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BAM 3, 222 (P285309)
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| Designation | BAM 3, 222 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285309 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08246 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
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 | [...] _szub#_-di _{szim}hab_ ana _sza3_-bi | You sprinkle ..., you pour ḫašû-aromatic into it |
| 2 | tu#-rab#-ba-ki-ma tur-tab-bi | You will bring it in and it will increase. |
| 3 | _usz2 {gesz}erin i3_ hal-s,a sza2 tu-sa-me-hu | Dead: cedar, refined oil that you mixed |
| 4 | ina _ugu_ a-ha-misz _szub_-di szu-nu-ti | they shall fall upon each other. |
| 5 | _u2-mesz_ an-nu-ti ana _sza3_ a-ha-misz tu-sa-mah | these plants you will mix together. |
| 6 | ina _tug2-hi-a_ ta-sza2-hal ina _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ma _ti_-ut, | You wrap it in a cloth, you put it around his neck, and then he will recover. |
| 7 | an-nu-u mar-has, sza _szu gidim-ma_ | This is a reed mat of the hand of a ghost. |
| 8 | _dur2-gig_ u _ellag-mesz_ lu-ub-bu-ki | May the Urarṭu-illness and the eczema of the kidneys keep you alive! |
| 9 | _tab_-ma _ti_ | you add and he will recover. |
| 10 | _DISZ ki-min 2(disz) gin2_ nit-ru 2(disz) gin2_ {na4}ga-bu-u 2(disz) _gin2_ [...] | If ditto: 2 shekels of nīnu-stone, 2 shek[els of gabû-stone], 2 sheqels of .... |
| 11 | _pesz10-{d}id2 gaz sim_ 4(disz)-ut _i3-gesz_ szir-di | “Peš-Id2 kills a snake, 4th grade oil |
| 12 | _kum2_-am _esz_-asz-ma _ti_-ut, | “If he is sick, he will recover.’ |
| 13 | _ka2 dur2_-szu2 _i3-nun-na esz_-asz sza kam-ki!-di | At the gate of his seat he pours ghee, the new oil of the kamkidu-vessel. |
| 14 | sza em-sza _ka su2_ ina _de3 szub_-di | Whose tongue is swollen, in order to fall, |
| 15 | _szeg6_-szal _tug2_ tu-bu-ku-tu2 sza _sig2-mesz_ | black wool, tubukû-garments of wool, |
| 16 | ina _a-mesz_ ta-s,a-bu ta-s,a-pa ina _sza3_ sza2 [...] | You soak it in water, you rub it in the inside of ... |
| 17 | _ka2 dur2_-ka sza2 _gar_ an-ma _egir_-szu2 | The gate of the throne which is located above and behind it |
| 18 | _{uzu}kun_ am-mar _tar_-si ina _i3 ti#_ [...] | You pound as much as is needed in oil ... |
| 19 | ina _izi szeg6_-szal _kum2_-su ina _dur2#_ [...] | in a fire, its heat is black: in the 'station' .... |
| 20 | _egir_-szu2 2(disz) _sila3 sze-in-bul-bul_ sza#? [...] | After that, 2 qû of ...-grain |
| 21 | ina _izi szeg6_-szal ta-sza2-hal# [...] | You heat up ... in a fire of black smoke. |
| 22 | ina _tug2-hi-a_ te-sip ina muh-hi x [...] | You wrap it in a cloth, on top of ... ... |
| 23 | [...] x [...] x ZI# HA# x [...] | ... ... |
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