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BAM 2, 169 (P285262)
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| Designation | BAM 2, 169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285262 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10584 |
| 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' | gi-sza-[x ...] | ... reed |
| 2' | ana _ti_-szu _u2_ [...] | In order to heal him, ... .... |
| 3' | _{gesz}nam-tar {u2}[x ...] | Namtar tree |
| 4' | _{gesz}haszhur gesz-gi {u2}[x ...] | apple, reed, ... plant |
| 5' | {u2}ur2-nu-u {szim#}[x ...] | burnû-plant, ...-juniper |
| 6' | _gi szul-[hi_ ...] | reed, sulhû-confection ... |
| 7' | {u2#}[x ...] | ... plant |
| 1' | _[{gi}]dub#-ba_ [x] x [...] | The tablet ... |
| 2' | [x x x] x [...] | |
| 3' | [x x x] sza2 [...] | ... of ... |
| 4' | _[{gesz}]erin# {u2}szur-min3_ {gesz}dap-[ra-nu _{szim}gir2 gi du10 {szim}bal]_ | cedar, cypress, daprānu-tree, šunû-juniper, good reed, balūlu-junite |
| 5' | _[szim]-szal {szim}gam-ma {szim}man#-[du {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li]_ | aromatics, cumin, mandu-aromatic, mint, lupin |
| 6' | _[{u2}kur-kur] {u2}har-har naga si {u2}[nu-luh-ha]_ | mountain plants, harhar-plant, alkali, nuḫurtu-plant |
| 7' | _[{szim}szesz {szim}hab] {szim}buluh-hi-a 1(u) 8(disz) _u2-mesz# [szesz-mesz]_ | myrtle, ḫašû-aromatic, buluḥh’a-plant, 18 plants of the brothers |
| 8' | [mal-ma-lisz _lal disz_-nisz ta-ka]-sim# ina _kasz_ u _a-gesztin-na_ [tu-lab-bak] | You knead it in beer and wine. |
| 9' | [ina a-tu-gi] _usz2#_-er# ina sze-ri3 _e11_-a-ma# [ta-sza2-hal] | You dry and crush it in a reed-bed. In the morning, you heat it up and filter it. |
| 10' | _[lal3_ u _i3_ hal-s,a ana _sza3 szub]_ bah-ru-su# [ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak] | You pour honey and filtered oil into it, you pour bahrusu into his anus. |
| 11' | [ina _dur2_-szu2 _si-sa2]_-ma _ti_-[ut,] | He should lie down in his bed and live. |
| 12' | _[{u2}kur-ra {u2}hur]-sag {u2}har-har {u2}nu#-[luh-ha]_ | mountain plants, ḫursag-plant, harhar-plant (and) nuhurtu-plant |
| 13' | _[{szim}li] {szim#}gur2-gur2 {szim}gam-ma {szim#}[bal_ szu-lut,] | burāšu-juniper, kukru-aromatic, cumin, balû-plant: |
| 14' | _[szim-hi]-a#?_ mal-ma-lisz mar-has, _szu#-[gidim-ma_ ina _kasz?]_ | You crush shumhû-aromatic in beer. |
| 15' | [ta]-sak3 _i3-gesz_ ana _igi szub_-di ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub#_ | you pound; you pour oil into his anus. |
| 16' | [_DISZ na sza3_-szu2 _kum2 tuku_-szi] _kum2 sza3_ sza2-ha-t,i _{u2}[ukusz2-hab]_ | If a man’s belly has a burning sensation, his belly is full of šaḫatu-disease: nīnû-plant |
| 17' | _[{szim}buluh {u2}nu-luh-ha] {u2}har-har disz_-nisz _sud2#_ [ina _kasz szub_-di] | You crush together baluhhu-aromatic, nuḫurtu-plant and harhar-plant (and) you put them in beer. |
| 18' | [...] bah-ru-[su ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak] | ... you pour his libations into his anus. |
| 19' | [...] | |
Sources & licences
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