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BAM 3, 235 (P285321)
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| Designation | BAM 3, 235 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285321 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13724 |
| 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' | _[DISZ munus]_ x szu?-gu-sza2 pe-lu-[ti _du_-ku-ma _nu kud_-su ana _kud_-si?] | If a woman's ... is swollen and she is covered in a clotch and she does not stretch out her hair to stretch out his hair: |
| 2' | _{na4#}kur_-nu _dab sud2_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ana _sza3 sza3#-[tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an] | You pound kurnu-stone, you wrap it in wool, you place it inside her womb. |
| 3' | _mud2#!(PAP)-mesz_-sza2 _kud#_-[su? ...] | her blood, her hair ... |
| 4' | _[DISZ] munus {gesz}tukul_ mah#-s,a#-at _mud2 buru5-[habrud-da{muszen?}_ ...] | If a woman has been struck by a weapon: blood of a raven |
| 5' | _{u2#}nu-luh-ha disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz nag_-szi [...] | You pound nuḫurtu-plant together, you drink it in beer, ... |
| 6' | _[nig2]-na! gar_-an sze-gu-u2 i-sza2-si-ma# [...] | You set up a censer. He strews šegû-grain and ... .... |
| 7' | _[DISZ munus_ x] sza2#?-gu-sza2 pe-lu-ti _du_-ku ni-ih-[...] | If a woman's ... is full of swollen tendons: ... . |
| 8' | _[{na4}an]-zah {u2}numun2_ 1(u) 4(disz) rik-si [...] | Anzaḫ, date palm, 14 knots ... |
| 9' | _[1(disz)]-ta#-am3_ ana _sza3 gal4-la_-sza2 _gar_-an [...] | You put 1 each inside her vagina .... |
| 10' | _[en2] id2 {na4}gug mud2_-sza2 a-tap _{na4}gug#?_ | Incantation: “The river is covered with gypsum, the watercourse is covered in aglypsum |
| 11' | [x ta?]-mir-ti _{na4}gug a-mesz_ [...] | ... of carnelian, water ... |
| 12' | [man]-nu liq-bi ana re-mi-ni-i _{d}amar#-[utu]_ | Who can say to the merciful Marduk? |
| 13' | [ina?] ta#-mir-ti _{na4}gug_ [li-is-ki-ru ...] | May they remove from the surface of the carnelian |
| 14' | _ka# inim-ma mud2 munus [kud_-si] | The mouth of an incantation is blood of a woman. |
| 15' | _[du3]-du#-bi sig2 babbar sig2 sa5 disz_-nisz _nu-nu 7(disz) kesz2# [kesz2 {gesz}hab?_ ...] | Its work: white wool, red wool; Niš, the nunu-official; 7 bundles of ... wood |
| 16' | [e]-ma? _kesz2_-ru _en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu# ina _murub4#_-[sza2 _kesz2_-ma ina-asz] | You recite the incantation seven times, you tie it to her middle, and she will get better. |
| 17' | [x] x ina _{sig2}aka3_ ta#-[lam-mi?] x x [...] | ... in a woolen garment you wash ... |
| 18' | [...] _{na4}ka-gi#-[na_ ...] x [...] | ... kagina stone |
| 19' | _[ka] inim#-ma mud2 [munus kud_-si] | The mouth of a word is blood: a woman's hair. |
| 20' | [x x] x _disz#?_-nisz#? x [...] | ... Niš? ... |
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