nim_ i-bar-ru : hal-lu-la-a-a _nim ur-gi7_ | ... ... which means "he will die of hunger"; i.e., "the people of the far-flung land" means "dogs." |
| 16' | [...] x _nita2_ u _munus szurun ansze ge6 pap-hal ansze_ | ... ... male and female, herdsman of the donkey. Night of the paphal-demon. |
| 17' | [zap]-pi2# _ansze_ sza2 1(u) 5(disz) u 2(gesz2) 3(u) _{u2}eme ur-gi7_ ina _kusz_ | straw from a donkey of 15 and 180 lions in a leather bag. |
| 18' | [_DISZ ki-min {u2}]gamun_ {u2}ka-man-tu2 _{u2}kur-ra_ | If ditto: cumin, kamantu-plant, mountain plant |
| 19' | [x x] _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li# {u2}gamun-ke sig7_ | green mint, juniper, cumin |
| 20' | [...] _u2#-hi-a_ an-nu-ti | ... these plants |
| 21' | [...] NE [...] | ... ... |
| 22' | [...] x x x x x [...] | |
| 23' | [...] _e11_-ma _szesz2 sze-ra an-[bar7_ x x] | ... comes out and the brother ... in the morning ... |
| 24' | [...] _szesz2_-su-ma ina-[esz] | ... his brother will recover. |
| 25' | [_DISZ ki-min_ x x] x _sahar kun4 igi_-ti _sahar e2_ x [x] | If DITTO, you pound ... sahar from kunû-tree, dust from a house .... |
| 26' | [... _x]-mesz_-szu2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2-mesz_-su# [ina-esz] | ... his ... with oil, his brothers will recover. |
| 27' | [{u2}tar]-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz {u2}hur-sag#_ [x x] | tarmuš-plant, alum, ḫursag-plant |
| 28' | [x x] x _{u2}har-lum#-ba-szir_ [...] | ... harlum-bašir-plant |
| 29' | [x x] x {u2}s,a-s,u#-un-tu2 {u2}x [x x] | ṣaṣuntu-plant |
| 30' | [...] _{u2}lal_ {u2}si#-ha {u2}[x ...] | ... lal plant, sīḫu-plant, ... plant |
| 31' | [...] x {u2}x x x _sa5? kur-ra_ sza2# _[{lu2}aszgab_ x x x] | ... ... red? of the mountain of the šakku-priest |
| 32' | [...] _i3 hi-hi szesz2#-mesz_-su [x x x] | ... oil, his brothers ... |
| 33' | [...] lu#-ba-t,i i#-szu2 _{gesz}szinig#_ [...] | ... let me live! With him a kiln |
| 34' | [x x {u2}szu]-szum# {u2#}eme# ur-gi7_ {u2}u5#-[ra-nu] | šūshum-plant, emesu-plant (and) urgi-plant |
| 35' | [...] x x _[{u2}]gesztin ka5-a {u2}an-ki#-[nu-te]_ | ... ... grapes, cheese and emmer |
| 36' | [... _{gesz}]erin# [{gesz}]szur#-min# gi du10-ga {szim}[x ...] | ... cedar, cypress, good reed, juniper |
| 37' | [... {u2}]ba-ri-ra-tu2 _{szim}li#_ [...] | ... barīrātu-plant, juniper |
| 38' | [... u2]-mesz#? an-nu-ti _disz_-nisz _gaz_ ana _sza3 a_ [...] | ... these plants ... he will die. In ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-lu-t,i _szim-hi#-a_ an-nu-ti ana _sza3 a id2#_ [...] | Remove these aromatics from the water of the river .... |
| 2 | ina _immindu_ te-sek-ker _e11#_-ma _lu2_ sza2 _ge6_ ba-x [x x] | You put it in a teeming rainstorm, and the man who the night ... .... |
| 3 | _ir_ u lu-ba-t,i _a#_ x _tu5_-szu2-ma [ina-esz?] | ... and lubaṭu-disease ... his bathing and he will get better?. |
| 4 | _DISZ na kum2 ir_ [ma-gal?] x i-szi _{gesz}gesztin ka5-a_ {u2}kam2-ka-[du] | If a man is covered with kumu-disease: he will have ... of ... grapes, kābu-juniper, kamkadu-plant |
| 5 | [...] x [...] RA x x x ina-[esz] | ... ... will get better. |
| 6 | x [x x] _{szim}gur2#-[gur2] {szim}hab_ szir-[x (x)] | ... mint, ḫašû-aromatic, ...-plant |
| 7 | [x] x _izi szeg6_-szal tu-kas,3-s,a-ma _szesz2#_-[su] | ... you heat up the fire, and then his brother will recover. |
| 8 | _DISZ ki-min {szim}gur2-gur2_ {szim#}[x x] {u2}x[...] | If ditto: kukru-aromatic, ...-juniper |
| 9 | ina _i3_ u _kasz_ x x [...] x x x [x] x _i3 szesz2_-su# | in oil and beer ... ... his brother's oil |
| 10 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}in-hu-usz_ [...] _pa#? {gesz}geszimmar_ | If ditto: inḫuš-plant ... juniper |
| 11 | _{u2}har#-[lum]-ba-szir#_ [...] x-ma#? _[ti]_ | harlum-bašir-plant |
| 12 | _DISZ na_ [x x] u lu-ba-t,i _gig#?_ [...] _{szim}gam#-ma_ | If a man suffers from ... and lubaṭu-disease: ... cumin |
| 13 | {gesz}[x ...] lum [...] _{u2}a-zal-la2_ | ... azallu-plant |
| 14 | {gesz}[x ...] _{u2}nig2-gidru sipa {u2}hur-sag_ | ... niggidru-plant, shepherd's reed |
| 15 | [...] _{u2}in-nu-usz sig7_-su-nu _sud2_ | ... you sprinkle their yellow-green plant |
| 16 | [...] x _ki_-szu2-nu _hi-hi_ ina _i3-gesz_ u _kasz-sag szesz2-mesz#_ | ... ... with them you mix in oil and prime-quality beer. |
| 17 | _[en?_ ...] _{d}utu_ ana _{d}i2-gi3-gi3_ li-hu-ru pa-nu-x [x] | Lord, may Šamaš turn to Igigi. |
| 18 | [... x]-la-dim ina nu-x-ri-[ka?] | ... ... in your ... |
| 19 | [...] u dan-nu ina qid-da-at2 _u4#-[me]_ ina qer-[bet _u4-me]_ | ... and mighty in the middle of the days, in the mid-days |
| 20 | [x x x x] pu-qu : ru#-x-mu [...] | ... puqu means ... |
| 21 | x [...] x _{d}utu_ x-x-ra-[x] | ... Šamaš |
| 22 | x [...] x-ut ina _igi_-ka# : a-x-x : asz2-x [x] | ... ... in your presence : ... means ... |
| 23 | [... x]-ni-ia [...] x de-e-[x] | ... my ... ... may ... |
| 24 | [...] ha [...] | ... ... |
| 25 | [...] _e2_ za#?-ma bi#? x x x | ... the house is yours, ... |
| 26 | [... x]-ma a-me-[x] isz-x [x x x] | ... and ... ... |
| 27 | [...] _i3-gesz {szim}gig_ : sza2 _i3-gesz_ an-za#-ru# tab-x [x] | ... oil of šimgig-aromatic : oil of anzāru-plant ... |
| 28 | [...] KU _bar en?_ sza2 la i-di-x [x] | ... ... the lord(?) who does not ... |
| 29 | [x]-la-ni me-tu#? i-sa-a a-szal-x [x] | ... is dead, I shall ask ... |
| 30 | [...] he-pi2 esz-szu2# [...] | ... broken, new |
| 31 | [... x]-pi-ta-ti _sag-ba#_ [...] | ... ... the top ... |
| 32 | [... x]-ku-la-szu2-nu _sag_ [...] | ... their ... head ... |
| 33 | [...] _na_ x [...] | ... ... |
| 34 | [...] _kesz2_ [...] | ... you tie ... |
| 35 | [...] x [...] | |
| 36 | [...] x [...] | |
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