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BAM 3, 236 (P285322)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 3, 236 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285322 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00203 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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' | [... _du?]_-ku#? [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x MI# x [...] | ... ... |
| 5' | [...] x BAD I [...] | ... ... |
| 6' | [...] _{u2#}igi_-lim [...] | ... tamarisk ... |
| 7' | [...] u2 [...] | ... ... |
| 8' | [...] x [...] | |
| 9' | [...] _sud2#_ [...] | ... rain ... |
| 10' | [...] du#? [...] | ... ... |
| 11' | [... ina] _kasz nag_-szu2 | ... you have him drink it in beer. |
| 12' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}nu#-[luh-ha_ ...] ina _kasz nag_ | If DITTO, you knead nuḫurtu-plant ... in beer |
| 13' | _DISZ ki-min de3_ ur-ba-te i-na-asz2-szi _min_ | If ditto: he drinks urbatu-beer. |
| 14' | _DISZ ki-min numun {u2}in6-usz2 had2-ra2 sud2_ i-na-asz2#-szi# | If ditto: you pound seeds of šūdu-plant, he will get better. |
| 15' | _[DISZ ki]-min# im-[sahar]-babbar-kur-ra im-sahar-ge6-kur-ra_ | If ditto: imsahar-babbar-kurra-sulphur and black cumin. |
| 16' | _[im]-sahar#-na4#!-kur-ra disz_-nisz ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-ma#? | He placed a stela of imsahar-nakurra-stone on a piece of wool and |
| 17' | [ana _sza3]-tur3#!_-sza2 _gar_-an-ma _mud2-mesz_-sza2 _kud_-si! | You place it into her womb and her blood flows. |
| 18' | [... _{u2}]in6-usz2 sud2_ ina _{sig2}he2#-me#-da nigin#!_ | ... you pound maštakal-plant, you wrap it in red wool |
| 19' | [... ana _sza3]-tur3#!_-sza2 _gar_-an# _[min?]_ | ... you place into her womb. Ditto?. |
| 20' | [...] x ina#? a#? nu#? [...] | ... in(?) water(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x _{na4}]gug# mud2_-sza2#? a-tap#? _{na4#}gug#?_ [x] | ... of carnelian, its mud, the canal(?) of ... carnelian |
| 2' | [x] _a#-mesz_ ub-ba-lu man-nu liq-bi# | Who can tell me what the water is? |
| 3' | [ana] re#-me-ni-i _{d}amar-utu_ | To the merciful Marduk |
| 4' | [x] _{na4#}gug_ li-is-ki-ru _{zi3}a-am {na4}za-gin3_ | x carnelian they should cut off, flour and lapis lazuli |
| 5' | [x ba]-asz-la ub-bal | ... he will bring |
| 6' | _[ka] inim-ma mud2 munus kud_-si | The mouth of an incantation is blood of a woman. |
| 7' | _[du3]-du3-bi sig2 babbar sig2 sa5 disz_-nisz _nu-nu_ | Its construction: white wool, red wool; Niš, the nūnu-official; |
| 8' | [7(disz)] _ka#-keszda {gesz}hab kesz2_ e-ma _ka-kesz2_ | 7 kkešda-bowls with handles wherever they are |
| 9' | _[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 then she will get better. |
| 10' | _en2# ka#?_ si#? _u2 gi_ hal-szu2-tu4 _tum-de3_ | Incantation: “The mouth?, the horn? of the reed is to be brought out.’ |
| 11' | [x] ki? tum ri _lu2# dili {u2}bil-la2 gub zi dingir ib2-de3_ | ... a single man stands with billa plant, the life of the god is to be decreed |
| 12' | [x] _gig#? igi gesz ka2 lu2 pa al-ti tab#?_ | ... the eye of a man's gate ... |
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