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BAM 3, 253 (P285338)
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| Designation | BAM 3, 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285338 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08269 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | _{u2}ukusz2-had na4 u2 min_ | a kind of weed, stone or grass ditto, |
| 2 | {u2}si-hu {u2}ar-ga-nu | siḫu-plant, agānu-plant |
| 3 | _{u2}za-lum_ {u2}ar-man-nu | dates, barmannu-plant |
| 4 | {u2}ak-tam {u2}szu-szum | baktam-plant, šūsum-plant |
| 5 | _suhusz_ {u2}szu-szum _{u2}nam-tar nita2_ | the base of šūzum-plant (and) male namtar-plant |
| 6 | _suhusz u2 min_ {u2}kam-ka-du | the base of the second plant is kamkadu-plant |
| 7 | _{u2}ab2-duh_ {u2}ap2-ru-szu | abduḫ-plant, aprušu-plant |
| 8 | _{u2}naga si {gesz}sze-na2-a_ | horned alkali-plant |
| 9 | _numun gesz min_ {u2}s,a-s,u-un-tu2 | seeds of ditto ṣaṣuntu-plant |
| 10 | _{u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}ku6 suhusz u2 min_ | dog's tongue plant, fish's head plant, ditto |
| 11 | _{u2}a-zal-la2 numun u2 min_ | azallu-plant, seeds of two plants |
| 12 | {u2}s,a-da-nu {u2}a-la-mu-u | ṣadānu-plant, alamû-plant |
| 13 | _{u2}gesztin ka5-a {u2}lag gan2!(GA2)_ | fox-vine, lag plant of the field |
| 14 | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ | mint, juniper |
| 15 | _i3-gesz_ {sar}szi-te-e _gazi{sar}_ | sesame oil, šitû-plant, mustard |
| 16 | _{szim}kur-kur numun {u2}kur-kur_ | kurkur-aromatic, seeds of mountain plants |
| 17 | _{szim}gir2 szim-szal_ | a resin of juniper |
| 18 | _{szim}{d}masz {szim}gam-ma_ | Ninurta-aromatic, cumin |
| 19 | _{u2}nu-luh-ha u2 zi3 min_ | nuḫurtu-plant and two-tailed emmer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | {u2}x [...] | ... plant |
| 5 | _{u2}sikil_ u2# [...] | ... juniper |
| 6 | _{u2}ki-{d}iszkur_ {u2#}s,a#-da#-na | The plants of Babylon, Adad and Ṣadana |
| 7 | {u2}a-nu-nu-tu2 {u2}szi#-[im?]-ra | Anunūtu-plant, šimra-plant |
| 8 | {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim | tarmuš-plant |
| 9 | _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}kur-ka-nam | a plant, kurkanû-plant |
| 10 | _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}ur2-nu-[u? _{gesz}]geszimmar#-tur_ | kurru-plant, burnû-plant (and) date palm |
| 11 | _gi szul-hi_ {u2#}a#-ri?-bu {u2#}[x x]-dir# | reed, šulḫu-plant, aribu-plant |
| 12 | _pesz10-{d}id2 uh2-{d}id2_ | Ištar, Uḫti-Issar |
| 13 | {u2}sze-ma-ha {u2}tusz-ru | šemaha-plant, tušru-plant |
| 14 | _henbur2 {gesz}dih3 henbur2 {gesz}kiszi16 {gesz}erin_ | a reed stalk, tamarisk, juniper, cedar |
| 15 | _i3#-gesz#_ x {gesz}dap-ra#-nu _gi du10-ga_ | oil, ..., daprānu-tree, sweet reed |
| 16 | _{szim}man-du pap_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) _u2-mesz szesz_ | Mandu-aromatic, total: 105 plants of the brother |
| 17 | mal-ma-lisz ta-ka-sim | You crush (it) in equal measure. |
| 18 | [ana] _sza3_-bi _kasz3-mesz_ ru-sze-te-e sza2 _lu2-mesz_ | into the beer rations of the men |
| 19 | [ina] _a#-mesz gazi{sar}_ u _kasz szub_-di | You sprinkle with gazelle water and beer. |
| 20 | [ina] _sza3 ra-mesz_-su _gig du3-a-bi_ | from his own heart illness will be wrought |
| 21 | _su-na du8_ | he dug a canal. |
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