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BAM 4, 321 (P285403)
Medical, Assur
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| Designation | BAM 4, 321 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285403 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13690 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | _[DISZ na] dingir_-szu2 u {d}isz8-tar2-szu2 a-na _silim_-me | If a man’s god and his goddess for the well-being |
| 2 | _[dingir]-mesz#_ ze-ni-ti _ki_-szu2 a-na mug-gu-ri | the angry gods with him to the grave |
| 3 | _en du11-du11_-szu2 _dingir-mesz_ a-na sze-me-e _{d}amar-utu ki_-szu2 a-na _silim_-[me] | the lord whose commands the gods to hear, Marduk with him, for peace |
| 4 | [{d}]zar#-pa-ni-tu4 _ki_-szu2 a-na _silim_-mi _{d}en-lil2 ki_-[szu2] | Zarpanitu with him, for the well-being of Enlil with him |
| 5 | [{d}]e2#-a _ki_-szu2 a-na _silim_-mi liq-bi-ma lik-szu-ud# | Ea with him may he command for my well-being, and may it be well. |
| 6 | [a-mat] i#-qab-bu-u2 lu-u2 ma-ag-rat | May the word that they speak be accepted. |
| 7 | [...] lu uz-zu dab-bi-ib | ... may he speak ... |
| 8 | _dingir#-mesz_-szu2 a-na _du8-mesz_-ri | his gods to release |
| 9 | [...] _szu-min_-szu2 _dingir_-szu2 a-na ma-ha-ri | ... his hands, his god in the presence |
| 10 | [...] {u2#}mar-gi-ra-nu _{u2}kur-kur {szim}gur2-gur2 {u2}in6-usz_ | ... margirānu-plant, mountain plants, mint, ēru-plant |
| 11 | [...] ka#-nu _{u2}{d}utu {u2}igi_-lim {u2}si-hu | ... the gate of Šamaš, the doorkeeper, the sīḫu-plant |
| 12 | [...] x-nu _{u2}lum-ha_ {gesz}eri-nu _{gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}[dap]-ra-[nu] | ... lupin, cedar, cypress, daprānu-tree |
| 13 | _{szim#}man-du {gesz}{szim}gir2 {gesz}szim-{d}nin-urta nita2_ u _[mi2]_ | Mandu-juniper, šunû-tree, ‘pine’, male and female |
| 14 | _szim-hi-a_ ina _ge6_ ta-ka-nam ina _{dug}bur-zi-gal-[la]_ | You knead juniper in the night, in a large bowl. |
| 15 | ina sze-ri3 ina _{uruda}szen-tur usz2_-er ina _sza3 kasz [ra-mesz_-szu2] | in the morning with a small copper kettledrum he will die; in beer his ears |
| 16 | e-nu-ma ina _sza3_ tusz-bu-szu _{szim}szesz u2 babbar_ {gesz}[al-la-na] _mu4_-bu-szu | When he sits in it, he eats murru-plant and white plant (and) an allanu-wood. |
| 17 | ina _i3-gesz esz_-asz e-nu-ma ina _sza3 szub#_ | with oil he shall replace it. When he falls into it |
| 18 | _en2 a-sze-ra-ne min a-ra-sze-ra-[ne min]_ | Incantation: O lament, two times, o lament! |
| 19 | _sze#-zi#-zi-e-ne min {d}asal-lu2#-[hi dumu-sag]_ | The šezizi priests, ditto Asalluhi, the first-born son |
| 20 | _{d}en-lil2-la2 me-en min-na?-sze-ra_ [...] | I am Enlil, a second time(?) |
| 21 | [...] x _bar-ra_-mu _mu_ [...] | ... ... my body ... |
| 22 | [...] _en-ki-ke4 silim-ma-a-[ni]_ | ... Enki, may he be well. |
| 23 | [ana] pi#-i {d}e2-a lisz-lim-a-[ni] | according to the command of Ea may it be well |
| 24 | _[en2_ an-ni]-ta# ana _a-mesz tu5 szid_-nu-[ma] | You recite this incantation over hot water and |
| 25 | [...] x {d}zar-pa-ni-tum u _dingir-mesz_ ze-nu-ti _ki_-szu2 _silim#_-[mi] | ... Zarpanitu and the angry gods, with him be reconciled. |
| 26 | _[gin7] dingir#_ ni-iz-mat _sza3_-bi-szu2 _kur_-ad2# | Like a god, he conquered his heart. |
| 27 | [...] _{d}ak_ u {d}tasz-me-tum su-up-pi-szu2 szu-ul-li#-[szu2] | ... Nabû and Tašmētu, his supplications, his purifications |
| 28 | [...] a-bu-tu2 un-ni-ni-szu2 a-na s,a-ba-ti# | ... the word of his command to seize |
| 29 | [ni-isz _szu-min_-szu2 ana ma]-ha-ri ir-nit-ta-szu2 a-na _kur_-di | his hands in the presence he imposed upon him, to the land |
| 30 | [...] x _dingir_-szu2 a-na ram-mi | ... ... his god to the rammu |
| 31 | _[dingir_-szu2 _gin7] ad#_ u _ama_ a-lit-ti-szu2 _arhusz tuku_-szu | his god, like father and mother, his offspring, has mercy on him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... {u2}]ar#-ka#-nu {u2}s,a-s,u-un-tu2 | ... arkanu-plant, ṣaṣuntu-fennel |
| 2 | _[pa ti8{muszen}_ na]-ah-ti _{szim}li_ | a bird's nest of juniper |
| 3 | [{u2}an-ki-nu]-ti# _{u2}ha_ {u2}a-ra-ri-a-nu | ankinūtu-plant, tamarisk |
| 4 | _[{szim}man]-du# {szim}gur2-gur2_ {u2}hal-la-masz-[tu] | Mandu-aromatic, mint, hallamaštu-plant |
| 5 | _[{u2}gar_-ra]-a-nu {u2}hal-tap-pa-a-nu _im-babbar_ sza _sza3 {na4}ad-bar_ | garlic, ḫaltappānu-plant, white plant from the outer stone |
| 6 | [x x x] _im en-gu2-en-na sze szesz sze gu4-ud{ku6}_ | ... engūna-textile, barley of the brother, grain of the oxen |
| 7 | _[sahar kun4] e2 {d}amar-utu u2-hi-a an-[nu-ti] | the earth from the excavation of the temple of Marduk these plants |
| 8 | [ina _a] pu2#_ sza2 _e2 {d}amar-utu [szeg6_-sal] | in the water of the well of the temple of Marduk, a black rain shower |
| 9 | [ina _sza3] ra#-mesz_-su _i3-gesz {gesz}{szim}li szeg6#_-[szal] | in his intestines, oil and juniper you heat up. |
| 10 | _i3#_ hal-s,u _i3 bur-sag-ki-[mesz tag]_ | filtered oil, bursakku-oil |
| 11 | _{gesz}szur-min3 u2 babbar {u2}har-har_ [... _ti_-qe2] | You take cypress, white plant, ḫašû-plant |
| 12 | [ina _igi-mesz_-szu2] _du_-ak _en2_ an-ni-ta [3(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu] | You go before him. You recite this incantation three times. |
| 13 | il3-tu4 gu-la _al-ak-ak#_ [...] | Great iltu priestess, ... |
| 14 | x _sze#-igi#-ra#-e [ga2 me-en]_ | ... I am. |
| 15 | _igi en-ne-ne a kur-kur# [pa]-e3#_ | before the lords all the lands went out |
| 16 | [x] _di-bi-ra_ x _hul#-e#-ne#_ 3(disz)#-[szu2 _szid_-nu] | You recite three times ... a lament ... evil ... |
| 17 | _{na4#}an-zah {na4}za-gin3 {na4#}[ku3]-babbar#_ ina _gu2_ [...] | Anzaḫ, lapis lazuli and silver on the neck |
| 18 | [...] a-mat _dingir_-szu2 u _{d}innin_ [...] x x x [...] | ... the word of his god and goddess ... |
| 19 | [er-nit]-ta-szu u2 x mat x | his upper arm ... |
| 20 | [... _libir]-ra#_ an# le#-u5# | ... in the olden days, when Anu came out |
| 21 | [t,up-pi {m}ki-s,ir asz]-szur# _{lu2}masz-masz e2#_ [asz]-szur# | Tablet of Kiṣir-Assur, exorcist of the temple of Assur. |
| 22 | _[dumu {m}enszada]-su#-un _masz-masz e2_ asz-szur[{ki}] | son of Enšadasun the exorcist of the temple of Assur |
| 23 | _[dumu {m}{d}ba]-ba6#-mu-du3 {lu2}zabar-dab-ba e2-szar2-ra#_ | son of Baba-šuma-ibni, the smith of the Ešara temple |
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