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BAM 3, 234 (P285320)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 3, 234 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285320 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| 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_ mi-ih-ra ma-hi-ir-ma ki-i im-hu-ru-szu ul i#!-[di?] | If he receives a libation bowl, but when he received it, he does not know. |
| 2 | hul-qu _zi-ga_ ka-a-a-nam _tuku-tuku_-szi s,i-i-ti sze-am u kas-pi-[ma? x] | “It is destroyed, it is seized constantly, it has seized her, the grain and the silver ... |
| 3 | _zi-ga {lu2}ir3_ u _geme2 gu4-mesz ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ u _usduha ur-gi7-mesz szah#-[mesz?]_ | Ziga, bir, and female slaves, oxen, horses, and goats (and) pigs |
| 4 | u3 _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ mit-ha-risz im-da-nu-tu2 _gaz sza3_-bi _tuku-tuku_-[szi] | and humanity, together they slaughtered the dead, their hearts seized her. |
| 5 | _du11-ga nu sze3-ga_ sa-su-u la a-pa lu i-s,i-im-tu2 _ka un-mesz_ hi-a-t,u# | The word is unfavourable, it is not favourable, may it be favourable. The mouth of the people is cursed. |
| 6 | i-na _ki-na2_-szu2 _mud-mud_-ud ri-mu-tu _tuku_-szi a-du bi-nu-te-szu2 ana _dingir_ u _lugal#_ [x] | In his bed he lies down, he has joy, together with his possessions for god and king ... |
| 7 | _sza3_-bi-szu2 ma-li mi-na-tu-szu2 _dub-dub_-ak pi-qa la pi-qa i-par2-ru-ud | his heart was full of complaints, he swore an oath without swearing he shall contest. |
| 8 | ur-ra u _ge6_ la _na2_-lal _masz2-ge6-mesz_ par2-da-a-ti _igi-du8-a-mesz_ ri-mu-tu _tuku-tuku_ | Night and day, unfavorable; dreams, dream interpretations, omens of pleasure, are favorable. |
| 9 | _ninda_ u _kasz_ mut,-t,u a-mat i-qab-bu-u2 i-masz-szi _lu2 bi_ szip-sat _dingir_ u _{d}u-dar ugu_-szu2 _tuku_-szi | “(If) he says a word and he drinks it, that man will exercise the divination of god and goddess over him. |
| 10 | _dingir_-szu2 _{d}u-dar_-szu2 _ki_-szu2 ze-nu-u2 _DISZ na bi szu nam-rim-ma szu dingir-ra_ | his god (and) his goddess are angry with him. If that man is seized by hand and hand of a god |
| 11 | _szu nam-lu2-u18-lu gig_ hi-im-ma-te _gig_ ar2-ni _ad_ u _ama szesz_ u _nin_ | Hand of a Man: illness, sickness, illness of father and mother, brother and sister. |
| 12 | _im-ri-a im-ri-a im-ri-a dab_-szu2-ma a-na _du8_-ri-szu2!(RI)-ma a-di-ra-te-szu2 a-na la ka-sza2-di#-[szu2] | He seized him, he took him away, and to cut off his limbs and to not reach him. |
| 13 | _kid3-kid3-bi min nu nam-rim_ sza2 _nita_ u _munus_ sza2 _im ki-gar du3_-usz _mu_-szu2-nu ina _masz-sila3_ 2(gesz2) 3(u) [x x x] | Its ritual: ditto, not to be seen. Of a man and a woman who is dressed in a cloak, their names in the mašsilû-vessel: 180 ... |
| 14 | _{tug2}gu2-e3_ {tug2}ma-ak-lu-lu _{tug2}bar-sig sig2 za-gin3 ge6_ u!(ASZ) _babbar mu4-mu4_-si _na4 babbar#?_-a ina _gu2#?_-[x x x] | a cloak, a matulu-garment (and) a black hem, lapis lazuli, black cumin, musu-stone, white limestone on the neck(?) |
| 15 | _{tug2}gu2-e3_ {tug2}ma-ak-lu-lu _{tug2}bar-sig {tug2}ib2-la2_ sza _{sig2}aka3 babbar_ sza-par2-[szu2] | a cloak, a matlulu-garment, šamaš-garments, and bibla garments of white wool are his pledge. |
| 16 | _szuku_-su _bir-mesz ninda-mesz had2-a uzu had2-a {kusz}e-sir {kusz}da-e-sir {gesz}ga#-[rig2]_ | his šuku-offerings: multicoloured breads, fatty meats; a leather bag (with) a buckled strap |
| 17 | _{gesz}bal?_ szid-di-tu2 ki-ri-is-su {gesz}szi-qa-tu2 _i3 du10-ga szum2_-szi s,u-de2-e tu#-[s,a-da-szi?] | The hoe, the šiddītu-tool, his kīrissu-bowl, the siqatu-wood, the good oil, give her a good ointment, and you will harness her. |
| 18 | ba-ah-ra tu-tab-bak-szi ina _igi {d}utu kesz2-kesz2_-ma _{dug}a-da-gur5 gin#?_-[x] | You bind her. In front of Šamaš you tie, and the adagur-vessel ... |
| 19 | _zu2-lum-ma {zi3}esza dub_-ak _ninda-i3-de2-a lal i3-nun-na gar_-an nik-na-qu# | You pound dates and šādu-flour, you set up a strewn-offering of idû-bread, honey and butter, (and) you tie them to the knot. |
| 20 | _udu-siskur ku3 dadag du3_-usz _{uzu}zag {uzu}me-he2 {uzu}ka-ne te_-ha _kasz-sag# [de2_-qi2?] | You perform a sheep offering of pure silver. You take a censer of meḫe-wood (and) kane-wood. You libate first-rate beer. |
| 21 | i-na _igi {d}utu nu nam-rim_ szu2-nu-ti _il2_-ma _mu-ne_-szu2-nu ta#-[zak-kar] | In the presence of Šamaš do not curse them. You raise them up and speak their names. |
| 22 | _en2_ {d}sza2-masz nisz _an_-e _ki_-tim _en_ kit-te u mi3-sza2-ri a-na _kar_-ir x [x x] | Incantation: O Shamash, life of heaven and earth, lord of truth and justice, to the quay ... |
| 23 | _ki-gar_ u2-qa-disz _igi-mesz_-szu2-[nu sza2 _ku3-babbar?]_ ad#-din ina ner-bi sza2 de2-a ina up-sza2-sze-e sza2 [x x x] | I surrounded and their faces of silver I gave. In the evil of Ea in the machinations of ... |
| 24 | i-na _ki-gar im-mesz_-szu2-nu ak#-ri#-is, ina _igi dingir_-ut-ti-ka _gal_-tu2 ab-ni-szu2-[nu-ti-ma] | On the foundations of their walls I secured their foundations. I installed them before your great divinity and |
| 25 | x x [x _mu4]-mu4#?_-su#-nu-ti _szuku_-su _bir-mesz ninda-mesz had2-a uzu had2-a nigin#?_ pu kud#? x [x] | ... their days, his smitings, multicoloured, breads, meats, ... ... |
| 26 | mit-ha-risz u2-mal#-li-ma na-a-da _a-mesz szed-mesz_ a-qi2-su#-nu-[ti] | I filled them with water and baked bricks and gave them to drink. |
| 27 | u2-kab-bi-su-nu-ti# u2-szar-ri-ih-szu2-nu-ti lu-u _nita2_ szu-u an-nu-u _nu_-[szu2] | I destroyed them. I made them great. Whether that man or this man |
| 28 | lu-u _munus_ szi-i an-nu-u2# _nu_-sza2 _dam!_ szu-hu-zu an-ni-tu lu _dam#_-su# | or that woman, her own husband, this exempt wife, or his wife |
| 29 | mu-tu szu-hu-zu an#-nu-u2 lu _dam_-sa an-nu-u lu ha-mi3-ru-um#-ma#? | “This is your exalted husband, either her wife, or her husband, |
| 30 | an-ni-tu lu hi-ir-tu# _{d}utu en lal_-u2 mu-du-u2 _du3-a-bi_ | “May this be a gift of Šamaš, lord of abundance, who knows how to build. |
| 31 | ana-ku _nenni a nenni ir3_ pa#-lih-ka ina _u4_-me an-ne2-e _igi_-ka as,-bat | I, so-and-so, son of so- and so, awe-inspiring, who reveres you, on this day I have seized your eye. |
| 32 | u2-sa-pa _dingir_-ut-ka _gal#?_-tu2#? _mu_ ma-mit sza2 _dab_-ni-ma _us2-us2_-ni _u4_-mu u mu-[szi] | O great gods, my name is the curse that has seized me and has imposed on me days and nights. |
| 33 | u2-sza2-ha-hu _uzu-mesz-mu_ ana na#-kas2 _zi_-ia _gub_-zu ina qi2-bit _dingir_-ti-ka _gal#_-[ti] | Stand by me at the command of your great divinity! |
| 34 | a-na pu-uh _uzu-mesz-mu_ u la-ni-ia# _szum2_-szu2-nu-ti pu-hu-u2-a di-na-nu-u2-a lib#-[szu-u-ma?] | Give them as a substitute for my flesh and my fat, so that they may give me a verdict for me. |
| 35 | a-na _[{d}eresz-ki-gal?]_ szar#-rat-[ra]-bi#-ti# <sza2> _ki#!_-tu2# pu-uh ra#-ma-ni-ia ina _ki_-tim a-qeb-bir#? | For the goddess Ereškigal, the queen of the underworld, the resplendent one of my love, I surrounded (it) in the Underworld. |
| 36 | [...] at#-tu#-nu muh-ra#-ni-ma at-tu-nu pi-tan-ni#-[ma] | ... you are the one who came before me, you are our witness. |
| 37 | [...] x [x x] muh#-ra-ni-ma at-tu-nu pi-tan#-[ni-ma] | ... ... before me, and you are responsible for me. |
| 38 | [...] x a x [x x] ri# a _ki-min_ ki#? [x] | ... ... ditto ... |
| 39 | [...] x ku nu# ma-mit x [...] | ... the curse ... |
| 40 | [...] ma#-mit {d#}[x ...] | ... the curse of ... |
| 41 | [...] ma#-mit [...] | ... curse ... |
| 42 | [...] ma#-mit [...] | ... curse ... |
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