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BAM 3, 217 (P285304)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 3, 217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285304 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13778 + VAT 14304 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _[DISZ na_ x x x]-ma ur-ra u _ge6_ la i-ni-la2 | If a man ... and he does not sleep for a day and a night: |
| 2 | [x x x] x du _i3-udu_ a-a-ar2-_dingir sze-munu4 gi szul-hi_ | ... ... sheep fat, Aya-ilī, sesame, reed, and chickpeas |
| 3 | [x x x x] _henbur2 {gesz}kiszi16 {na4}pesz4-a-ab-ba_ | ..., henbur-tree, juniper, ebony |
| 4 | [x x x x] _hi-hi igi_ di-ik-szi _esz-mesz_ | ...... ...; new ones, |
| 5 | x [x x x x] di-ik-szi lu sza2 _zag_ lu sza2 _gub3_ | ... ..., whether on the right or on the left, |
| 6 | [x x x x x] _{gesz}munu4_ sa-hi-in-du _{szim}bal_ | ... tamarisk, saḫīndu-plant, baltu-aromatic |
| 7 | [x x x x x] x _dida sig5-ga_ a-he-e _sud2_ | ... good sweet sourdough you sprinkle together. |
| 8 | [x x x] _hi-hi_ ina _izi szeg6_-szal ina _zi3-sur-re ne_-su _lal_ | ... you heat up ... in fire, you bandage his neck with a bandage of coarse flour. |
| 9 | _gin7_ tap-ta-at,-ru ina _a {gesz}sze-na2-a ra_-su | like a reed bundle in the sap of a cedar |
| 10 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}hur-hur sud2_ ina _kasz nag-mesz_ | If DITTO, you knead ḫurhuru-plant in beer (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 11 | _DISZ ki-min 5(disz) gin2_ sah-le2-e 5(disz) _gin2 {u2}nu-luh-ha_ a-he-e x | If ditto: 5 shekels of cress, 5 (shekels) of nuḫurtu-plant, together |
| 12 | a-he-e _gaz disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ina _a gazi{sar} sig3_-as,# | You crush (and) sieve each other. You knead them in juice from gazelle dung. |
| 13 | ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak _egir_-szu2 _i3-gesz_ u _kasz_ ina _dur2_-szu2 _dub#_-[ak] | You pour it into his anus. After that, you pour oil and beer on him. |
| 14 | x {szim}[x] x x x x-la ina _izi [szeg6_-szal x] | ... juniper ... in fire ... |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] ana _igi_ ta-s,a-[mid x x x] | ...... you put in front of ...... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x] _zi3 gu2-gal zi3 gu2-tur zi3 ziz2-am3_ [x x x x x] | x gugal-flour, gutur flour, … flour and emmer ... |
| 2 | _zi3 sze szesz# zi3 munu4 zi3 {szim}man#-du#_ [x x x x x] | barley flour, brother's flour, malt flour, mandu-juniper |
| 3 | _szesz {szim}li zu2-lum-ma i3#-udu# udu#_ x [x x x x] | brother of juniper, dates, oil, sheep |
| 4 | _disz_-nisz ina _izi szeg6_-szal ni x x x x x x x [x x x] | Alternatively, he burns it with fire ...... |
| 5 | _lal#_-ma ina [x] | You bandage him with it and in ... |
| 6 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}hur-hur_ [...] | If ditto, ḫurhuru-plant |
| 7 | ana _sza3 szub_-di ina x [x x] hu# x di-ik-szi [x x x] | in order to fall down, in ... ... distress ... |
| 8 | [bu]-ul-t,u an-nu-tu4 sza2 di-ik-szi sza2 ana _szu_ szu-s,u-u | These are the repairs to the dikši-boil that are to be removed from the hand. |
| 9 | [x x x x] x-szi _{gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}dap-ra-nu _{szim}gir2 szim-szal_ {szim}[x] | ... cypress, daprānu-tree, šūru-juniper, baluḫu-aromatic, |
| 10 | _[{gesz}]erin-sumun {szim}man-du {szim}buluh {szim}gur2-gur2_ {u2}[x x x] | cedar, mandu-aromatic, buluḫ-plant, mint, ...-plant |
| 11 | [x x x] _{u2}ha-bi-gal sumun {u2}kur-zi_ {u2}zi#-bu# | ... ḫabigal-plant, kurzi-plant (and) zibu-plant |
| 12 | [x x x] nu-'u {u2}an-dah-szu2 {u2}kur-ka-nu _gesz#_ x _ta# ak#_ | ... alum, kurkanu-plant, ... from |
| 13 | [x x x x] la# _{u2}ukusz2-hab {u2}igi#_-lim# x [x x x x] | ... not to touch the skin of a pig ... tamarisk |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x] _gaz sim_ ana _{uruda}[szen-tur_ ...] | You crush ..., pour a libation bowl into a small copper pot ... |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] _gu7-mesz_-szu2 la pa-tan x ina _kasz_ | ...... will eat him, without dining ... in beer. |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x] _nag-mesz_-ma _ti_-ut, | ...... he drinks it, and then he will recover. |
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