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BAM 2, 190 (P285282)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 2, 190 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285282 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13776 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Assur |
| 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 | {u2#}[tar]-musz8# _{u2}[igi]_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz#_ [...] | tarmuš-plant, ēdu-plant (and) gypsum |
| 2 | _{u2#}kur-ra_ {u2}ur2-nu-u {u2}ti#-[ia2-tu2 ...] | mountain plants, burnû-plant, tīyatu-plant |
| 3 | _{u2#}sag-sur {u2}gesztin ka5-a#_ [...] | sagsur-plant, fox-vine |
| 4 | _numun# {u2}eme ur-gi7 mun#_ [eme]-sal#-[lim ...] | seed of emesu-plant, lion's tongue malt, masallu-salt |
| 5 | _numun#_ {gesz}bi-nu _{szim#}[li_ ...] | seeds of tamarisk, juniper |
| 6 | _numun# {u2}a-zal-la2 {u2}[in]-nu#-usz#?_ [...] | Seed of azallu-plant, maštakal-plant |
| 7 | _u2# du10-ga sza3_-bi _usz11-bur2#!-[ru-da_ ...] | Good food in its midst is to be eaten ... |
| 8 | [ina] _kasz nag gaba-ri_ {m#}i3#-[li2-rem-ni] | I drew up a copy of Ilī-remanni with beer. |
| 9 | {u2#}tar-musz8 _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz# [u2-sikil]_ | tarmuš-plant, ēru-tree, ibex, šalālu-plant |
| 10 | [{u2}]el#-kul#-la# _{szim#}buluh#_ [...] | Elkulla-plant, buluḫ-aromatic |
| 11 | _{u2#}haszhur# [gesz-gi_ {u2}la-pat ar-man-ni] | apple, reed, lupin |
| 12 | _[{u2}nu-luh-ha_ {u2}ti-ia-tu2] | nuḫurtu-plant, tīyatu plant |
| 13 | _{u2}har#-har#_ [{u2}ur2-nu-u _{u2}kur-zi_ {u2}szib]-bu#-ra-tu2 | harhar plant, burnû-plant, kurzi-plant (and) šibaratu-plant |
| 14 | _{u2}[hur]-sag {u2}kur-ra_ {u2}szu-mut-ta# | ḫursag-plant, mountain plant, šumuttu-plant |
| 15 | _henbur2 {gesz}dih3 henbur2 {gesz}kiszi16 henbur2 gi# szul#-hi#_ | a reed stalk, a date palm stalk, an ēdu-tree stalk (and) šulḫi-wood stalk |
| 16 | {gesz}bi#-nu _numun_ {gesz}bi-nu _{u2}in#-[nu-usz numun] {u2}in#-[nu-usz]_ | a cedar tree, seeds of cedar, plants of juniper |
| 17 | _{gesz}li# numun {gesz}li mun# [ku3-pad mun_ a-ma]-ni# _zu2-lum#-[ma]_ | a reed fence, seed, a wooden fence, salt, salt (and) a mother of dates |
| 18 | _numun {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 {szim#}[man-du_ {u2}kur-ka-nam] _gazi{sar#}_ | seeds of ḫalūb-tree, mandu-aromatic, kurkanû-plant, juniper |
| 19 | 3(u)# 7(disz)# _[u2-mesz] usz11#-[bur2-ru-da_ sza ina _szu-nim_] szu#-s,u-[u] | 37 plants for the ushburû-demon that are in the hand, |
| 20 | lu-u ina _kasz-sag_ lu-[u ina _gesztin_ lu-u] ina _a-mesz_ lu-[u ina _i3-gesz]_ | or with premium beer, or with wine, or in water or with oil, |
| 21 | lu-u ina hi-qa-a-ti _nag#-mesz#_ [lu ta-bi]-lam# ana _ka_-szu2 _szub_-di | You may drink it in libations or you may bring it to his mouth. |
| 22 | _DISZ na sag sza3_-szu2 ru-pul2-ta _tuku_-szi _sag sza3_-bi-szu2 | If a man’s head has a rūpultu-mark: his head. |
| 23 | u2-s,a-rap-szu2 _ninda_ u _kasz lal uzu-mesz_-szu2 tab-ku _na bi [usz11]_ | his flesh was swollen, bread and beer were mixed with honey; that man was ill. |
| 24 | _gu7#_ u _nag_ ana szup-szu-ri {u2}ha-szu-u {u2}tu#-lal | he should eat and drink. For a šupsû-lament: ḫašānu-plant, tullal-plant |
| 25 | _[u2]-sikil disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz szub_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat# | You boil juniper, you put it down in beer, you sit in the star. |
| 26 | [ina sze]-ri3 _nu_ pa-tan _nag buru8_-ma _ti#_ | In the morning, without dining, you libate fish and then he will recover. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {u2#}tar-musz8 _{u2}igi-nisz u2-sikil_ {u2}tu-lal# | tarmuš plant, ipiniša-plant, musukkannu-plant (and) tulal plant |
| 2 | _{u2#}asz-tal2-tal2 numun {u2}asz-tal2-tal2 {u2}szakir {u2}eme ur-gi7_ | grass, seed of grass, šakir plant, dog’s tongue plant |
| 3 | _{u2}nu-luh-ha {u2}dur2-nu-luh-ha pa_ {u2}ur2-ni-i | nuluḫha-plant, dunnūḫu-plant (and) urnî-plant |
| 4 | _{u2}har-har uh2-{d}id2 gesz bun2_ | harhar-plant, uḫ-id-plant (and) a thornbush |
| 5 | _{gesz}haszhur gesz-gi {u2}tal2-tal2_ {u2}kur-ka-nam _{u2}kur-ra_ | apple, reed, alabaster, mountain plant |
| 6 | _{u2#}lal {u2}kur-kur {u2}a-zal-la2 2(u) 3(disz) _u2 usz11-buru2-da_ | lal-plant, nīnû-plant (and) azallu-plant: 23 plants for the ušburuda ritual |
| 7 | [_DISZ] na#_ szam-ma _gu7_ u# _nag# sig_ ina _kasz-sag nag_-szu2-ma _ti_ | If a man is ill with našû-disease, and he drinks it, you have him drink it in prime-quality beer, and then he will recover. |
| 8 | a#-na _lu2 nigin usz11-zu_ szab-su-szu2-ma ina _du3 a#-[zu_-tim] | To a man, a bandage is placed against him and in the work of the physician |
| 9 | u _masz-masz_-tim _zal!-zal!_-ma _nu du8 {u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi#-[nisz]_ | and the mašmashu-priests pass by and are not removed: tamarisk, juniper |
| 10 | {u2}tar-musz8 {u2}nab-ru-qu _{u2}har-har numun [{gesz}szinig]_ | tarmuš plant, nabruqu-plant, harhar plant, seeds of tamarisk |
| 11 | _na4_ ga-bi-i 7(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz gaz sim_ lu ina# _[kasz?]_ | stone of the libīyu-plant, 7 plants, alum, sulphur, or in beer |
| 12 | lu ina _gesztin nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti#_ | You knead them either in wine on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 13 | _{u2}har-har {u2}kur-kur {u2}igi_-lim _{u2}gesztin# [ka5-a]_ | harhar plant, mountain plant, tamarisk, grapevine |
| 14 | _{u2}kur-ra {u2}nu-luh-ha#_ {u2}tu-lal {u2#}[x x x] | mountain plants, nuḫurtu-plant, tullal-plant |
| 15 | _{gesz}li {szim}sze-li babbar_ {gesz}bi-i-[nu] | a lītu-tree, white šēlu-juniper, a cedar |
| 16 | [1(u)] 1(disz) _u2 ka-dab-be2-da_ ina _kasz [nag]_ | 11 kadabbû-plants in beer |
| 17 | _DISZ na_ il-la-tu2-szu2 ina _ki-na2_-szu2 lu ina _du3 [u4-me]_ | If a man’s limbs hurt him either in his bed or in the course of a day |
| 18 | lu ina _du3 ge6 du-mesz_-ma _nu tar_-sa! ana# _tar#_-si# _[{u2}har-har]_ | or during a night-time ritual, and it is not to be turned into a harhar plant |
| 19 | _{u2}kur-kur {na4}gab#-bi-i {gesz}bi-i#-[nu _illu {szim}buluh]_ | kurkuru-plant, gabbû-stone, bīnu-tree, a well with baluḫh&bu-aromatic |
| 20 | _{gesz#}li {gesz}gur2-gur2 disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz#-sag# [nag_-ma _ti]_ | You dry (and) crush tamarisk, you libate them in prime-quality beer, and then he will recover. |
| 21 | _gaba#-ri_ t,up-pi _libir-ra# libir#-[ra-bi-gin7_] | The front of the old tablet, like the old one |
| 22 | _[ab]-sar#_ ba3-[ri3 _dub] {m}an-szar2#-gar#-mu# a_ {m#}[x ...] | Scribe: Bari. Tablet of Anshar-šammu, son of ... |
| 23 | [sza a]-na# _{d}[ag?] en_-szu2 tak-lu x [...] | who trusts in Nabu, his lord |
| 24 | [...] x [x] x dan-dan# [...] | ... strong ... |
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