Unread Atlas
BAM 2, 182 (P285274)
Medical
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | BAM 2, 182 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285274 |
| Museum no. | MRAH O.0194 |
| Collection | Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, Belgium |
| 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' | _gu2#-nig2-ar3-ra# na4_ ga!-[bi-i ...] | ... gunig-arra-stone, ...-stone |
| 2' | _DISZ na gesz3_-szu2 u2-zaq-qa-ta-szu2 _numun_ {u2}[x ...] | If a man’s skull causes him a stinging pain: seeds of ...-plant |
| 3' | _DISZ na gesz3_-szu2 u2-kas3-sa hi-niq-ti na#-[ap-pa-hi?] | If a man’s neck causes him a stinging pain (and) swollen lips: |
| 4' | ana _ti_-szu2 _u2 babbar sud2_ ina _i3 hi-hi_ ina x [...] | In order to heal it: you pound white plant, you mix it in oil, ... ... |
| 5' | _DISZ# na gesz3_-szu2 u2-zaq-qat-su _numun gada_ x [x ina _{uruda}szen]-tur#?_ tara#-bak ina _kusz sur_-re _ti#_ | If a man’s skull causes him a stinging pain: you mix seed from a linen cloth in a small copper pot, you put it on a piece of leather, (and) he will recover. |
| 6' | [_DISZ] na#_ ina _gesz3_-szu2 _mud2_ u2-tab-ba-kam _gin7 munus {gesz#}[tukul sig3_-is, _gu2]-gal# {u2}nu-luh-ha naga si_ ina _kasz {lu2}kurun2-na nag#_ | If a man’s skull is swollen from his neck: you boil down like a woman with a weapon. You boil down gugal-plant (and) nuḫurtu-plant, you drink it in beer from a pure man. |
| 7' | [_DISZ] na#_ masz-ka15-du3 _dab5_-su _{gesz}sze!-na2!-a {u2}ku6 numun {u2#}gir2#!-ri _pa {gesz}kiri6 du3-a-bi_ | If a man is seized by a gazelle: sesame, fish, seed of girru-plant, pomegranate(s) from the orchard |
| 8' | _gazi#{sar} {gesz}szinig_ {u2}tul2-lal _{gesz}geszimmar-tur gi szul-hi {gesz}kam-u5_ | mustard, tamarisk, tullal-plant, date palm, reed, šulḫu-tree |
| 9' | _suhusz {gesz}dih3 suhusz {gesz}kiszi16 tesz2-bi_ ta-har-ra-as, ina _sza3 tu7_ u _a-gesztin-na_ | The base of a diḫu-tree (and) the base of an acacia are joined together. In soup and wine |
| 10' | _a pu2_ ina _nindu usz2_-er gi-na-am _ra-mesz_-su | water from a well in a tureen kills him. |
| 11' | _DISZ na_ masz-ka15-du3 _gig ukusz2_-ti-gil-li _numun {gesz}ma-nu_ | If a man suffers from maškadu-disease: tigillu-plant, seed of a boat |
| 12' | _{u2}ka-zal-la nag-nag {u2}lag a-sza3-ga_ {u2}zu-qa-qi2-pa _[sud2]_ | You drink kazallu-plant, lag plant of the field, šuqaqipa-plant |
| 13' | _zi3-gig_ ina _kasz-sag hi#-hi# gin7 {dug}utul2_ tara-bak _[ti]_ | You stir the zigmu-disease in prime-quality beer like a paste into a large bowl. |
| 14' | _en2_ masz-ka15-du3 isz-tu s,e-er sza2-ma-me ur-te4-di! u mi-szil im-tu2 sza2 _musz_ [il-qe2] | Incantation: “The maškalû-demon went out of the heavens, and half a snake seized it. |
| 15' | [sza] _gir2-tab_ i-mat-sa al-qe2 ut!-tur im-ta a-tar mi-szir3-[ti x x] | who the Scorpion saw, I took her. She was small, she was a ghost ... |
| 16' | [pa]-a la _gar_-in szin-na s,a-bit sza2 kal gesz-sza2 kim-s,a ki-s,al-la : _murub4# [{gesz}kun_ u sza2-szal-li _tu6-en2?]_ | (If) he does not place a šunû-bowl, he will be seized by a dog that is a part of the whole body. The kimṣu-demon (is) the knuckle, the middle of the tail and the thighs. Incantation formula. |
| 17' | _ka#-inim-ma_ masz-ka15-[du3] | Incantation formula: maškadu |
| 18' | _[en2]_ a-re-eh-hi ra-ma-ni a-ra-ah-hi zu-um#-[ri ...] | Incantation: “Arehhi, rāmânu, arahhu-disease, ... |
| 19' | _gin7# {gesz}apin_ ina _edin_ er-s,e-tu2 ir-hu-u ki-tu2 im-hu-ru _[numun_-szu2 ...] | Like a plow in the steppe of the netherworld they grew up, they received the earth, his seed |
| 20' | [a]-nam#-di _en2_ ana ra-ma-ni-ia u _su_-ia lim-hu-ma [...] | I will go and recite the incantation to my heart and my body, and ... |
| 21' | [ra]-ma-ni-ma li-ir-'-u2 zu-um-ri-[szu ...] | May he love me and love his body ... |
| 22' | _ka#-inim-ma_ masz-ka#-[du] | Wording of a spell for maszkadu-disease. |
| 23' | _[du3-du3]-bi#_ {u2}kur-ka-nam {u2}kam-kad _nita2#? {gesz}sze-na2-a_ ana _i3_ [...] | Its ritual: kurkanû-plant, kamkad-plant (a kind of tamarisk) for the oil |
| 24' | _[en2_ a]-na# _sza3 szid_-ma _giri3-min_-szu2 _gig szu-min_ tu-masz-sza2-a' [...] | Incantation: You recite the incantation over it and you rub his feet with the illness of the hands. ... |
| 25' | _[en2_ bu-uh]-ru# bu-uh-ru bu-ha-ru szu-u2 masz-[ka-du ...] | Incantation: “Buru, buru, buhru, he is maszkadu-disease ....... |
| 26' | [mi-szil im]-tu2# sza da-nim _mul-mesz_ sza2-ma-mi [...] | Half a shekel of silver belonging to Anu, the stars of the heavens ... |
| 27' | [mi-szil im]-tu#? sza2 _musz_ il-qe2 sza2 _gir2-tab_ i-mat-sa [al-qe2 ...] | a half of a snake he took. The one who the Scorpion saw her I took ... |
| 28' | [ul] _gar#_-in szin-na : szin-na ul sza2-kin ana#? [...] | He is not present : he is not placed : to ... .... |
| 29' | [...] _murub4# {gesz}kun_ [...] | ... the middle of the tail ... |
| 30' | [...] at#-ta# masz-ka#-[du ...] | ... you are the maškadu-priest ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] hi x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] _lag [a-sza3?_ ...] | ... the remainder of the field? ... |
| 3' | [...] u _i3-udu hi-hi_ ina [...] | ... and fat from a cow in ... |
| 4' | [_DISZ na mud2] dur2_-szu2 i-te-ez-zi _zi_ ur-szi ina _dur2#_ [...] | If blood flows from a man's cranium: he will die of thirst in ... .... |
| 5' | [qi2-lip] _zu2-lum-ma {szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2_ [...] | ... dates, juniper, mint, ... |
| 6' | _[naga si duh-sze-gesz]-i3 u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti _disz_-nisz _sud2 szu-si du3_-usz ana _dur2#_-[szu2 _gar_-an] | You anoint him with alum, horned alkali, sesame oil and these drugs. You make a suppository and place it around his neck. |
| 7' | [_DISZ na] dur2# gig_-ma um-s,a-ti szu-ti _{u2}kur-ra munus#_ [...] | If a man suffers from numbness, and that umṣatu-disease is caused by mountain plant: the woman .... |
| 8' | [u] _dur2#_-szu2 _szesz2-mesz_ ur-sze _gaz-mesz_ um-s,a-a-ti uq#-[ta-ta-pa ...] | and his sleep, brothers and dogs killed, slanderers slain ... |
| 9' | [_DISZ] na# dur2 gig_-ma _dur2_-szu2 e-sil _u5 argab[{muszen}]_ | If a man suffers from a sore and his sore is covered with esil-disease: he should eat bat guano. |
| 10' | _suhusz# {gesz}nam-tar nita2 sud2 disz_-nisz tu-kap-pat ana _dur2_-szu2 _[gar_-an] | You wrap the base of a male namtar tree (and) you put it around his neck. |
| 11' | _DISZ na dur2 gig dur2_-szu2 u-zaq-qat _min_-su _sza3-mesz_-szu2 in-ni#-[bi-t,u] | If a man suffers from a sore: his sore will be swollen, his intestines will become bloated. |
| 12' | u2-ta-sal3 _a-gesztin-na kasz-sag szeg6_-szal tu-kas,3-s,a ana _dur2_-[szu2 _dub_-ak] | You heat up grapes, prime-quality beer, and filtered beer. You pour it into his anus. |
| 13' | [_DISZ] na# dur2-gig gig_-ma e-sil _{szim}li {u2}hab sud2_ ana _dur2_-[szu2 _gar_-an] | If a man suffers from rectal disease, and then you pound esil-plant, burāšu-juniper (and) ḫublû-plant. You put it around his neck. |
| 14' | _{u2}kur-ra sud2_ ina _gada nigin_-mi _i3_ ina# _sza3#_ ta-ra-muk# ana _dur2_-szu2 _[gar_-an] | You pound kurru-plant, you wrap it in a band, you sprinkle oil inside it, and you put it around his neck. |
| 15' | _{u2}kur-ra gaz szeg6_-szal ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an kal _{szim#}szesz#?_ x [...] | You crush kurru-plant (and) you put it into his anus. All the aromatics ... |
| 16' | _u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti ina _a gazi{sar} szub_-szu2-ma _[ti]_ | these plants in ghee you throw him down and he will recover. |
| 17' | [_DISZ na] dur2# gig#_ [x x x lu-u ina] x x lu-u ina _a_ tara-muk _szim#?_ [x] | If a man suffers from a sore's surface: you mix ... either in ... or in water, you anoint him with ...-aromatic. |
| 18' | [...] x ri szim x x u2 | ... aromatic ... |
| 19' | [...] x [...] x _bar_ {gesz}x x nu [x] _disz_-nisz | ... ... wood ... |
| 20' | [...] x [...] x-x-szu2 _gar_-[an] | ... ... you set up his ... |
| 21' | [_DISZ] na# dur2 gig_ [...] | If a man suffers from naditu-disease .... |
| 22' | _{szim}buluh_ {szim}[x ...] | buluḫ-aromatic, ...-juniper |
| 23' | _DISZ na dur2-gig gig_-[ma ...] | If a man suffers from rectal disease and .... |
| 24' | _na bi_ x x [...] | That man ... ... |
| 25' | _DISZ na#_ [...] | If a man .... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.