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BAM 3, 240 (P285326)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 3, 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285326 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08881 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| 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' | [x x] {u2}x [...] | ... ... plants |
| 2' | _[DISZ] ki#-min si# dara3#!-[masz_ ...] | If ditto: ... sulphur ... |
| 3' | _disz_-nisz ta-sak3 [...] | You pound ... |
| 4' | _DISZ munus pesz4_-ma _sza3#-mesz#_-[sza2? ...] | If a woman is pregnant and her intestines ... |
| 5' | _za3-hi-li_ ta-ma-raq# [...] | You crush saḫlû-cress, ... |
| 6' | _gesztin sur-ra kasz kal-ga nag#_ [...] | You libate sweet wine and mighty beer ... |
| 7' | it-ti qi2-lip _zu2-lum-ma_ ina _i3-udu_ ta#-x [...] | You ... with a piece of dates in fat ... ... |
| 8' | za-mar x x szi-i _sa2_ i-tab-ba-ka _a gazi{sar} ka2# sza3#-tur3#_-sza2# _[szesz]_ | ... he will bring you ... water and gazelle from the gate of her intestines. |
| 9 | sah-le-e ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _gar_-ma kal _u4_-me u2-kal#? | You put sahlû-flour in fat from a ram into her intestines and he will eat it for all day. |
| 10' | a-nu-u2 sza2 pi-i t,up-pi# | This is according to the wording of the tablet. |
| 11' | ta-hap-sza2 la-bi-ra it-ti gu-un-ni li-tah-hi-hu-ma pur-qa lisz-szi | May her old tašû-drum be mixed with the gūnu-vessel, and may a purqīku-votary be given to her. |
| 12' | mu-un-da sza2 _gu2-tur {szim}hab_ ina _ga_ li-tah-hi-hu-ma pur-qa lisz-szi | May the one who eats gutur-plant (and) ḫašû-aromatic (a kind of juniper) in milk and drink a purqa-confection. |
| 13' | mu-s,ip-ti la-bir-ta ina _ga_ li-tah-hi-hu-ma pur-qa lisz-szi | May a reed bundle be piled up on the bed, and may a purqa prayer be uttered to her. |
| 14' | gul-gul _nam-lu2-u19-lu_ ina _de3_ li-ir-ri-<ru>-ma ina {sig2}pu-szik-ki lisz-szi | the destroyer of humanity in battle may they be enraged, and in wool may they take. |
| 15' | _en_ ina t,e3-mi-sza2 it,#-t,i#-ra# di#?-u2#? [di-lip]-tu4#? ana? muh-hi la i-qar-ru-ub | The lord, at her instruction, has sworn an oath(?) and a lawsuit against him shall not arise |
| 16' | a-gan-nu-u2 sza2 szum-'u-ut-tu | This (is) what is called šumʾuttu-disease. |
| 17' | _DISZ munus u3-tu_-ma e-la-an u-ri-sza2 u-sa-hal-szi em-sza-sza _tag-mesz_-szi | If a woman gives birth to twins and they have separated from her thighs, they touch her cheeks. |
| 18' | _munus bi_ ni-ra _dab_-si e-ra-a sza2 _dida2_ bah-ru-su _lal_-si _eme ur-gi7_ | That woman, a nīra-disease has seized her. A rā’u-demon, whose saliva is swollen, has bandaged her. Dog's tongue |
| 19' | _gesztin ka5-a sud2_ ina _kasz szeg6_-szal ta-sza2-hal ana _gal4-la_-sza2 ta-ak-ra _{u2}igi_-lim ina _gesztin nag_-szi | You knead kāšu-juniper, you mix it in filtered beer, you pour it into her gall bladder, (and) you anoint her with pomegranate juice. |
| 20' | _DISZ munus tumu_ isz-bit,-ma ma-lit u3 _su_-sza2 _kur2-kur2_ ana _ti_-sza2 _{gesz}gur2-gur2 gazi{sar} {u2}kur-ra_ | If a woman has been seized by a wind, and her body and body are constantly changed: for her life a censer of juniper, tamarisk, and mountain plants |
| 21' | _{szim}li {u2}har-har {u2}nu-luh-ha_ sah-le2-e _numun gada_ {u2}a-szi-e _{szim}hab_ | juniper, harhar plant, nuḫurtu-plant, cress, seed from a linen cloth, ašû-plant (and) habru-aromatic |
| 22' | _u2 babbar 1(u) 1(disz) u2-hi-a szesz_ ina _kasz-sag_ u _i3 szeg6_-szal _il2_-ma ina-esz | white plant, 11 plants for the brother in prime-quality beer and filtered oil you raise, and then he will get better. |
| 23' | _DISZ ki-min_ {gesz}ha-szu-u _{u2}nu-luh-ha {gesz}sze-na2-a zu2-lum-ma_ {u2}a-s,u2-s,i-im-tu | If ditto: ḫašû-tree, nuhha-plant, cedar, dates, aṣuṣimtu-plant |
| 24' | 5(disz) _u2_ an-nu-ti ina _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _dub_ | 5 of these plants in prime-quality beer is poured into her womb. |
| 25' | _DISZ munus u3-tu_-ma _tumu_ ud-du-pat _{u2}gur2-gur2 {gesz}li sud2_ ina _dida2 sig hi-hi_ e-ma _gal4-la_-sza2 _lal_-ma ina-esz | If a woman gives birth and the wind blows: you dry, crush, and sift burāšu-juniper, you mix it in filtered water, whenever her gall bladder is full, and then he will get better. |
| 26' | _DISZ munus u3-tu_-ma s,e-em-rat u _tumu_ ud-du-pat _sahar {uruda}nig2-kal-ga_ tu-sze-s,e-en-szi-ma ina-esz | If a woman gives birth to twins and she is constantly affected by fever and wind: you rub her with earth from a nigkalgu-vessel, and then she will recover. |
| 27' | _DISZ ki-min {szim}li sud2_ ina _kasz-sag nag_-szi-ma ina-esz | If ditto: you knead juniper, you have her drink it in prime-quality beer, and then he will get better. |
| 28' | _DISZ munus_ e'-re-et-ma u _tumu_ ud-du-pat _dim10-me dab sahar {uruda}nig2-kal-ga_-e tu-sze-s,e-en-szi <ina-esz> | If a woman is pregnant and constantly afflicted by a flood, she is seized by ghosts, dust (and) nīnû-metal you heat up in the morning. |
| 29' | _DISZ munus u3-tu_-ma _su_-sza2 bir-di _diri dur2_-sza2 ma-qit _pa_ {gesz}ha-lu-ub2_ ina _i3 esz_ ina _kasz nag_ | If a woman gives birth and her left thigh is covered with a bandage, her left arm is swollen: you boil down ḫalû-tree in oil and oil in beer. |
| 30' | _DISZ munus min_-ma _en3-dur_-sa _du8_-at _ir_ a-la-ka la i-kal-la _{na4}pesz4_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ ana _igi szub_ | If a woman, ditto, and her endursu-disease is severe: she does not eat bread, she grinds up pešû-stone (and) throws it into the eye. |
| 31' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}gir2-hab {u2}szakira {u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}hab {u2}sikil had2-a_ mal-ma-lisz _sud2_ | If ditto: girḫu-plant, šakirû-plant (and) ēmu-plant lion’s tongue plant, huḫur-plant and sikil-plant you pound together. |
| 32' | _{na4}pesz4 hi-hi_-ma _i3-gesz szesz2_ ana _igi en3-dur_-sza2 ta-sar2-raq _lal_-id | You mix šubû-stone, and you pour oil from a brother into her eyes. You bandage him. |
| 33' | _DISZ munus min_-ma ir-ru-sza2 _si-sa2 {gesz}gur2-gur2 sud2 ninda-i3-de2-a zi3-kum i3-nun gu7_ ir-ru-sza2 ik-[ka]-s,a#-ru | If a woman, ditto, and her muscles are stiff: you dry (and) pound kukru-tamarisk, you eat emmer flour and ghee, (and then) her muscles tighten. |
| 34' | _DISZ munus min_-ma ri-du-ut ir-ri _tuku zi3-kum {zi3}ziz2-a-an i3-udu ellag2 udu i3-udu gu4 pesz10-{d#}[id2]_ | If a woman, ditto, has a sexual desire: flour, emmer, fat, sheep, fat of oxen, Peš-Id |
| 35' | _sze-lu2{sar} sud2 ki i3-udu_ tu-sa-mah ina duh-lal3 szub_-ma _szeg6_-szal _gu7_-szi-ma [ina-esz] | you pound šelû-plant, you mix it with sheep fat, you put it in honey, and then he will eat her grain-fed grain and will get better. |
| 36' | _DISZ#_ {munus#}ha-risz-tu2 _sza3 si-sa2 dab_-si _nig2-ar3-ra ziz2-a-an zu2-lum-ma_ x [...] | If a woman is seized by ḫarištu-disease: nig-arru-soapwort, emmer, dates ... .... |
| 37' | [ina] _{dug#}nig2-dur2-bur3_ tara3-sa3-an ina szi-mi-tan tu-[x ...] | You put (them) in a tureen (and) you ... in ghee. |
| 38' | _nag_-szi-ma [ina-esz] | he drinks it, and then he will get better. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ munus u3-tu_-ma _kum2_ ir-ri _tuku_-szi i-ar2-ru _sza3_ szi-[x ...] | If a woman gives birth to twins and she has a fever: she will become ill; ... .... |
| 2 | _mud2_ ha-risz-ti sza2 ina _sza3_-sza2 it-te-[es]-ke-ru _munus bi_ ina _u3-tu_-sza2# [x x x x x] | The blood of a harishtu-disease which is constantly flowing in her belly ... that woman in her birth ... |
| 3 | _zi3 sze-gig zi3 gazi{sar} bil2#-mesz zi3 {gesz}sze-nu {szim}gur2-gur2 {gesz}li#_ [x x x x] | wheat flour, gazelle flour, malt flour, šenu-flour, mint, lupin |
| 4 | _duh-sze-gesz-i3 sze10 tu{muszen}-mesz_ [ina] _{na4}na-za3-hi-li sud2_ ina _dida2# [hi-hi nag_-szi-ma ina-esz] | You knead šegešu-juniper (and) tūnu-birds in zaḫilu-stone, you mix them in filtered water, and then he will get better. |
| 5 | _DISZ min dida sig {gesz}gur2-gur2 {gesz}li {szim}buluh gazi{sar} bil2-mesz {u2}nu-luh-ha#_ [x x x _sud2?]_ | If ditto: you dry, crush (and) sieve šunû-juniper, lupin, baluhhu-aromatic, mustard, bile, nuḫurtu-plant |
| 6 | sah-le2-e _bil2-mesz_ bu-t,u-tu2 ina _sza3 dub_-ak ina _i3 hi-hi_ ina _tug2_ szu2-nu-ti tala2-pap ana _sza3#-[tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an] | You knead sahlû-flour, butu-spurge, inside a tablet, you mix it in oil, you smear it on those garments, and you put it into her womb. |
| 7 | _il2_-ma u2-kal _gin7_ szi-i i-te-mu pa-gar-sza2 it-tan-pa-hu u2-na-kar-ma _lal3#?_ [x x x] | He lifts it up and holds it. Like this, he sees her face; he removes it, and honey? ... |
| 8 | _disz_-nisz tusz-tab-bal ina _mud a-bar2_ ana pag-ri-sza2 i-nap-pah-ma ina-[esz] | If a man has been carried off, he is covered with blood from a sulphur vessel, and then he will recover. |
| 9 | _DISZ min {gesz}gur2-gur2 {gesz}li gazi{sar} {gesz}erin-sumun {szim}mug {u2}nu-luh-ha {gesz}man-du_ {gesz}ti-ia2-tu2 | If ditto: gurgur-tree, liquorice, gazelle, cedar, mug-aromatic, nuḫurtu-plant, mandu-wood, tīyatu-wood |
| 10 | _{szim}hab illu {szim}buluh_ {u2}an-dah-szum {u2}szu-un-hu _{u2}masz-tab-ba dida2 sig_ | ḫašû-aromatic, illu-plant, bulūḫūnu-juniper, ālu-sulphur, šulḥu-plant (and) masztaba-plant are low. |
| 11 | _disz_-nisz te-t,e4-en ina _i3 {szim}gir2_ u _kasz szeg6_-szal lip2-pa tala2-pap _i3 sud_ ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an | You dry (and) crush (the mixture) in oil of šumūzu-juniper and filtered beer, you sprinkle it with oil, you put it into her womb. |
| 12 | _DISZ min dabin gig zi3 gazi{sar} bil2-mesz zi3 {gesz}sze-na2-a {gesz}li {szim}buluh zi3 sze-musz5 zi3 gu2-gal_ | If ditto: bitter flour, gazelle husks, flour from šenāya-tree, linseed, baluḫ-plant, musz-barley flour (and) gugal flour. |
| 13 | _dabin gu2-tur duh-sze-gesz-i3 sze10 tu{muszen} numun gada zi3_ {gesz}ha-ru-bi _dida2 sig_ mal2-ma-lisz _sud2# hi-hi lal_ | gutur-flour, sesame seeds, tu-bird seed, linen, flour, harūbu-tree (and) juniper in equal measure, sudu-plant, hihi-hi, honey |
| 14 | _DISZ min {u2}har-har {u2}nu-luh-ha_ {u2}a-szi-e _{gesz}gur2-gur2 {gesz}li gazi{sar} u2 babbar numun gada_ | If ditto: harhar plant, nuḫurtu-plant, ašû-plant (a kind of juniper), kukru-tree, lupin, gazelle, white plant, seed of linen. |
| 15 | _disz_-nisz bil-lu4 _sud2 ki dida2 illu li-dur_ ina _i3 szeg6_-szal ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _dub_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_ ina sza3-tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an | A billû-container (and) a reed bundle. When the river level receded, you knead it in filtered oil into her womb. You wrap it in wool and put it into her belly. |
| 16 | _DISZ min_ {u2}a-zu-ki-ra-ni _sud2_ ina _i3_ u _kasz_ ina _sza3-tur3!_-sza2 _gar_-an _{gesz}man-du {szim}buluh {gesz}li ki dida2 hi-hi min_ | If ditto: you pound azukirani-plant, you put it in oil and beer in its intestines. Mandu-wood, baluhhu-aromatic (and) lupin, mixed with dida-flour |
| 17 | _DISZ min {gesz}gur2-gur2_ {u2}a-szi-e sah-le2-e _mun {szim}hab szim-hi-a du3-a-bi_ ina _kasz hi-hi nag#_-ma ina-esz | If ditto: you knead mint, ašû-plant, cress, salt, ḫašīmu-aromatic (and) šigūlu-juniper in beer of excess, and then he will get better. |
| 18 | _DISZ min {gesz}gur2-gur2 {gesz}li gazi{sar}_ {u2}a-szi-e _{szim}hab {gesz}man-du_ sik-ka-tu2 _dida sig disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ | If ditto: mint, lupin, gazelle, ašû-plant, habru-aromatic, mandu-tree, šikkatu-juniper, low-quality sweet-beer; you mix them together. |
| 19 | _munus#? il2# kasz al-szeg6-ga2_ su2-un-sza2 u2-masz-sza2-a' _il2_-ma ina-esz | (If) a woman is pregnant with beer and she is ill: her body will be swollen; she will be pregnant and will get better. |
| 20 | {gesz}szu-szum _{gesz}sze-na2-a_ {u2}ak-tam _gazi{sar} gi du10 {gesz}lum-ha_ {gesz}ar-ga2-nu ina _a szub szeg6_ ina _sza3 ra-mesz_-si | juniper, cedar, nīnû-plant, tamarisk, sweet reed, lupin and barganu-tree in water, rain in the midst of the rivers |
| 21 | _DISZ munus min_-ma _kum2_ li-i'-ba u tir-ku ina _uzu-mesz_-sza2 u _sa-mesz_-sza2 _gal2#_-szi# qer-be2-nu _si!-sa!-mesz#?_ | If a woman, ditto, and she has li'bû-disease, cramps, and tremors in her flesh and her tendons: the interior of her ribs? |
| 22 | _lugud_ u2-kal ana szup-szu2-hi ina! _a gazi{sar}_ ina _a_ {gesz}bu-ut,-na-nu _ra-mesz_ | he holds. For a supšūḫu-vessel in water from gazelle(?) (and) water from ruṭnanu-tree |
| 23 | _a-gar-gar_ sza _igi mu-an-na_ ina _nindu usz2_-er _ra_-si _i3_ u _kasz_ ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _dub_-ak | You pour a censer of the front of the year on a piece of bread. You pour oil and beer into her womb. |
| 24 | 1(disz) _sila3 zi3_ {gesz}szu-sze 1(disz) _sila3 zi3 duh-sze-gesz-i3 1(disz) sila3 zi3 munu6 1(disz) sila3 zi3 {gesz}gur2-gur2 1(disz) sila3 {szim}li_ | 1 qû of flour for the šuše plant, 1 quenqu of flour (for) sesame husks, 1 sila of flour from the malt-tree, 1 [sila of] flour from a kiln, one sila3 of juniper, |
| 25 | ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz ina _zi3-sur_-ri tu-kas,3-s,a ina ruq-qi2 _lal_-id | You heat it up in ghee (and) parched grain flour, you stir it into a paste, you bandage him with it. |
| 26 | _DISZ ki-min ga ga-rasz{sar}_ tu-kas,3-s,a-ma _esz_-asz ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an | If ditto: you crush sour milk and put it into her womb. |
| 27 | _DISZ munus min_-ma qer#?-bi#-sza2#? _sig3-sig3_-si qer-be2-nu _lugud tuku gazi{sar} {gesz}gur2-gur2 bil2 za3-hi-li sud2 hi-hi_ alla-ni!(DU3) ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an | If a woman, ditto, and her belly is full of reddish-purple wool, (and) she has a belly: you put tamarisk, kukru-tamarind, biltu-juniper, zaḫili-spurge, sulphur, allānu-disease in her womb. |
| 28 | _{u2}har-har_ {u2#}[x x] _i3#-udu ukusz2-hab had2-ra2 sud2_ ina _i3_ u _kasz nag_-szi | You pound harhar-plant, ...-plant (and) fat from a kupsu-plant. You heat it up in oil and beer. |
| 29 | _DISZ munus min_-ma qer-bi-sa# _[sig3-sig3_-si? ha-an]-s,a#-tu-sza2 ik-te-ner-ra-a _munus bi a_ tur-re-ti _gar_ | If a woman, ditto, and her insides are covered in red wool: that woman will experience distress. |
| 30 | _{u2}gur5-usz sig7_-[su] _sud2#_ ina _{sig2#}aka3# nigin#_-mi# ana _sza3-tur3_-sza2 _gar_-an | You wrap a yellow plant (and) you wrap it in a tuft of wool. You put it into her gall bladder. |
| 31 | _DISZ munus_ qer-bi-sa ri-hu-tu2 im-hur-ma _ibila_ mu#-tir#? gi-mil-li _tuku#?_ | If a woman’s belly is full of rihūtu-disease, she receives it and has an heir who has a widow |
| 32 | _DISZ munus_ qer-bi-sa ri-hu-tu2 im-hur-ma _nu u3-tu_ szib-sat _dingir nu du10_-ub _[sza3_-bi] | If a woman’s belly is full of rihūtu-disease, and she does not give birth, she has no desire for a god, she is not satisfied. |
| 33 | _DISZ munus_ ina# _sza3# tuku_-at ka-la-a la i-le-'e-e ana _munus_ nu-uh-hi _giri3-pad-da gid2#-[da]_ | If a woman has no desire in her heart, she is not able to comprehend all of it. For a pregnant woman, the 'path' is long. |
| 34 | _{munus}asz2-gar3 gesz3 nu-zu_ ki-la-la-an# [tur-ar2?] _nig2#?-ar3-ra_ ina _a_ ta-mah-ha-as,# | (If) a sow does not know a piglet: you crush kilālānu-flour (and) sulphur in water. |
| 35 | _giri3-pad-du gid2-da_ szu2-nu-ti ina _sza3_-bi# [...] x x [...] | These long feet in the middle of ... ... |
| 36 | ina _gal4-la_-sza2 _gar_-an tu-ul#?-[...] | You place it on her chest. ... . |
| 37 | {u2}ku-li-x x [...] | ... kali-plant |
| 38 | {u2}[x ...] | ... plant |
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