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BAM 3, 249 (P285334)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 3, 249 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285334 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13972 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] an [...] e# x x | ... heaven ... above ... |
| 2' | [...] x x _zum sag_ ar2-hisz ul-lad | ... ... quickly he will prosper. |
| 3' | [...] x e x [x] x-pap# pa-pa-an _sza3_-sza2 | ... ... the front of her belly |
| 4' | [...] UD [x x]-ma#? ar2-hisz ul-lad sza2? _sza3# sza3_-sza2 ba? | ... ... quickly ... the heart of her heart |
| 5' | [...] gan# bi x nim# be-en-nu u _du3_ kal _gig_-te | ... that month, ..., rain shower and flooding, all illness. |
| 6' | [...] x x-a-tu2 _szid#? lu2#?_ x x du# la-am {na4}x | ... ... stone |
| 7' | [... x]-szu2 _gar_-ni ina _i3 szesz2_-ma _en_ ti _zum munus nu bad#_-te# | ... is located on his ...: in oil from a brother and he will die; the woman will not live long. |
| 8' | _[DISZ munus-pesz4_ ina] _u3#-tu#?_ usz!-tap-sziq!-szu2 _{u2}gesztin ka5-a {u2}eme ur-gi7_ | If a sorceress has caused him to die in birth: fox-vine, hound's-tongue plant |
| 9' | [{u2}TUH-lam _{u2}in]-nu-usz disz_-nisz _sud2 {dug}la-ha-an kasz lu2-kurun2 diri_ | šuḫlû (‘cress’) (and) ninnu-seed; suckling of a lahan-bowl with beer from a foreigner. |
| 10' | [... _u2]-hi-a szesz_ ana _sza3 sig3_-as, _nu_ pa-tan _nag_-szi-ma ar2-hisz ul-lad | ... you put myrrh in a red wool, you do not wash her on an empty stomach, and then she will recover quickly. |
| 11' | _[DISZ munus]-pesz#?_ ina _u3-tu_ usz-tap-sziq _sze10 eme-dir iz-zi sud2_ | If a sorceress has caused her to die from a stroke: you dry, crush, and sift emešdir-plant. |
| 12' | [ina _kasz nu]_ pa#-tan _nag_-ma ar2-hisz ul-lad | You knead it in beer on an empty stomach, then he will recover quickly. |
| 13' | [... x]-ma# _min_ | ... ... ditto. |
| 14' | [... x]-ma# _min_ | ... ... ditto. |
| 15' | [... x]-ma# _min_ | ... ... ditto. |
| 16' | [... x]-ma# _min_ | ... ... ditto. |
| 17' | [...] _szesz2_-ma# _min_ | ... a brother ditto. |
| 18' | [...] _min_ | ... ditto. |
| 19' | [...] nun? _min_ | ... prince(?) ditto |
| 20' | [...] _min_ | ... ditto. |
| 21' | [...] _min_ | ... ditto. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | ina _i3 pesz2-ur3-ra#_ [...] | in peshurru-oil ... |
| 2' | _DISZ ki-min pesz10-{d}id2 u2#_ [...] | If ditto, ēšu-amurru-plant ... |
| 3' | ka-par _ansze?_ {gesz}x [...] | the net of a donkey(?) |
| 4' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}ku6 {u2}kur-kur_ [...] | If ditto: fish and mountain plants |
| 5' | _sze10 argab szu_ [...] | corn taxes ... .... |
| 6' | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}tar-musz8 _{u2}igi_-lim [...] | If ditto: tarmuš-plant, ilim-plant |
| 7' | _DISZ ki-min_ gul-gul _lu2-[u18-lu_ ...] | If ditto: the destruction of a man . . |
| 8' | _nita2_ u _munus_ {na4}mu-s,a [...] | a man and a woman muṣa-stone |
| 9' | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}x [...] | If ditto: ...-plant |
| 10' | _kur_ x x [...] | the land ... ... |
| 11' | _DISZ na masz2-ge6#_ [...] | If a man is seized by a ghost .... |
| 12' | ana _hul_-tu2 sza2 x [...] | For the evil of ... ... |
| 13' | _hul_-tu2 ina _na_ la#? [...] | Evil in a man's body not? ... |
| 14' | _{u2}kur-kur_-szi [...] | all the foreign lands |
| 15' | _DISZ ki-min numun u2#?_ [...] | If ditto: seed of ... . |
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