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BAM 2, 155 (P285251)
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| Designation | BAM 2, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285251 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13779 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] _gar#_-an ina _a_ x [x x ina] _de3#? sar_-szu2 | ... you set up. In water ... ... in order to kill him. |
| 2' | [...] x-ah-hu _numun#_ [x] sah-le2-e | ... ... seed ... cress |
| 3' | [...] x qu3-taru5 _ge6-mesz_ sza2 _tu-ra kilib3-ba_ | ... ... the black-headed ones, which are in the middle of the totality |
| 4' | [_DISZ na gidim dab_-su-ma i-ha-ru3] _ninda#_ u _kasz-mesz_ ul i-mah-har _szu-gidim-ma_ | If a ghost has seized a man and he is frightened: he will not receive bread and beer; it is a gidimma. |
| 5' | [...] {u2}tu-lal {u2}a-za-la | ... tulal-plant, azala-plant |
| 6' | [...] _nag#-nag#_-szu2 _ti_-ut, | ... he drinks it, he will recover. |
| 7' | [_DISZ na gidim dab_-su-ma ma-gal u2-ga]-asz2#-szi numun {gesz}bi-ni | If a ghost has seized a man and it has caused him a lot of pain: seed from a date palm |
| 8' | [... _sud2_ ina _kasz nag]-mesz_-ma ina-esz | You pound ..., he drinks it in beer, and then he will get better. |
| 9' | [_DISZ na szu-gidim-ma dab_-su-ma lu ina _du3_-ti _a-zu_-ti] u# _masz-masz_-u-ti | If a man is seized by shumû-plant and either through the ritual of a physician or an incantation priest |
| 10' | [il-ta-za-az-ma _nu du8_ <ana _ti_-szu2?> {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ x x x {u2}]ak-tam | He stood up and did not release. For his life, tarmuš-plant, tamarisk, thornbush, aktam-plant |
| 11' | _[{u2}har-har numun {gesz}szinig na4_ ga-bi-i 7(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz gaz sim_ lu ina _kasz_ lu ina _gesztin nag_-ma] _ti#?_ | He drinks harhar-plant, seed from a kiln, stone from the libīyu-plant (and) 7 plants. You crush (them) either in beer or in wine, and then he will recover. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | ki#-s,il# x x x [x x] x _masz2#?-ge6-mesz_-[szu2 ma-'-da] | ... his black-headed people greatly |
| 2' | _usz2-mesz igi-mesz masz2-ge6-mesz_ i-na-t,a#-[la la u2-kal ...] | The dead, the eyes, and the black-headed ones he keeps watch over, he does not eat ... |
| 3' | u3 _szu-gidim_ kim-te-szu2 _nig2-gidru {gesz}tug2_ ina _[kusz_ ...] | and the šugīdu-plant, his family, a scepter (and) a cloth in a leather bag |
| 4' | _gag-gag_-pi2-szu2 [ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an] | You put his breast-bone on his neck. |
| 5' | _DISZ na gesztu zag_-szu2 _du11-du11_-si me-se-ru _dab#_-[su ...] | If a man’s right ear constantly ring, his left ear ... |
| 6' | _{szim}li sud2_ ina _sig2-aka3 nigin2_ ana sza3 _gesztu_-szu2 _[gar_-an ...] | You knead juniper, you wrap it in a tuft of wool, you put it into his ears ... |
| 7' | _illu {szim}buluh_ ina _i3-gesz erin hi-hi_ ana _sag#-[du_-szu2 _szub?]_ | A flood of baluhhu-aromatic in oil from cedar ... fell on its head. |
| 8' | ina _ninda imgaga gu7-mesz u4 7(disz)-kam gur-[gur_-ma ...] | They eat it with imgaga-bread. On the 7th day, turn back and .... |
| 9' | an-nam _du3_-ma _i3-gesz erin i3-gesz szur-min3_ [...] | This he did, and sesame oil, cedar oil, cypress oil ... |
| 10' | _i3 du10-ga_ ina _sag-du_-szu2 _szub_-di pu-[x ...] | You sprinkle good oil on his head ... .... |
| 11' | _gur-gur_-szum-ma [...] | return to him and . . |
| 12' | _lag mun i3-gesz szur-min3 sud2 sik2-aka3 [nigin2_ ...] | ... salt, sesame oil, cypress oil, cumin, ... |
| 13' | _{u2#}har-har_ ina _kasz nag-mesz_ x [...] | You pound harhar-plant in beer, ... ... |
| 14' | [x x] _erin# i3-gesz szur-min3_ [...] | x ... of cedar oil, aromatics ... |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] _{u2}kur-ra illu#_ [...] | ... mountain plants, flood ... |
| 2' | [x] x [x x] _gaz# sim_ ina _kasz3 gu4-ab2_ x [...] | ... ... kills ..., sim-plant in beer .... |
| 3' | _u2 babbar {u2}ku6_ {u2}ak-tam 3(disz) {u2}gu-szum_-ti# [...] | white plants, fish, larder, 3 plants of gušumtu-plant |
| 4' | x _luh_-si ina _i3-gesz esz#-[mesz_ ...] | ... lupin in new oil ... |
| 5' | _u2 babbar {u2}gu-szum_-ti ina _i3-gesz esz-mesz pa u2 babbar numun#?_ [...] | white plant, gušumtu-plant in new oil, white plant seed(?) |
| 6' | _DISZ na kum2 dab_-su _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ ina _i3-gesz_ [...] | If a man is seized by kumu-disease: gurgur-aromatic (and) lupin in oil ... |
| 7' | _ka a-ab-ba_ ina _i3-gesz esz-mesz {u2}ar2-zal-la2_ [...] | the mouth of the sea with new-plant oil, barzallu-plant |
| 8' | ina _i3-gesz esz-mesz {u2}gesztin ka5#-a {u2}bil-[la2?_ ...] | with new oil, pressed grapes, bile |
| 9' | _DISZ na sag-du_-su _gig ku7-ku7 diri#_ [...] | If a man's head is full of sick mucus .... |
| 10' | _DISZ min giri3-pad-du gid2-da udu-nita2_ [tur-ar2 _sud2_ ana _ugu mar]_ | If ditto: you pound a long bone of a ram, you bandage him with it, and he will get better. |
| 11' | _DISZ min {u2}nigin{sar}_ [tur-ar2 _sud2_ ana _ugu mar]_ | If ditto: you crush and sift nīnû-plant, you scatter it over a sick person. |
| 12' | _DISZ min na4 zu2-lum-ma#_ [tur-ar2 _sud2 lal_-ma _ti]_ | If ditto: you dry and crush date stone, you bandage him with it, and then he will recover. |
| 13' | _DISZ# na# gidim dab_-su# _[suhusz {gesz}dih3_ sza2 _ki-mah]_ | If a ghost has seized a man: the foundations of the rampart of the grave |
| 14' | _[suhusz] {gesz}kiszi16_ sza _udu# [ki-mah_ ...] | the base of a date palm of the grave ... |
| 15' | _numun {gesz}ma-nu {u2}a-[zal-la2_ ...] | the seed of a manu-tree, azallu-plant |
| 16' | _{szim}li# {szim#}[gur2-gur2_ ...] | juniper, mint, ... |
| 17' | _i3-udu ellag2 udu#_ [...] | fat from a sheep's kidney ... |
| 18' | _{szim}szesz#_ [...] | ... myrrh |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [... x]-ma _ti_ | ... ... and life. |
| 2' | [...] x _si-sa2_-ma _ti_ | ... ... will become stable and prosper. |
| 3' | [...] 3(disz)#-szu2 ina _dur2_-szu2 _si-sa2_-ma _ti_ | ... three times in its course it is straight and he will recover. |
| 4' | [... ina _gesztin] kalag nag_-szu2 | ... you have him drink it in strong wine. |
| 5' | [...] _{u2}ku6_ u2-ra-an-na | ... a fisherman will bring |
| 6' | [... x]-ma# _szub_-a | ... and fell. |
| 7' | [...] _nag_ ina _igi UZ#? BA? x | ... you drizzle? ... in front of ... meat? |
| 8' | [...] A? BAR? _numun?_ x [...] x | ... seed(?) |
| 9' | [...] AN# BA? ZA _gub_-ma x [x] | ... stood there and ... |
| 10' | [...] _{u2}har-lum-ba-szir#_ | ... harlum-bašir plant |
| 11' | [...] sza2 _munus nu pesz4_ ina x [x] | ... of a woman who is not pregnant, in ... |
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