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BAM 3, 201 (P285292)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 3, 201 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285292 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13787 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| 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) |
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| 8' | [...] x _id2_ [...] x x [...] | ... the river ... ... |
| 9' | _had2-da_ x ina _a zu2-lum#-[ma_ ...] | ... in the sap of dates ... |
| 10' | ur-ra u _ge6 szid#_-asz# [...] | During the day and night, very overcast ... |
| 11' | x _u2 gu7 {u2}har-har_ ina _kasz [nag_-ma ...] | You eat ... grass, you libate harhar plant in beer and ... |
| 12' | _i3_ hal-s,a ana _ka_-szu2 tu-qar-ra ar2-ku tu ri? _gazi#{sar#}_ | You pour filtered oil into his mouth. After that, you sprinkle ... of pomegranate. |
| 13' | _im-gu2-en-na pa_ {u2}man-nu _pa {u2}ad2-hab pa_ x | Imgūna-plant, mannu-plant (and) dhab-plant |
| 14' | _u5 argab{muszen} {zi3}gig a-gar-gar masz-da3 numun {szim#}gam#?-ma#?_ | plant of the argab bird, agargar-plant, gazelle droppings, seed of cumin |
| 15' | _gaz_ ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz ina _zi3-sur-re lal_-it | You crush (and) sieve it in ghee, sifted it with cypress flour. |
| 16' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}hab pa {u2}gur5 pa {u2}{szim}tal2-tal2 pa {gesz}ma-nu_ | If ditto: ḫašû-plant, šāgu-tree, kukuru-plant (and) taltal-aromatic, mashtakal-plant |
| 17' | x _{u2}gir2 pa {u2}asz-tal2-tal2 pa {gesz}pesz3 1(disz) sila3-ta-am3 gaz sim_ | x gir-plants, leaf of aštaltal-plant; leaf of figs, 1 sila3 each, roasted. |
| 18' | ina _a zu2-lum-ma_ tara-bak ina _zi3-sur-re_ ur-ra u _ge6 lal_ | You soak it in water from a date palm, you bandage him with it overnight and night. |
| 19' | _szeg6#_-ma _gazi{sar}_ ina _i3-gesz_ u _kasz eme_-szu2 tusz-bat | It is cold and you strew kasû-tamarind in oil and beer. |
| 20' | [ina] _nindu#_ ina _numun {u2}dili numun_ {u2}tul2-lal _numun_ {u2}ak-tam | In a nindu-bowl, in a single plant seed, tullal-plant seed and baktam-plant |
| 21' | 1(disz) sila3-ta-am3 gaz_ ina _a zu2-lum-ma_ tara-bak | You crush 1 sila3 each, you stir it into a paste in the sap of dates |
| 22' | ina _zi3-sur-re lal_-it | with a flour-flour |
| 23' | _DISZ na kum2_ s,ar-ha _tuku_-ma _sza3-min_-szu2 _mu2-mu2_-hu i-te-ne-em-me-ru3 | If a man has been seized by sarhû-disease and his internal organs continually tremble |
| 24' | [...] x _mu2-mu2 sza3_-szu2 ka tim _giri3-min#_ te pu | ... ... his heart ... the feet from the well |
| 25' | [...] x _na bi szu-nam-erim2-ma ka-dib-be2-da_ | ... ... that man will be seized by handcuffs. |
| 26' | [... _a-gar-gar] masz-da3 {szim}buluh szika nindu im-gu2-en-na_ | ... agargar-plant, gazelle droppings, buluḫ-aromatic, šika nindu-plant |
| 27' | [...] _zi3 {u2}in6-usz gaz_ ina _i3-udu szeg6-ga2_ | ... you crush saḫlû-cress (and) maštakal-plant in roasted fat |
| 28' | [...] _uzu#-mesz_-szu2 _lal_-it | ... his flesh will be reduced. |
| 29' | [...] _gig_-ma _ki uh2_-szu2 _usz2_ u _lugud_ | ... he is ill and when he vomits he will die and be ill. |
| 30' | [...] tara-sa#-al#! _lal_-it# [...] | ... is surrounded by a halo of ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[DISZ na] igi-min_-szu2 _sig7 diri_-ut _na bi szu-nam-erim2_ | If a man’s eyes are yellow-green: that man will be plagued. |
| 2 | [...] x ina-t,al-szu2 {u2}szar-ma-<du> _{u2}ab2-duh_ | ... he will recover; šarmadu-plant (and) abduḫ-plant |
| 3 | [...] _zi3# {d}nin-urta im-sahar-na4-kur-ra_ | ... flour of Ninurta in the saharnû-stone |
| 4 | _{u2}har-har_ {u2}ur2-ne2-e _{szim}li_ | harhar plant, burāšu-plant, juniper |
| 5 | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {zi3}asz2-am3 disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ | You crush gurgur-aromatic (and) ašû-flour together. |
| 6 | ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz _gur_-ma _had2-ra2 gaz_ | In ghee, you knead it in tamarisk juice, and then you crush it. |
| 7 | ina _kasz_ ina _dug-gan2_ tara-bak _sed_ ina _zi3-sur-re_ | You mix it in beer in a jug, you anoint him with it, you put it on as a bandage. |
| 8 | ina _kusz-edin_ ur-ra u _ge6 sag sza3_-szu2 _lal2_ | in the thick of the steppe, it was balanced in the morning and in the evening. |
| 9 | _du8_-szu-ma an-dah-szum ina _uzu i3-nun-na_ | he shaves and his limbs with ghee |
| 10 | _u8 udu-hi-a gu7_ sah-le2-e ina _kasz nag_-ma ina-esz | He eats ewes and sheep, he drinks cress in beer, and then he will get better. |
| 11 | : _uh2-{d}id2_ ina _a nag_ | “Uḫ-Id2 in water |
| 12 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}hab {u2}giri3 uga {u2}sikil egir_-szu2 isz-szat,-t,ar | If ditto: ḫašû-plant, šādu-plant (a kind of juniper) (and) sikillu-plant are written behind him. |
| 13 | _ta sza3 {gesz}su_ sza2 bul-ti sza _e2 {d}me-me_ | from the wood of the rations of the temple of Enlil |
| 14 | _sar e3_ ha-an-tisz na-as-ha | he brought out a sar and quickly he took it away. |
| 15 | sza2# _an ti_ {m}ki-s,ir-_an-szar2 szagan-la2 tur_ | of the spring, Kiṣir-Ashur, the junior šaganla priest |
| 16 | _[{d}an-szar2]_ na#-bi-su-nu _masz-masz e2_ [...] | Anšar their name the exorcist of the temple |
| 17 | [...] x x [...] | |
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