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BAM 3, 317 (P285399)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 3, 317 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285399 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13786 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse | ||
| 1 | aq-qu3 x x x li-nu-ha [x x x x] _a-mesz_ x [x] | I libated ... let them drink ... water ... |
| 2 | _a-mesz_ ta-ni-ih-ti lim-hu-[ru-ka-ma3]-szu2 _du11-ga_ | water of the tanihtu-festival may he accept for you. |
| 3 | nu-ku _kin_-ma la _sza3_-bi-szu2 _dib_-ka [x] | I did not sleep, and did not pass into your heart ... |
| 4 | ana _bur2_-ti kisz-pi sza2 _nu zu_ u _nu duh-lal3_ sza2 _{lu2}usz11-zu_ u _{munus}usz11#-zu du3#_-usz# | In order to undo witchcraft that has no cure and has no resin that has been performed against your sorcerer and sorceress, |
| 5 | ana _igi {d}utu_ ta-da-an-szu2-nu-te _i3-udu_ x KU x [...] | You give them to Šamaš. Oil ... ... |
| 6 | ina _dug sila3-gaz gar_-an-szu2-nu-ti _bil2_-szu2-nu-te _ti# {u2}tal2-tal2#_ [...] | You put them in a jar of bittersweet beer, ... their billatu-beer. |
| 7 | ina _ugu#_-szu2-nu li-tu-ru sza2 ana ia5-a-szi mim#-[ma] _hul_-tim# [...] | May they return to them. Whoever to me ... anything evil .... |
| 8 | 3(disz)-[szu2] _du11-ga_-ma u3 _{dug}sila3-gaz_ ina x x [x x x] ana _id2_ [x x x] | He speaks three times and a jar in ... to the river |
| 9 | {d}[x ...] | For the god ... |
| 10 | _DISZ na_ hu-us,-s,a _gaz sza3_-bi _tuku-tuku_-szi _{u2}a-zal-la2 {u2}igi_-lim ina [x] | If a man is stricken with ḫuṣṣu-disease: its insides are swollen: azallû-plant (and) ēru-plant in ... |
| 11 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}igi_-lim _numun_ {gesz}bi-ni [x x x x x] | If ditto: irrû-colocynth, seed from a date palm |
| 12 | _DISZ ki-min_ up-pat tim-bu-ut-ti _a-sza3_ isz-ri-ha [x x] _ka# a-ab-[ba_ x x x x] | If ditto: he is surrounded by a halo, he has a field of ishrihu-disease, ... the mouth of the sea .... |
| 13 | _DISZ na sza3_-szu2 _gaz-mesz_-szu2 pi-qam _nu_ pi-qam i-par2-ra-[ad x] szu2 [x x x x] | If a man’s belly causes him a burning pain: he will seek a lawsuit or litigation; ... . |
| 14 | ana _bur2 {na4}zalag2 {u2}dili ka a-ab-ba_ {u2}nu-s,a#-[ba] {u2}szur [x x x] | For the grinding of lapis lazuli, ērištu-plant, ṣābu-juniper, nuṣaba-plant (and) cypress |
| 15 | ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi | in a woolen garment |
| 16 | _DISZ na gaz sza3_-bi _tuku-tuku_-szi ur-ra u _ge6_ pi#-rit-tu2 _tuku_-szi _dingir_-szu2 [x x] | If he is afflicted by na gazelle: he will have difficulty sleeping and sleeping; his god .... |
| 17 | _dingir_-szu2 _ki_-szu2 ana _silim_-me _{u2}igi_ {u2#}[x _ka] a-ab-ba {u2}szi-qit-tu2 {na4}esz3-[me-kam2] | His god, with him, for the well-being of the door, the ...-plant, the sea, šiqītu-plant and ebony |
| 18 | ha-he-e _udun {zi3}mad-ga2 igi# {d}nusku_ ina _kusz#_ | “If he is ill, the udun-vessel of madga-flour before Nusku in a leather (bag) |
| 19 | _DISZ ki-min {u2}igi_-lim _{u2}kur-ra numun_ {u2}su-ti ina _kusz#_ | If ditto: irrû-plant, mountain plant, seed of sutean plant in a leather (bag). |
| 20 | _DISZ na sza3_-szu2 _gaz-mesz_-szu2 x _ur-gi7_ tin-bu-ut-ti _a-sza3_ isz-ri-ha [x x] | If a man’s belly causes him a stinging pain: ... a dog, a bat in a field ishrihu-disease ... |
| 21 | isz [x x] {u2}na-a-nu _giri3-pad-du-mesz lu2-mesz_ ina _[kusz]_ | ... nanu-plant, the feet of men, in a leather bag |
| 22 | _DISZ na gaz [sza3]_-bi _tuku-tuku_-szi _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}kur-kur numun {u2}su-ti {u2}a-zal-[la2]_ | If a man has been seized by na gazelle, his belly is full of irrû-colocynth, kurkur-plant, seed of sutean azallu-plant |
| 23 | _DISZ na sza3_-szu2 _gaz-mesz_-szu2 _numun_ {gesz}bi-ni _{u2}sumun-dar sud2_ | If a man’s belly causes him a stinging pain: you dry, crush, and sift seed from a date palm (and) cumin. |
| 24 | _DISZ na igi-mesz_-szu2 _nigin_-du _me-dim2#-mesz_-szu2 _dub-dub_-ka hu-us,-s,a _gaz_ [x] | If a man’s eyes are swollen, his muscles tighten, he spits on your scribal art: he will die ... |
| 25 | pi-rit-tu4 _tuku-tuku_-szi _szu nam-lu2-u18-lu ugu_-szu2 _gal2_-[szi x] | who has possessions, the hand of humanity is upon him, ... |
| 26 | _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 zabar an-bar {na4}an-zah {na4}min-babbar {na4}min-ge6 {na4}zalag2_ ina _[kusz]_ | silver, gold, bronze, iron, anzahhu-stone, diorite, black and white in a leather (bag). |
| 27 | _[DISZ na_ ina ma]-ka#-le-e# _sza3_-szu2 _gaz-mesz_-szu2 ina _e2 du14_ [ina] _sila_ pu-uh2#-[pu-hu-u _gar_-szu2] | If a man is stricken with mucus in his belly, in the house a fight is taking place in the street: |
| 28 | [x x x] x _dab_-ti _{d}amar-utu ugu_-szu2 _gal2_-szi# _dab#_-ti _{d}amar-utu_ [...] | ... the capture of Marduk is upon him; there is a captûtu-demon against him. |
| 29 | [x x x x] sze-li-tu2 _{na4}kur-nu-dab_ {u2}ra-nu u2 [...] | ... šēlītu-stone, kurnudab stone, horned alkali and ... |
| 30 | [x x x x] _{gesz}ma-nu numun_ {gesz}bi-ni 7(disz) _u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti# [...] | ... manu-tree, seed of juniper, these seven plants |
| 31 | _[DISZ na sza3_-szu2 nu]-ul#-la#-a#-ti# i#-ta-mu-u {u2}er-[kul-la] | If a man’s belly is full of nullû-disease: erkulla-plant |
| 32 | [{u2}tar-musz8 _{u}har-lum-ba-szir] {u2}na_-a-[nu _uh2-{d}id2 ka a-ab-ba_ ina _kusz]_ | tarmuš plant, harlumbašir-plant, nānu-plant (and) uḫid-plant of the mouth of the sea in a leather (bag). |
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