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BAM 3, 248 (P285333)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 3, 248 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285333 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08869 |
| 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) |
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| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | _ma2# {gesz}erin#_ [...] | a boat of cedar |
| 6 | [...] x ri-qi2 [e-re-ni] ri-qi2 e-re-ni# ma-[x x] | ... reeds of cedars, riŋītû deer ... |
| 7 | [... _{na4}za]-gin3? sa5#?_ [...] _sa5#?_ [x x x] | red lapis lazuli ... red |
| 8 | x x [x] na? [...] _sikil?! nig2_ x [...] | ... ... maiden? ... |
| 9 | [...] _u3 gug! nu# [zu]_ | ... and the ox did not know. |
| 10 | [... ni]-qi2!-i ul [...] | ... my offerings ... not ... |
| 11 | [...] bi [...] nu [...] | ... ... not |
| 21 | [...] x _gesz?_ [...] | ... ... |
| 22 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 23 | [... _he2]-a {gesz}bala [{gesz}kirid]_ | ... a bala and kirid instrument |
| 24 | [... pi]-laq-qi2 [...] | ... taking ... |
| 25 | [... _x]-bi# a#-ri#-a#_ li?-ki sza2 [...] | ... may the ... of ... |
| 26 | [...] x bi _gar_-an x _nig2-si-x_ [...] | ... ... will be placed .... |
| 27 | [...] _gar#_-nu#? ana _sza3?_ [...] | ... are present? in ... ... |
| 28 | [...] x _nu#-nu#_ la#? x [...] | ... ... not? ... |
| 29 | [...] qar# ma#? [x] an [...] | ... warrior(?) ... ... An |
| 30 | [...] ud#? ana u2-ri-[x ...] | ... to the city |
| 31 | [...] an ul ma? [x] x x x | ... heaven ... |
| 32 | [...] x _{d}utu_ li-bu?-ma | ... may Šamaš be present(?) |
| 33 | [...] pa# _he2!-e3!-a-ke_ | ... may ... emerge! |
| 34 | [...] x-en-x-x-e! | ... ... |
| 35 | [...] | |
| 36 | _[ka inim-ma]_ szup-szu-[qat a-la-da] | The mouth of the word is a supplication of alada. |
| 37 | _[en2 ab2-gal {d}nanna a-ri-a]_ le#?-ki-ma eb-ri _du3_-usz ma-[la-at? _gin7_ na-di-i?] | Incantation: O chief cow of Nanna, who is a liar, build a wall and make (it) like a mountain. |
| 38 | [ina qar-ni-szu2 qaq]-qa-ru [t,e-ra-at] | At his horn the ground is shattered. |
| 39 | [ina _kun_-szu2 u2-szesz-sze-ra tur-bu-'i] _{d}nanna_ [is,-bat har-ra-na ana] _igi# {d}en-lil2_ | with his tail he brought out. The turbuʾʾu of Nanna seized. The road to Enlil |
| 40 | [i-bak-ki il-la-ka di-ma-szu2 am-mi-ni-mi] _{d}nanna#_ | He came to you, his words were: “Why Nanna |
| 41 | [i-bak-ki el-la-me-e] il!-la-ka! di#?-ma?-szu! | The one who is pure will come to his verdict. |
| 42 | [...] KAL | ... ... |
| 43 | [asz-szum _ab2_-ia la-a-lit-ti asz-szum u2-ni-qi2 la pe-ti]-ti | Because my father was ill, because he was not able to sleep, |
| 44 | [ina _kar]_ pu-usz-qi2 ka#-lat _{gesz}ma2_ | at the quay of the boat's entirety |
| 45 | [ina _kar]_ dan-na-te ka-lat _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ | at the strong quay, all of the barge |
| 46 | [man-na lu-usz]-pur a-na re-[me]-ni-[i] _{d}amar-utu_ | Whom should I send to the merciful Marduk? |
| 47 | [ina _kar]_ pu-usz-qi2 lip-ru-ru _{gesz}ma2_ | May the boat be moored at the quay. |
| 48 | [ina _kar]_ dan-na-te li-masz-szi-ra _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ | at the strong quay may he release. The barge |
| 49 | [s,a-a] _gin7# musz_ ni-szil-pa-a ki-ma ni-ra-hi | ... like a snake, a nisilpâ-demon like an eagle, |
| 50 | _[munus la]-ra#-ah# silim#?_-ma szer3#-ru lim-qu-ut-ma _zalag2 igi_ | If a woman gives birth to a larah šerû-disease: may she fall and be seen brightly. |
| 51 | _[ka inim-ma] munus la-ra-ah-a-kam2_ | It is the mouth of a larah woman. |
| 52 | [ina _{gi}]sag#-kud gi du10-ga i3-gesz_ ta-tab-bak | You mix oil on a reed mat with good re[eds]. |
| 53 | [ana _sza3] szid#?_-nu ina _ugu sza3_-sza2 _gaz#_-[ma?] szer3-ru usz-[te-sze]-ra | You smear it on her belly, and then she will recover. |
| 54 | _en2_ szi-[szi]-ik#? e _la-ra-ah_ | Incantation: Šišiku means “house of the laraḫ-demon.' |
| 55 | _nam#-mah [munus_ szi]-ik# _la-ra-ah_ | Nammah means "female slave"; |
| 56 | [ki]-ri-ri-[sza2 x]-da#-ab-ba nap-ri-sza2 | ... her limbs ... |
| 57 | ki#?-ri-ri-[sza2 _{lu2}tur?_ a-a ip]-par#-rik li-s,a-a | May her kīrirīša priest not be negligent, may she go out |
| 58 | x x x [x na]-hu#-un-de-e na-ru-un-di | ... nahundû-stone, narundu-stone |
| 59 | [na]-am#-li#-[su] ki-ma s,a-bi-ti | his fear like a fugitive |
| 60 | ni#-szil#?-[pa] x [x x] ki-ma ni-ra-hi | nišilpa ... like a nirahu |
| 61 | ana-ku _{d}asal-lu2#-hi dumu [{d}idim?_ szab-sa-ku]-ma#?-a li-mur-szu _en2_ | I, Asalluhi, son of Adad, am frightened, may they see him. Incantation: |
| 62 | _en2_ ina _kar_ mu-ti ka#-[lat] _{gesz}ma2_ | Incantation: “In the quay of the husband, all the boats |
| 63 | ina _kar_ dan-na-ti ka#-[lat] _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ | at the fortified quay all of the barge |
| 64 | ul-tu _an_-e#? ur#-[da-an]-ni | From heaven he made me rise. |
| 65 | ana {d}be-let-i3-li2 [{d}be-let] re-e-me qi2-bi-ma | Speak to Bēlet-ilī, the lady! |
| 66 | ur-hu li-szi-ir sza2# _sza3_ [ek-le]-ti li-s,a-a <ana> _zalag2#? {d}utu_-szi | May a storm strike the heart of the oppressed, may it go out for the light of Šamaš. |
| 67 | _ka inim-ma munus la-ra-ah-a-kam2_ | It is the mouth of a larah woman. |
| 68 | _du3-du3-bi i3#-gesz#_ bur#? [x] _{gesz#}[gag]-ud#-[tag-ga]_ ana _sza3_ x [x x x]-u | Its ritual: oil, a bowl(?) and a scepter into ... |
| 69 | ta-mah-ha-as, _[ta_ e-la-an ana?] szap-la-an _[szesz2?] si-sa2_ | you smash, from above to below the brother |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 14 | [... x]-ti | ... ...; |
| 15 | [...] x la-an-x | ... ... |
| 16 | [...] ka2 | ... gate |
| 17 | [...] x-ti | ... ... |
| 18 | [...] x-szi | ... ... |
| 19 | [... x]-e-szu2 | ... his ... |
| 20 | [...] x-su szul-sza2-x | ... Šulša |
| 21 | [... x]-tu4 | ... ... |
| 22 | [x x] x _na4?_ x _bad_ [... x]-ti | ... stone ... ... |
| 23 | [ki-i] _{gesz}apin!_ ub-bu#-[ha-at ... x]-di? | like a plow he struck |
| 24 | [ki-i] _{gesz#}gigir#_ [ub]-bu-[ha-at ... x]-zi#?! | like a chariot he struck ... |
| 25 | [ki-i] _ur#-sag#!_ mut!-tah-is,#? [... x]-lat#? | Like a hero, he is frightened ... |
| 26 | [x x] x [x _x]-min_-sza2 [... x]-szu2#? | ... her ... |
| 27 | [x] x x [... ul] sze#-ma#-a#! _gesztu-[min?]_-szu2 | ... did not hear his ears |
| 28 | ul# sa#-an-qa#-[at _gaba_-sa?] sa#-pu-[hu] ku#-lu-lu-[szu2] | Its breast is not flattened, its thighs are swollen |
| 29 | pu#!-su-um-mi# ul# pu#-su#-na#-[at ...] ul i-[szi] | I am not a teeming one, I do not have ... . |
| 30 | usz#!-szu-rat hur-da-as-sa x [...] x sin-nisz-ti#? | he made her attain her wish(?) |
| 31 | x x mu-ti u3 szi-x-a? [...] | ... husband and ... |
| 32 | mi#-[x] {d}a-ru-ru dan-na-tu [...] | The strong Aruru gods |
| 33 | e#-risz#?-tu {d}ma-mi# qa-u x [...] | The extispicy(?) of Mami |
| 34 | x x [...] al?-x-sza2 x [...] | ... ... |
| 35 | [...] x x rat#? [...] | ... ... |
| 36 | e-x _{gesz}ma2_ {d}ma#-mi#? me-hu?-x [...] | ... the boat of Mami(?) |
| 37 | [... x]-ta li-s,a-am#?-[ma ...] | ... may ... come out and ... |
| 38 | ana [...] x-ke-e x [...] | To ... |
| 39 | i-[x ... x]-ni#? ki-ma szi-x [x x] | ... like ... |
| 40 | i-sza2-pi-[x ... x]-ti#? qa-ni#-e sza2 [x x x] | ... ... the hand of ... |
| 41 | i-da#-[x x x x] usz#?-szu-rat pi-ri-is-su#? | Ida-... ... his scepter |
| 42 | _gal4-la_-[x ... x]-an-ma x | ... ... and ... |
| 43 | asz-szum#? [...] x-dan-ni-tu2? MAR?-kas#-sa#? | Concerning ..., her ... is strong(?) |
| 44 | i-ziz# x x {d#}ma#-mi# x x x-a? _{d}amar-utu_ | he stood. ... Mami, Marduk |
| 45 | ki-ma [x x x]-ti [x x x x] szi-pat _ti-la_ | Like ... ..., ... the design of life. |
| 46 | an-nu-u2 me-hu-u2 la#-ma#-ku kul-dan-ni | This storm is a storm, I am a flood, it covers me. |
| 47 | i-na ip#-[x x x] x lisz-li-ma _{gesz}ma2_ | in ... may he lay down and the boat |
| 48 | i-na ip#?-[x x x] x lisz-te-sze-ra _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ | in ... may he send. The barge |
| 49 | dan-nu lip-pa-t,ir mar-kas-sa | May a strong one release her guilt. |
| 50 | u3 ed-lu lip-pi-ti _ka2_-sza2 | and a dead man, the opening of her gate |
| 51 | _dur_ sza _{gesz}ma2_ a-na _kar_ szul-me | a boat's mast for the quay of well-being |
| 52 | _dur_ sza _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ a-na _kar ti-la_ | the mooring pole of the barge to the quay of life |
| 53 | mesz-re-e-tu lip-te-t,i-ra li-ir-mu-u2 _sa-mesz_ | May the rites be reconciled, may they tear out the knots |
| 54 | ka-an-ga-tu4 lip-tasz-szi-ra li-s,a-a nab-ni-tu | May kān-ĝatu-disease be released, may nabnitu-demons be released. |
| 55 | _giri3-pad-du_ a-hi-tu4 bi-nu-ut a-me-lu#-ti | footstool of a slave, creation of mankind |
| 56 | ar2-hisz li-ta-s,a-am-ma li-ta-mar _zalag2 {d}utu_-szi | Quickly may he go out and see the light of her god.” |
| 57 | ki-ma ti-ik _an_-e a-a i-tur a-na _egir_-szu2 | like a cloud of heaven may it not return to its place. |
| 58 | ki-ma ma-qit _bad3_ a-a i-ne2-' _gaba_-su | like a ruin hill of a wall may he not cut off his breast. |
| 59 | ki-ma pi-sa-an-ni szur-di-i a-a i-si-tu mu-u2-sza2 | Like a šūrdî-demon, may her husband not be afraid. |
| 60 | an-ni-ta _{d}asal-lu2-hi_ ina sze-me2-e-szu | Asalluḫi, at his hearing |
| 61 | ik-kud it-ta-id ba-lat-sa | he weighed out, he took her life. |
| 62 | ina! zik-ri sza {d}e2-a u2-szar-bi szum-szu | by the command of Ea he made his name greater |
| 63 | id-di _en2_ sza _ti-la_ tu-u2 sza szul-[me] | he gave. Incantation: O life, o life of well-being, |
| 64 | u2-ram-mi _dur_ ip-ta-t,ar ki-s,ir#-[sza2] | he caused to die, he cut off the throne, her neck |
| 65 | ed-le-e-ti ba-ba-a-ti up-[te-et-ta?] | “The young women, the young men, the younger women, |
| 66 | up-te-et,-t,i-ra mesz-re#-[ti-sza2] | she has shaved off her limbs |
| 67 | kan-ga-tu4 up-tasz-szi-ra u2-[s,a nab-ni-tu4] | The kangātu-demon has been released, the nabnitu-disease has been brought out. |
| 68 | _giri3-pad-du_ a-hi-tu# bi-nu-ut [a-me-lu-ti] | footstool of a slave, creation of mankind |
| 69 | ar2-hisz it#-ta-s,a-am-ma i-ta-mar _[zalag2 {d}utu_-szi] | quickly he went out and saw the light of Šamaš |
| 70 | ki-ma ti-ik _an_-e ul i-tur _[egir_-szu2] | like the wind of the sky he did not return. After that |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | ki-ma ma-qit _bad3_ ul i-ne2-' _[gaba_-su] | like a pile of bricks he did not remove his breast. |
| 2 | ki-ma _{gesz}pisan2_ szur-di-i ul i-si-tu [mu-u2-sza2] | like a šurdī’s bow she does not have her name on it |
| 3 | _en2_ sza2 _{d}asal-lu2-hi_ ni-s,ir-tu sza2 _eri#-[du10{ki}]_ | Incantation: O Asalluhi, guardian of Eridu |
| 4 | an-nu ki-nu sza2 {d}e2-a i?-di?-tu4 _en2_ sza2 {d}ma-mi [i-ri-szu2?] | The true Anu of Ea is the one who has sinned. Incantation: “Mami is his enemy, |
| 5 | _{d}4(u) lugal_ id-di-nu ana szu-te-szur _sza3-tur3#_ | the king gave. To Šūte-Šarru the ša-tur |
| 6 | _ka inim-ma munus la-ra-ah-a-kam2#_ | It is the mouth of a larah woman. |
| 7 | _du3-du3-bi_ {na4}ti-ik _an_-e _sahar_ sa-mit _bad3 szub_-ti# | Its ritual: a tik-stone of the heavens, earth, samitu-stone, (and) the foundation of the wall |
| 8 | _sahar {gesz}pisan2_ szur-di-i ina _i3 bur hi-hi ta_ e-la-nisz | the earth of a šurdi-bowl with oil from a well above |
| 9 | ana szap-la-nisz tu-masz-sza2-'-ma _munus bi si-sa2_ | you recite above and that woman is sound. |
| 10 | _en2 disz_-et _ab2_ sza2 _{d}3(u) geme2-{d}suen-na_ szum-sza2 | Incantation: Išmet, son of Sin, Geme-Sîn, her name |
| 11 | ti-iq-na-a-te tuq-qu3-na-at | tiqnātu (means) tuqqunat. |
| 12 | bi-nu-tam kaz-bat i-mur-szi-ma {d}3(u) i-ra-am-szi | (Sum) She saw the woman who was pregnant (Akk) The woman who is pregnant saw her and Sin loves her |
| 13 | nam-ru sza2 {d}3(u) szu-ba-hi isz-ta-kan-szi | the bright light of Sin has set upon her, |
| 14 | usz-te-es,-bi-is-si-ma pa-an su-kul-lim | I had her recite before Sukullim, |
| 15 | re-e2-u2-tu il-la-ka _egir_-sza2 | the shepherd will come after her. |
| 16 | ina nu-ru-ub szam-me i-re-'i szam-me | In the light of the heavens, the light trembles, |
| 17 | ina szub-be2-e masz-qe2-e i-szaq-qu-szi me-e | (Sum) In the fallen, a flood rises. (Akk) At the fall of the mašqītu he raises her water. |
| 18 | ina pu-zur ka-par-ri la a-mar re-'-i | I did not see the reed screen in the open country. |
| 19 | ana _ugu ab2_ isz-ta-hi-it, mi-ru ek-du he-pi2 <zib>-ba-tusz-sza2 _il2_-szi | on top of a cow he has struck, a stag, an ekdu-disease (and) a broken <distortion> has sat her down, |
| 20 | _u4-mesz_-sza2 ina qu-ut-ti-i ar2-hi-sza2 ina ga-ma-ri | her days in mourning, her later days in rejoicing |
| 21 | _ab2_ ig-ta-lit u2-ga-al-lit | the sea he conquered, he defeated |
| 22 | re-e2-a-sza2 ap-pa-szu qa2-di-is-su ka-par-ru ka-li-szu2-nu sap-du#-szu2 | (Sum) Her head, her nose, her whole body (Akk) His head, his whole body |
| 23 | ana ik-kil-li-sza2 ana ri-gim ha-li-sza2 ne-pal-sih2 _{d}nanna_-ru | (Sum) For her sins, for her destruction, we rejoiced. (Akk) We rejoiced on account of her crimes, for the reeds of her destruction. |
| 24 | {d}3(u) ina _an_-e isz-ta-me ri-gim-sza2 isz-szi qa-as-su sza2-ma-me | Sin was heard in heaven, her voice was heard, the heavens |
| 25 | 2(disz) _{d}lamma-mesz an_-e u2-ri-da-nim2-ma _disz_-et _i3 {gesz}bur_ na-szi-i | 2 lamma-vessels of heaven he brought down, and he took oil from the bur-tree. |
| 26 | sza2-ni-tu4 u2-szap-pa-la me-e ha-li il-pu-ut _i3 {gesz}bur_ pu-us-sa | a second time he sprinkled. The water of the ditch he filled with oil from a bur-vessel |
| 27 | me-e ha-li u2-sap-pi-ha ka-la zu-um-ri-sza2 | (Sum) She smites all of the water (Akk) She scatters all the water of her body |
| 28 | sza2-na-a il-pu-ut _i3 {gesz}bur_ pu-us-sa | secondly he poured oil from a bur-vessel into her mouth |
| 29 | me-e ha-li u2-sap-pi-ha ka-la zu-um-ri-sza2 | (Sum) She smites all of the water (Akk) She scatters all the water of her body |
| 30 | szal-la-ti-isz-szu ina la-pa-ti | his booty in the open country |
| 31 | bu-ru _gin7_ u2-za-li im-ta-qut qaq-qar-szu2 | like a būru-tree he cleared away, he fell into his ground. |
| 32 | _amar-ga_ isz-ta-kan szu-um bu-u2-ri | a calf has placed, that is the cattle |
| 33 | ki-ma _geme2-{d}suen-na_ i-sza2-risz i-li-da | like a maid-servant of Sîn he rejoiced, the god |
| 34 | li-li-id ar-da-tu4 mu-szap-sziq-tu4 | lilīd (is) ardatu (is a synonym of) mušappûtu. |
| 35 | szab-szu-tu4 a-a ik-ka-li e-ri-tu li-szi-ir | (Sum) May he not hold back the anger (Akk) May the anger not be held back, may the anger be released |
| 36 | _en2_ na-ru-un-di na-hu-un-di u na-nam-gi-szi-ir | Incantation: Narundi, Nahundi and Namgišir |
| 37 | _disz_-et _ab2_ sza2 {d}3(u) _geme2-{d}3(u)_ szum-sza2 | Abi-Sîn is her name. |
| 38 | ana ik-kil-li-sza2 ana ri-gim ha-li-sza2 | (Sum) For her sin, for her destruction, (Akk) To her sins, to her rebellion, |
| 39 | _{d}nanna_-ru {d}3(u) isz-te-mi ri-gim-sza2 | O Nanna, O Sin, listen to her prayer! |
| 40 | man-nu-um-ma na-ru-un-di man-nu-um-ma na-hu-un-di | Who is the narundi priestess, who is the herald |
| 41 | _ab2_-mi _en_ szup-szu-qat a-la-da | my father, the lord, the exalted one, the alad |
| 42 | _en_ me-e _ba-an-du8-du8_-ka ana _ugu_-hi-sza2 i-di-ma | Lord, the water of your libation he gave to her, and |
| 43 | sza2 _ab2 e-gi-{d}suen-na_ lip-pe-tu-u2 pa-nu-sza2 | May the one who seized Ab-Egi-Sîn open her face. |
| 44 | li-s,a-a _gin7 musz_ ki-ma _musz-tur_ lisz-sza2-li-la | may they go out like snakes, may they be pure like a snake. |
| 45 | ki-ma ma-qit _bad3_ le-es-su a-na ku-tal-li-szu2 a-a id-di _tu6 en2_ | Like a pile of bricks, its foundations to its rear may he not go. Incantation formula. |
| 46 | _du3-du3-bi sahar sila3-lim2-ma sahar kun4_ mah-ri-tu2 | Its ritual: clay from a sila’limma-vessel and clay from the earlier clay |
| 47 | _sahar_ pi-sa-an-ni e-li-i u3 szap!-li-i | clay from a well above and below |
| 48 | _sahar_ pi-sa-an-ni _{gesz}ig gi nig2-gal-gal-la_ | dust from the opening of the door of the great reeds |
| 49 | ap-pa u3 il-da ta-sar-ri-im | “Apsû and Ilda, the tasarīm, |
| 50 | _sahar-hi-a_ szu-nu-ti a-na _sza3 i3-gesz szub_-di | these earthen heaps into oil |
| 51 | _en2_ an-ni-tu2 7(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 szid_-nu | This incantation seven times into it |
| 52 | _gi nig2-gal-gal-la diri_-ma ina _ugu sza3_-sza2 zaq!-pi | extra large reeds and on top of her belly |
| 53 | _ta_ e-le-nu ana szap-la-nu tu-masz-sza2-' | From upper to lower you extinguish |
| 54 | _en2 ab2 gal_ {d}3(u) sza2 {d}3(u) ana-ku | Incantation: O great cow, Sin, of Sin, am I. |
| 55 | e-ru-u2 e-ra-ku-ma nu-uk-ku-pu u2-nak-kap | They enter, they enter, and they smite (them). |
| 56 | ina _si-mu_ qaq-qa-ru s,e-ra-ku | By the name of the land, I am a sheepfold. |
| 57 | ina _kun-mu_ usz-te-esz-sze-ra tur-bu-'-i | With my tail I have brought about the defeat of the enemy. |
| 58 | ina _kar_ mu-ti ka-lat _{gesz}ma2_ | at the quay of the husband, all of the boats |
| 59 | ina _kar_ dan-na-ti ka-lat _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ | at the strong quay all of the barge |
| 60 | [man-na lu-usz]-pur#? ana? {d}4(u) _en en2_ | Who can I send? to Ea, the lord of the incantation? |
| 61 | [ina _kar_ mu]-ti lip-t,u-ru _{gesz}ma2_ | May he release the boat at the quay of the dead. |
| 62 | [ina _kar_ dan-na-ti li]-ram-ma-a _{gesz}ma2-gur8_ | at the quay of the forts may it be moored. The barge |
| 63 | [ki-ma _geme2-{d}suen-na_ sza2 i-sza2-risz i]-li#-du-u li#?-[li-id] | Like a maid-servant of Sîn, who is enraged, may he go(?) |
| 64 | [ar2-da-tum mu-szap-sziq-tum _pesz4_-tum] li#?-szi-[ir szab-szu-tum a-a ik-ka-li] | May the ardatu-demon, the šappûtu-disease, (and) the phlegm not catch up with me. |
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| 1 | ar2-hisz lit-ta-s,a-am-ma li-mu-ra _zalag2 {d}utu_-szi _tu6 en2_ | May he quickly go out and see the light of Šamaš. Incantation formula. |
| 2 | _en2_ lu-us-ma ki-ma _masz-da3_ ne2-er-ru-ba _gin7 musz-tur_ | Incantation: “Lu-usma, like a gazelle, enter! Like a snake |
| 3 | ana-ku _{d}asal-lu2-hi_ szab-sa-ku a-mah-har-ka _tu6 en2_ | I, Asalluhi, am frightened, I seek you. Incantation formula. |
| 4 | _du3-du3-bi {gesz}gidru {gesz}ma-nu_ sza2 szu re-'-i ta-mah-har | Its ritual: You receive a scepter (and) a bed of reed. |
| 5 | _en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu szid_ ina _ugu sza3_-sza2 ta-par-rik-ma ar2-hisz _u3-tu_ | You recite the incantation seven times over the šid-disease on top of her belly, then she will give birth quickly. |
| 6 | _en2_ szup-szuq-ta re-mi ka#-[ni]-ik#-tam | Incantation: O resplendent one, merciful one, who is bound. |
| 7 | _{d}sza3#!-zu#!_ szab-su-ta-sza2-ma at-ta szum-li-is-si _tu6 en2_ | Šazu, you are her slanderer. Incantation formula. |
| 8 | _du3-du3-bi {gesz}gidru {gesz}ma-nu_ sza2 szu re-'-i | Its ritual: a scepter (and) a bed of reed |
| 9 | _en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu-ma _ta sag sza3_-sza2 ana szap-la-an _sza3_-sza2 tusz-ga-ra-ar2 | You recite the incantation seven times and from top of her belly to bottom of her stomach you stir. |
| 10 | _en2_ za-la-ah iz-za-la-ah za-la-ah _al-ti-la tu6 en2_ | Incantation: “The zalaḫ-demon is the zazalah and the zalaĝm-disease is the altila’s. Incantations formula. |
| 11 | _ka inim-ma munus la-ra-ah-a-kam2_ | It is the mouth of a larah woman. |
| 12 | _{u2}in#-[nu]-usz# zi3 sze-sa-a_ ina _i3-gesz_ u _kasz nag_-szi#-ma# usz-te-szer | You knead maštakal-plant (and) barley flour in oil and beer, and then he will recover. |
| 13 | _DISZ munus_ ina _u3-tu_ usz-tap-sziq _{gesz}gesztin ka5-a {u2}eme ur-gi7_ | If a woman is constantly afflicted by a stroke: fox-vine, hound's-tongue plant |
| 14 | {u2}tuh-lam _sud2 {dug}la-ha-an kasz {lu2}kurun2-na diri_-ma | tuḫlum-plant, soup, a lahan-bowl with beer from a brewer, extra |
| 15 | _u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti ana _sza3 sig3_-as, la pa-tan _nag_-ma ar2-hisz _u3-tu_ | these plants in red wool you take on an empty stomach and quickly give birth. |
| 16 | _DISZ ki-min sze10 eme_-sza2 _iz-zi sud2#_ ina _kasz_ la pa-tan _nag_-ma _ki-min_ | If ditto: her tongue trembles, you knead it in beer on an empty stomach, and then DITTO. |
| 17 | _DISZ ki-min sahar_ ni-pil-ti _ur-gi7 sud2_ ina _i3-gesz sig3_-as, _sza3_-sza2 _szesz2 ki-min_ | If ditto: you dry and pound nippiltu-spurge from a dog, you anoint her belly with it in oil, diitto. |
| 18 | _DISZ ki-min_ qin-ni _sim-mah{muszen} sud2_ ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2 ki-min_ | If ditto: you dry, crush and sift simmaḫ-bird shell in oil, (and) you anoint him repeatedly (with the mixture). |
| 19 | _DISZ ki-min suhusz nam-tar nita2_ sza2 _tumu si-sa2 sud2_ ina _i3-gesz hi-hi_ | If ditto: the base of a man's namtar-figure, which is surrounded by a halo, is split in oil. |
| 20 | 7(disz)-szu2 ana muq#-qal3#?-pi-ti pa-pan _sza3_-sza2 _szesz2_-ma _ki-min_ | 7 times into a muqqalpītu-vessel her belly is full, ditto. |
| 21 | _DISZ ki-min {gesz}gesztin ka5-a sud2_ [ina] _kasz_ la pa-tan _nag_-ma : _{u2}eme ur-gi7 ki-min_ | If ditto: you knead kāšu-juniper, you drink it in beer on an empty stomach, and then : emesu-plant (and) dog's tongue. |
| 22 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}kur-ra{sar} sud2_ ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ki-min_ | If ditto: you knead hound's-tongue plant (and) kurru-plant in beer on an empty stomach, and then DITTO. |
| 23 | _DISZ ki-min u5 argab{muszen} sud2 ki-min_ | If ditto: you pound together alum (and) a bat guano. |
| 24 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}in-nu-usz sud2 ki-min_ | If ditto: hound's-tongue-plant (and) maštakal-plant; alternatively, |
| 25 | _DISZ ki-min uzu# nig2-bun2-na{ku6} gu7_-ma _ki-min_ | If DITTO, he eats fatty tissue from a fish, and then ditto |
| 26 | _DISZ ki-min uzu szah babbar gu7_-ma _ki-min_ | If ditto: he eats white pig's flesh, and then DITTO. |
| 27 | _DISZ ki-min uzu munus ka5-a gu7_-ma _ki-min_ | If DITTO, he eats fatty tissue from a pregnant woman, and then ditto. |
| 28 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}kur-kur sud2_ ina _kasz nag_-ma _ki-min_ | If DITTO, you knead kurkurru-plant in beer, and then DITto. |
| 29 | _DISZ ki-min im-kal-gag sud2_ ina _kasz nag_-ma _ki-min_ | If ditto: you knead imkalgag-plant, you boil it down in beer, and then DITTO. |
| 30 | _DISZ ki-min_ al-la-an-ka-nisz ina _ka_-sza2 u2-mar-raq-ma _ki-min_ | If ditto: he is swollen, he rubs himself with it in his mouth, and then DITTO. |
| 31 | _DISZ ki-min henbur2#_ ta-szab-bu-usz ina _ki-ta {u2}gir2_ | If ditto: you pound henbur-plant, you put it on the lower part of a stag's foot. |
| 32 | sza2 _ugu_ pi-ti-iq-ti a-s,u-u2 ta-tab-bak | that is on the obliteration of the door, you will cut off. |
| 33 | ki-a-am _du11-ga_-ma um-ma at-ta-ma | thus you spoke: |
| 34 | _nig2-ba_-ka mah-ra-ta _u2_ sza2 _ti_ id-nam-ma | before your gift the plant of life gave, and |
| 35 | sza2 _munus nenni dumu-munus nenni_ sza2 _sza3_-sza2 lisz-te-szir | of a so-and-so (and) a sīmctu-sister of her own heart may she be reconciled. |
| 36 | an-nam _du11-ga_-ma _suhusz_-su u _suhur_-su _zi#_-ma | He says this and his foundations and foundations are loosened. |
| 37 | ana _egir_-ka _nu igi-bar ki lu2-na-me nu du11-du11_-ub | Do not look behind you, do not speak as a stranger. |
| 38 | _dur# nu-nu_-u2 tara-kas ina _{uzu}ur2 gub3_-sza2 _kesz2_-ma _ti_ | You tie a knot of nūnu-flour around the neck of her left hip and she will recover. |
| 39 | _DISZ_ a-na _{lu2}tur szu-dingir-ra nu-te_-e _sze10 szah sze10 ur-gi7 ge6_ | If a baby is not born to a šu-dingira: piglet, black dog. |
| 40 | il-la-at _ansze hi-hi_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-ma _ti_-ut, | You wrap a donkey's head in wool, you put it around his neck, and then he will recover. |
| 41 | _DISZ_ a-na _{lu2}tur {lu2}lil2-la2 nu te_-e _sig2 ur-gu-la sig2 uz3_ ina _de3 sar_-szu2 | If it does not approach a young man or a man: wool from Urgula or wool from goats in order to make his sar |
| 42 | _DISZ ki-min giri3-pad-du lu2-u18-lu_ ina _i3-gesz_ ka-a-a-na _szesz2-me_-su | If ditto, a man’s feet are constantly swollen with oil: |
| 43 | _DISZ ki-min_ {na4}mu-s,u {u2}s,a-s,u-tu2 _giri3-pad-du szah_ ina _i3 szesz2-me_-su | If ditto: mūṣu-stone, aṣaṣutu-plant, alum (and) pig dung in oil, |
| 44 | _en2 a idim-ta ba-ta-gen-na-ta mu-un-da-us2-sa_ | Incantation: “By the water of the river, when she came, she sat down with her. |
| 45 | _libir-ra-bi gin7 ab-sar_-ma _ba-an-e3_ | Written and checked according to its original. |
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