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BAM 2, 174 (P285266)
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| Designation | BAM 2, 174 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285266 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13761 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [... _duh-lal3 i3-udu {szim}gig_ sza2 _i3-gesz_ u2]-kal#-lu {u2}eri-nu | ... honey, sheep fat, sulphur from oil, cedar oil |
| 2' | [...] _szurun uz3 {u2}kur-kur disz_-nisz _sud2#_ [...] | ... the beginning of the cattle-pen of the mountain goat ... |
| 3' | [ina _kusz uz3_ szip-ki _sag-du_-su _igi]_-szu2# u _ka_-szu2 _lal-lal_-id# | With a piece of leather, you bandage his head, his eyes, and his mouth. |
| 4' | [ina _iti u4 1(disz)-kam2 u4 2(disz)-kam2 u4 3(disz)]-kam2#_ a-szi-pu-us-su _du3-du3_-usz-ma _ti#_ | In a month on the 1st day, the 2nd day, and the 3rd day you perform his ritual and he will recover. |
| 5' | [_DISZ na ka_-szu2 _nundum_-su ana _gub3]_ kub#-bu-ul-ma da-ba-ba la i-le-['] | If a man's mouth is swollen to the point that he cannot speak, |
| 6' | da-ba-ab-ta-szu2 tu-ri _{gesz}geszimmar-tur#_ | his words, a reed stalk of date palm |
| 7' | [{gesz}x ...] _{gesz}szur-min3 szim-szal gi du10 gi szul-hi {gesz}li#_ | ...-tree, cypress, aromatics, good reed, šulḫu-wood, linseed |
| 8' | _[{szim}sze-li babbar] {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}bal {szim}gig {szim}buluh disz_-nisz _gaz#_ | white šēli-juniper, mint, ballukku-aromatic, sulphur, baluḫ-plant: he will die. |
| 9' | [ina x x]-ra _sila11_-asz ina _a {gesz}sze-nu hi-hi kusz uz3 lal_ [...] | ... in ..., in water from šenu-tree, ḫašû-plant, nanny-goats, honey ... |
| 10' | [x x x] x _igi_-szu2 u3 _ka_-szu2 _lal-lal_-ma _ti_ | ... his face and his mouth will be swollen and he will recover. |
| 11' | [_DISZ na mur-mesz]_-szu2 _ki kak-ti_-szu2 it-pu-qu ana _ti_-szu2 _szen-tur a_ u _kasz [diri]_ | If a man’s illness has risen with his knuckle: in order to heal him, he should drink small amounts of water and beer. |
| 12' | [{gesz}si]-hu# {gesz}ar2-gan-nu _{gesz}lum-ha {u2}har-har_ {u2}ak-tam ina _sza3# [szub]_ | Sihu, agannu-wood, lupin, harhar-plant, nīnû-plant you put in it. |
| 13' | _szeg6_-szal ta-sza2-hal ina _sza3 esz_-su _e11 ki i3_ {gesz}eri-inux(IGI) _esz_-su e!(SI)-ra sza _dida#_ | you crush (and) sieve it. In its foundation he goes up. With cedar oil his foundation is elevated. Of juniper |
| 14' | _en_ pit,-ru-szu2 i-lab-bi-ku u _ir szub_ u _du {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}bal zi3-gig#_ [x x] | “The lord of his piṭrūšu-disease will afflict him, and he will fall and die. gurgur-plant, lupin, baltu-plant (and) ziggig-flour |
| 15' | 5(disz) _u2-me_ an-nu-ti _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ana _sza3 gesztin bil-la2 [szub_-di] | These five plants you scatter. You pour it into a libation bowl. |
| 16' | ina _szen-tur_ tara-bak ina _kusz-edin sur_-re _lal_-su-ma _[ti]_ | You heat it up in a small oven, you put it on a leather bag, you bandage him, and then he will recover. |
| 17' | _DISZ na mur-mesz_-szu2 _ki kak-ti_-szu2 it#-pu#-qu ana _ti_-szu2 _uh2-<{d}>id2_ sah-[le2-e] | If a man’s illness has risen with his tongue: in order to save his life, he should wash himself with river saḫlû. |
| 18' | _{szim}hab ki i3-udu_ u _kasz-sag# hi-hi_ ana _igi udubx(NE) {gesz}kiszi16 szub_-[di] | You pour ḫašû-aromatic in place of fat and prime-quality beer in front of the udub-demon. You set up a date palm. |
| 19' | tu-qa-tar-szu _en_ usz-x x i-tar-ra-ak x x [...] | You ask him: “The lord ... he will go out ... |
| 20' | ina _a_ {gesz}szu-nim _ra_-su _i3-gesz esz-mesz_-su-ma tu-pu?-x [...] | in water from a šunu-tree his nose, oil his new ... and ... |
| 21' | _DISZ na u4-da kur_-id _kum2 tuku_-szi ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}ap2-ru-sza2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2 {u2}an-ki-nu-[te]_ | If a man has been seized by lightning for a long time: for his life aprušu-plant in oil from brother of ankinû-plant |
| 22' | _sud2_ ina _kasz szeg6_-szal _szesz2_ tu-ta-na#-x-rasz-ma#? _ti_-ut, | You boil down suluppu-plant in beer, you mix it with beer, and then he will recover. |
| 23' | _DISZ na u4-da kur_-id _ninda_ u _kasz_ la i-ma-har ana _ti#_-[szu2] x _{szim}gur2-gur2 szesz2_-su | If a man does not eat bread and beer daily, for his life you anoint him with kukru-aromatic. |
| 24' | _[illu] li#?-tur_ sza2 _kur_-i _sud2_ ina hi-iq _kasz [nag]_-szu2 ina _a2_ tu2-szap-rasz-szum-ma _[ti]_ | You send him a small flood of the mountains, in a loss of beer, to drink, and then he will recover. |
| 25' | _DISZ na_ <i>-ta-na-sza-asz ina a-szu-usz-tu2 _szub#-[szub]_-su _nundum-mesz_-szu2 i-ta-na-[sza]-ak#? | If a man is constantly irritated, his teeth are constantly swollen in pain. |
| 26' | _a#-[mesz]_ ma-gal _nag u4-da sa2#-sa2# {gesz#}gesztin ka5-a_ ta-sak3 ina _kasz nag#_-szu2# _duh hab nag_ | You drench it with much water, you heat it up in the morning, you knead kasû-wine, you drink it in beer, you anoint him with it, and then he will recover. |
| 27' | _[{szim}]li {szim}hab_ ina _kasz nag#_ ina _kasz szeg6_-szal ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak | You knead juniper and ḫašû-aromatic in beer, you heat it up in beer and pour it into his anus. |
| 28' | _DISZ na sza3_-szu2 _ninda_ u _kasz_ la i-ma-[har] _ki uh2_-szu2 _mud2 szub-szub_-a _na bi u4-da sa2-sa2_ | If a man’s belly does not accept bread and beer: he will be stricken with blood; that man will be in good health for a long time. |
| 29' | ana _ti_-szu2 _{u2}gesztin ka5-a#_ [ina] _kasz# nag_ {u2}ap-ru-szum ina _i3-gesz szesz2_ | For his life, you drench kabû-vine in beer, aprušum-plant in oil, |
| 30' | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim#}man-du naga si_ ina _a#-gesztin#-na kasz-sag i3 a gazi#[{sar}]_ | Gurgur-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, mandu-plant, horned alkali in wine, first-class beer, oil, water and gazi |
| 31' | _szeg6#-ga2#_ ina _mul4#_ [tusz]-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga#_ [...] x x x | The cold sits in the star; in the throne room ... ... |
| 32' | _{gesz}li_ {gesz}[x x] _{szim#}man-du {szim}gam-ma {szim}szesz {u2}kur_ [...] | lupin, ...-wood, mandu-aromatic, cumin, myrrh, nīnû-plant |
| 33' | x x x [{gesz}]szur-min# gi du10 {szim}bal {gesz}erin#-sumun#_ x [...] | ... juniper, sweet reed, ballukku-aromatic, date palm |
| 34' | [...] _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}ur2-nu-u _gazi{sar} {u2#}hur#-sag#_ [...] | ... mountain plants, burāšu-plant, gazelle, ḫursag-plant |
| 35' | [{u2}]eli-[kul]-la# 2(u) 3(disz) _u2-me_ an-nu-ti ina x x [...] _i3-gesz_ ana _sza3# [szub_ ...] | Elkulla-plant, 23 plants in ... ... you pour oil inside ... |
| 36' | [_DISZ] na# sza3-mesz_-szu2 na-szu-u _igi-min-mesz_-szu2 ur-ru-pa zi-mu# x x [...] | If a man's internal organs are swollen, his eyes are dark: ... .... |
| 37' | _[na] bi# gig#_ e-sil-te _gig_ ana _gig_-szu la# _[gid2]-da#_-szu _gir2#-[tab babbar szika nig2-bun2-na]_ | That man suffers from esiltu-disease: in order not to prolong his illness, he should wear a white stag's horn and a nigbunnu-garment. |
| 38' | x SUG x{muszen} _nita_ {szim#}[x x] sah-le2-e _mun_ eme-sal-lim _[{szim}gur2-gur2]_ | a male ... bird, ...-aromatic, cress, salt, emesallu-salt, mint |
| 39' | [x x] _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}s,a-s,u-um-tu2 5(disz) _gin2-ta-am3#_ [x x x] | x kurru-plants, ṣaṣumtu-fennel, 5 shekels each |
| 40' | [ina] _gesztin# ku7#?_ u _kasz szub_-ma _gin7 zi3 sze-sa-a_ ta-sak3 x [...] | You put it in sweet wine and beer and then you knead it like fine flour ... .... |
| 41' | la# pa-tan# _nag_-szu2-ma _si-sa2_-ma _sza3-mesz_-szu2 x [...] | He should not drink it on an empty stomach, but instead he should lie down and his heart ... .... |
| 42' | [x x] _ir3_ nab#?-ha-tu2 [...] | ... the city Nabaḫatu |
| 43' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 44' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ana s,i]-ri#-ih-te _kum2 sza3 zi u2 babbar_ [...] | For the shirrihtu-disease, the burning of the heart, zīnu-plant and white plant ... |
| 2 | _[{u2}kur-ra {szim}gur2-gur2] naga# si mun {u2}igi_-lim _{u2#}[igi-nisz_ {u2}tar-musz] | kurru-plant, burāšu-juniper, horned alkali, alum, lupin, thornbush |
| 3 | _[{u2}kur-kur na4_ ga-bi]-i {u2}ak-tam _{u2}har-har_ 1(u) 5(disz) _u2_ an-nu-[ti _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz nag_-ma _buru8]_ | kurkuru-plant, alum, nīnû-stone, ḫarhar-plant 15 these plants you pound together, you boil them down in beer, and then you anoint the ewe. |
| 4 | [ana _kum2_ sza2] _zi# 1(disz) sila3 lagab munu4 kasz_ tara-muk {na4}na za3#-[hi-li ... _sud2]_ | You pour it into a kumdu-vessel of ... 1 sila3 of malt, malt beer, nānu-stone, zaḫili-stone ... you put (it). |
| 5 | [1(disz) _gin2 szim]-szal 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 numun gada_ an-na-a ina {na4}na-za3-hi-[li sud2_ ina 1(disz) _sila3 kasz_ ina ...] | 1 shekel of juniper, 15 shekels of the seed of this linen linen you knead in zaḫilu-stone, in 1 qû of beer in |
| 6 | [x x] _szeg6#_-szal _e11_-ma tu-kas,3-s,a ta-sak3 ta-hi-it#-[tu4 an-ni-tu4 ina ... ta-sak3] | ... you heat up a black ... and you bandage him. You pound this tahittu-vessel in ... |
| 7 | [_DISZ na] kum2# sza3 tuku-mesz_-szi _{u2}har-har {u2}nu-[luh-ha_ ...] | If a man’s belly is full of lumps: ḫašû-thyme, nuhurtu-plant |
| 8 | [x _kasz]-sag {u2}kur-ra gazi{sar} {szim}li_ [{szim}x ...] | ... first-class beer, nīnû-plant, tamarisk, juniper, |
| 9 | _naga# si_ sah-lu-u 1(u) 3(disz) _u2_ an-nu-tim ina _nindu usz2_-[er ...] | You pound alum, sahlû-cress, 13 plants of this type in a piece of bread ... |
| 10 | [_DISZ na_ x x]-mi-te it-ta-lak _a szu-min_-szu2 i-mi-is-si-ma [...] | If a man has been seized by ...-mittu-disease: his hands tremble and .... |
| 11 | _[gesztu-min_-szu2 la i]-szem#-ma-a a-mat-su ki-ma ip-ta-at,-ra#? [...] | his ears did not hear, his word was as if it had been erased ... |
| 12 | x x x i-kam-mis [x x ana] _id2 szub_ [...] | ... he lit. ... to the river ... |
| 13 | _DISZ na_ ana _nam-erim2#_ x-si la-am ana ma-mit _du_-ma# _kasz-sag#_ | If a man is ... for a curse: he will go against the curse and will experience bitterness. |
| 14 | _nag_-su [x] x i x x ana ma-mit x [x (x)] | his drink ... for the curse ... |
| 15 | _DISZ na_ ana _nam-erim2_ [x]-ma# _nam-erim2#_ szi-i is,-bat-su | If a man is seized by a curse ... and that curse has seized him. |
| 16 | la-am u2-za-bi-lu-szu2 ma#-mit ana _e2_ it-mu-u _du_-ak-ma | The curse has not been imposed upon him, he has gone to the house and |
| 17 | _udu-siskur bal_-qi2-ma _i3-gesz si-sa2#? {gesz#}ig#? {gesz#}sag-kul kun4 esz_-asz-ma | a sheep offering is sacrificed, and the ointment is good. The door and the door bolt are bolted. |
| 18 | _ur5-gin7 du11-ga en2 dingir kalam_ x x x x DE3 | According to what is said in the incantation, the god of the land ... |
| 19 | _ug3-szar2-ra kalam-ma sza3-bi szur2-hun-ga2 tu6?-en2?_ | the numerous peoples of the nation, whose heart is awe-inspiring, incantation(?) |
| 20 | ana _nam-erim2 bur2-ru-da-kam {u2}ku6# {u2}a-zal-la2_ {szim#}[x x] | It is for an extispicy. Fish, azallu-plant, ...-juniper |
| 21 | _i3 ku3 i3 du10-ga {szim}szesz u2 babbar_ {u2}ar#?-gan#?-nu _ka a-ab-ba_ [x x x] | pure oil, good oil, myrtle, white plant, ṣumlalû-plant |
| 22 | _{u2}har-lum-ba-szir KU.KU {gesz}esi u2 babbar_ {u2}tar-musz8 _haszhur gesz-gi_ x [x x] | harlumbašir-plant, kukru-tree, white ebony, tarmuš plant, apple, reed ... |
| 23 | _{u2}lal {u2}an-ki-nu-ti {u2}am-ha-ra numun_ {u2}mur#-ri _numun u2_ [x x x] | lupin, ankinūtu-plant, amḫara-plant seed, murru-seed seed, ... seed |
| 24 | ina _i3_ u _a id2_ ina _nindu usz11_-ir _e11_-ma _tu5_-szu2-ma# _ti_ | You anoint him with oil and water from the river in a bowl, then he will recover. |
| 25 | _DISZ na u4-da tab_-su-ma ana _nam-rim gur_-szu2 _{gesz}haszhur gesz-gi {u2}eme ur-gi7_ x [x x] | If a man has been seized by lightning for a day and turned into a fog: ḫašû-tree, reed, ēmu-plant, dog’s tongue ... |
| 26 | _{szim}man-du disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _a_ u _kasz szub_ ina _izi szeg6_-szal ta-a it-x-x [x] | Mandu-aromatic (a kind of juniper): you put it on as a bandage in water and beer, you heat it up with fire, and ... . |
| 27 | _{u2}kur-ra {u2}har-har {u2}nu-luh-ha_ sah-le2-e _gazi{sar} {u2}lag gan2_ {u2}[x] | mountain plants, harhar plant, nuḫurtu-plant, cress, gazelle, ...-plant |
| 28 | _{u2}hur-sag 8(disz) u2-mesz nam-erim2-bur2-ru-da_ ina _kasz {lu2}kurun2-na nag#_ | ḫursag-plant, 8 plants of namerimburuda-plant in beer from the brewer’s prebend |
| 29 | _DISZ na nam-erim2 dab_-su-ma _kum2_ u _ir_ ma-gal _tuku-tuku u4 1(disz)-kam dab_-[su] | If a man has been seized by an evil omen, and he is ill and has a lot of saliva on the first day: his seizure. |
| 30 | _u4 1(disz)-kam bar_-szu2 ha-a-a-at-ti _kum2 tuku-mesz kum2_ la ha-ah-hasz _dab_-su-ma | On the 1st day his liver is full of haittu-disease: he will have fever, but not fever; he shall seize him and |
| 31 | ana _kum2_ u s,er-ha _tar_-si _{u2}gesztin ka5-a had2-a sud2_ ina _a nu_ pa-tan _[nag]_ | you pour it into the kumānu-vessel and the ṣerḫu-vat. You pound kabû-tamarind, you boil it in water on an empty stomach. |
| 32 | _{u2#}kur-ra a sud2_ ina _ga ab2-gu4-hi-a nu_ pa-tan _[nag]_ | You pound kurru-plant, you stir it into a paste in milk from an ox, you do not let it cool on an empty stomach. |
| 33 | [_DISZ] na# a-ga-nu-til-la gig_ ana _ti_-szu2# _x-mesz_ nam-ra#-ti# lu ki x [x] | If a man suffers from agnutillu-disease: for his life, ... of life .... |
| 34 | [x x] x-szu2 _te_-hi ana _e2 {d}imin-bi erim2#-ma_ [...] | ... his ... went out to the temple of Sebetti, the enemy ... |
| 35 | [bul]-t,i# lat-ku-ti sza2 {m}x [...] x x x [x x] | Prescriptions of ... ... |
| 36 | [x x] x-im a-nap#-x [...] | ... I shall ... |
| 37 | [... _zu2]-lum-ma_ x [...] | ... dates ... ... |
| 38 | [...] x [...] | |
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