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BAM 4, 323 (P285405)

Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationBAM 4, 323
IDP285405
Museum no.VAT 08242
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreMedical
Find spotAssur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Coordinates35.4557, 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.

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1_DISZ na gidim dab_-su-ma _usz2-mesz_-szu2 lu a-lu#-[u lu gal-lu-u]If a ghost has seized a man and his corpses are either alû-disease or galulu,
2lu _sag-ha-za dab_-su lu mim-ma lem-nu _dab-ba# [dab]_-su lu [...]Whether he has seized him, or any evil he seized, or ...,
3_sahar uru szub_-i _sahar e2 szub_-i _sahar e2 dingir szub_-i _sahar ki-mah sahar usz-ki#_the soil of a destroyed city, the soil for a demolished house, the dust for the temple, the earth for the grave, the clay for the foundations
4_sahar id2 szub_-ti _sahar kaskal disz_-nisz _ti_-qe2 _ki mud2 gu4 hi-hi nu_ mim-ma lem-nu _du3_-uszYou take the soil of the abandoned river and the soil from the road. You do not do anything evil.
5_kusz ur-mah mu4-mu4_-su _{na4}gug e3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar {kusz}a-ga2-la mu4-[mu4_-su]The lion’s skin is his morning meal. The carnelian comes out from its neck. The agala-garment is his evening meal.
6_mud2_ su de e _sum_-szu2 _ud-3(disz)-kam2 7(disz) szuku_-su _utul2_ s,ir-pe-ti ana _igi_-szu2 _gar_-anThe blood of the gall bladder is given to him on the 3rd day. 7 times his supplication you place a small bowl in front of him.
7ina _ur3 e2 lu2-gig gub_-su2-ma _{zi3}sze-sa-a_ ina _a_ u _kasz sig3_-as,-ma _bal_-qi2-szu2You stand him up in the middle of the house of the sick man and you mix sesame oil in water and beer and you take it.
83(disz) sil-ti _{gesz}erin-na_ i-ta-ti-szu2 tu-zaq-qap3 bundles of cedar you will sprinkle on his shoulder.
9_zi3-sur-ra nigin_-szu2 _{dug}nig2-dur2-bur3 nu al-szeg6-ga2_Its flour is spread out, a tureen is not opened.
10_ugu_-szu2 tu-kap-par kip-pat2 _{dug}nig2-dur2-bur3 {d}utu_ li-mur-szu ina _ge6 mul-mesz_ li-mu-ru-szu2You sweep over him. The kippatu-vessel may Šamaš see him. In the night of the stars may they see him
11_ud-3(disz)-kam2 masz-masz u4_ mi-nisz 2(disz) _gar_-an# _gar_-an _nig2-na {szim}li_ ana _igi {d}utu gar_-anOn the 3rd day you set up an incantation of exorcist. You set up a censer of juniper before Šamaš.
12ina _ge6 {zi3}ziz2-am3_ ana _igi mul-mesz ge6_-tim _dub_-aqDuring the night, it is a šunû-conifer in front of the stars of the night.
13ana _igi {d}utu_ u mul-mesz ud-3(disz)-kam2_ ana muh-hi-szu2# im-ta-an-nuIn front of Šamaš and the stars, on the 3rd day, he gave it to him.
14_en2 gidim_ mim-ma lem-nu isz-tu _u4_-mi an-ni-i ina _su! nenni a nenni zi_-ta5 szu-s,a-a-taIncantation: Ghost, anything evil from this day on the body of a man, from the flesh of an oath
15t,ar-da-ta u kusz-szu-da-ta _dingir_ sza2-kin-kaYou are merciful and you are pacified, O god, who places you.
16{d}1(u) 5(disz) sza2-kin-ta-ka ina _su nenni a nenni gig_ is-su-hu-kaMay Ištar, your en priestess, tear you out from the womb of a young man, from the woe of an old man.
17ina _ud-3(disz)-kam2_ ina _ud-gurum-ma kesz2_ ana _igi {d}utu kesz2_On the 3rd day, on the 1st day, he will be bound, before Šamaš.
18_lu2 gig nu il2_-ma ana _igi {d}utu_ ki-a-am tu-szad-bab-szu2(If) a sick man does not carry it and in front of Šamaš you speak to him thus:
19_en2 {d}utu_ mu-tal2 {d}a-nun-na-ki e-tel {d}i-gi-gi mas-su-u2 s,i-ru mut-tar-ru-u te-ni-sze20-e-tiIncantation: O Šamaš, creator of the Anunnaki, pre-eminent one of the Igigi, exalted hero, muttarru priestess of mankind.
20da-a-a-an _an_-e u _ki_-tim la e-nu-u qi2-bi-tusz-szu2the judge of heaven and netherworld cannot be changed, his command
21_{d}utu_ musz-te-szir ek-le-ti sza2-kin nu-ri a-na ni-sziŠamaš, who guides the darkness away, who establishes light for the people,
22_{d}utu_ ina e-re-bi-ka _zalag2_ ni-szi u2-ta-at,-t,i _{d}utu_ ina a-s,i-ka i-nam-mi-ra kib-ra-a-tiŠamaš, when you enter, the light of the people is released, Şpius, while you go, illuminates the world.
23e-ku-tu4 al-mat-tu4 ki-gul-la-tu4 e-ru-ut-tu4(Sum) The ekutu priestess, the almattu-priest, the erūtu woman, (Akk) She is the ekute priestesses, she is the almû-priestess
24s,i-it,-ka# usz-tah2-ha-na ka-la ab-ra-a-tu4(Sum) Your limbs are shattered, all of them are twisted(?) (Akk) Your body is twisted, all the branches are bound
25[bul szik-na]-at# _zi_-tim a-s,u-u2 s,e-e-ri“He who goes out into the open country, the dwelling of life,
26[it-ta-nab-ba]-la#-ka nap-szat-si-na mesz-re-ta"He has carried away their lives, their limbs,
27[di-in ha]-bil#-ti ta-da-an _esz-bar_-szi-na tusz-te-szir ana-ku _nenni a nenni_ szu-nu-hu kan-sa-kuYou give an oath; you make their decisions. I, the so-and-so, son of so and so, am frightened, I am terrified.
28[i-na szib-sat _dingir_ u {d}]1(u) 5(disz) i'-il-tu4 i-i'-i-la-an-nifrom the wrath of god and goddess he cursed me.
29[... _lil2]-la2_ hi-mi-tu4 di-mi-tu4 szim-mat _uzu_ s,i-da-nu... lilû-disease, humītu-jaundice, dimitu-judgement, šimmatu-paralysis of the flesh.
30[... mi-qit] t,e4#-mi isz-qu-lu-nim-ma u4-mi-szam-ma ud-dam-ma-mu-nin-ni... the misfortune that they had caused to fall upon me, and every day they made me live.
31[... x]-ma# _zi_-tim ub-lak-ka di-nu _lu2 gig_ sza2 _dab_-an-ni ana di-ni kan-sa-ku... and he will bring you life. A lawsuit against a man who has seized me is void.
32[di-nu di-in _esz]-bar_-a-a _tar_ [...] di#-in _esz-bar_-a-a tu-szar-szu-u2Judge my case, decide my case ..., and make my case favorable.
33[ana di-ni sza2-nim-ma a]-a _sum#_-in _[esz-bar]_-szu# isz-tu di-ni _esz-bar_ tusz-ter-szu-u2For another case, you shall not give an order to him. After you have rendered a decision,
34[... u2]-tasz2#-szi#-ra-an-ni# _su#-mu_ it-tap-ra-szu2 e-ma tak-la-ku _dingir-mesz_ lim-tag-ru pu-ka... has caused me to be distressed, my body has written to him, wherever you go, may the gods bless your mouth.
35_[an_-e lih]-di#-ka _ki_-tim li-risz-ka _tu6 en2_May heaven be glad on your account, may earth rejoice over you. Incantation formula.
36[... tu]-szad-bab-szu ana _dug gar_-an-szu-ma tu-tam-ma-szuYou put ... in a tureen for him and you make him drink it.
37[...] nisz {d}[3(u)] lu-u ta-ma-ta5 nisz _{d}utu_ lu-u ta-ma-ta5 _du11-ga_-ma _ka2_-szu2 _bad_-hi“May ... be heard, may Šamaš be heard!’ He said, and his gate was opened.
38[...] x x x x ina har-bi na-du-ti te-qe2-bir-szu2... ... you make him cross over a riverbank.
39_[DISZ na] gidim# dab_-su-ma _us2-mesz_-szu2 lu _lil2#-la2-en-na_ lu _ki-sikil-lil2-la2-en-na_If a ghost has seized a man and his muscles are either sick or sick:
40_[an-ta]-szub-ba_ lu mim-ma lem-nu _[dab_-su]-ma ina _su_-[szu2 _nu du8_-ar] _kasz3# ansze-kur-ra_ tu-szam-har-szu2#If an antasub priestess or anything evil has seized him and cannot be removed from his body, you give him horse beer to drink.
41[ina _{zi3}in]-nu-ha hi-hi nu gidim_ u mim-ma lem-nu sza2 _dab_-szu2# _du3_-uszwith maštakal-flour, ghee, not a ghost, and anything evil that seized him, he made.
42_mu_-szu2 _sar_-ar2 _zag_-szu2 _ka2_-szu2 _gub3_-szu2 _gu-du_-su# _dab_-suHis name is written, his right side is slanted, his left side is bent, his neck seized.
43_[{uruda}muru2-szer3]-szer3 szub_-szu2 _gag {gesz}ma-nu_ ina _ka2_-szu2 te-ret-tiHe fell a šer-bowl (and) the head of a boat in his gate.
44_[i3-udu] uz3#_ ta-kar-szu-ma ana _igi {d}utu_ ta-kar-szu2You present sheep and goats, and you present them before Šamaš.
45_en2 {d}utu lugal_ mi-sza2-ri [x]-ka# lisz-kipIncantation: O Šamaš, king of justice, may your ... be destroyed
46_abgal dingir-mesz {d}amar-utu_ x-da-aszthe sage of the gods, Marduk
47_{d}nin-gesztin-an-na_ u2-suk-ka-tu4 [...]Ningeštinana, the envoy
48i-na a-ru-ti _ki_-tim _a-mesz_-x [...]In the depths of the netherworld ... ...
49_{d#}nin#-gesz#-zi#-da# gu#-[za-la2] ki_-tim _dagal#_-tu2# _[gaba_-ka li-ne2-i]May Ningešzida, the throne bearer of the wide earth, speak to your breast!
50_{d}ara# sukkal_ eri-du10 lit-ru-[ka]May Ara, vizier of Eridu, bless you!
51[{d}3(u) _en] aga_ mah3-rit da-[a-a-ni? ...]O Sin, lord of the crown, the first-born son of ...,
52_[{d}nin]-urta# en# {gesz}tukul# gu2_-ka [lik-kis]May Ninurta, lord of the weapons of your neck, be at peace.
53[...] x x sza ru x [...]... ...
54[...] x [...] x x _ki-a_ x [...]... ... with ...
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1[... _{uruda}]szen-tur_ sza2 7(disz) _gin2 uruda szub_-szu2 _igi_-szu2 _gub3_ x [...]... a copper kettle with 7 shekels of copper fell on it, its front ...
2[...] x ina _sag lu2-gig du3_-usz ana _sza3 tu_-szu2 _ud-3(disz)-kam#_... ... in the beginning of a sick person he will do. He will return to his place on the third day.
3[...] ki-ma# x x _ud_ szi-mi-ta5 _szid_-tu2 sza2 ana _igi {d}utu_ ta-[x ...]... like ... on the day of the šīmûtu-festival, which before Šamaš ...
4x x x [...] x _{zi3}sze-musz5_ ana _ugu_-szu2 _bir_-ah... ... the musz-flour will be scattered over him.
5ina _ud-3(disz)-kam2 u4_-mi x x x x _edin pu2 bad_-ma qe2-te-ber-szu2On the 3rd day ... a well is opened and its inside.
6_igi_-szu2 a-na _{d}utu-szu2-a gar_-an#-[ma] x _gur_-ar2 _{zi3}sur-ra_-a _ninda {zi3}sze-musz5_ {zi3#}xHe placed his face towards Šamaš-šēziba and ... he shall return. A strewn-offering of sour-flour, bread made with musz-grain, ... flour
7TU{muszen} KUD#-is MUD2-szu2# [...] ana _ugu_-szu2 _bal_-qi2(If) a pigeon stings its blood: ... will take it over him.
8zi-pa3-de-e# tu#-tam#-ma#-szu2 ana _egir_-ka _nu igi-bar_You recite the incantation, but you do not see it behind you.
9_DISZ na gidim-ma dab#_-[su-ma] x x x x ma-a _tag_If a ghost seized a man and ...: he will die.
10ha-a-a-at# qer-bi-szu2 _u4_ u _ge6 nu hun-hun_the remainder of the day and night are not favourable.
11_gu2_-szu2 _gin7 gu2# ansze gidim_ a-hu-u2 ina hur-ba-te is,-bat-suhis neck, like a neck of a ghostly donkey, seized him in a hole.
12_uzu_-szu2 ina _kasz-dida_ tu-kar tu-kas,3-s,a _{u2}gesztin ka5-a sud2_ ina _i3 szesz2_-suYou crush his flesh in sweetened beer, you cool it, you knead kabû-plant (and) you anoint him with it in oil.
13_{na4}ku3_ {na4}ar2-zal-lu _{na4}pa {na4}gug# sa5#_ {na4}ka-mi-i {na4}asz-pu-usilver, alabaster, papparnu-stone, red carnelian, kāmî-stone (and) ašpu-stone
14_en2 gidim hun-ga2 a-la2 hun-ga2 gidim hun-ga2 gal5-la2 hun-ga2 dingir hun-ga2 maszkim hun-ga2_Incantation: “A ghost is a fugitive, a ghost is an alû-demon, šēpi₂-demon is an aggressive ghost, oath (is a synonym of) a demon is an evil ghost, an evil maškim-disease (is synonym of?) a curse.
15_{d}dim3-me hun-ga2 {d}dim3-me-A min {d}dim3-me-LAGAB min tu6 du11-ga {d}en-ki-ga-ke4_Lamaštu, hired by Lamassu, ditto Ditto Dilmun-lagaṣ, diitto Incantation of Enki
16_ur-sag {d}asal-lu2-hi dumu eridu{ki}-ga-ke4 du11-ga {d}nin-girim3-ma nin tu6-tu6-ke4_Hero Asalluhi, son of Eridu, command of Ningirima, mistress of incantations
17_zi-an-na he2-pa3 zi-ki-a he2-pa3_may he be exorcised, may his life be exorcism!
18_en2_ an-ta _DISZ_ me-eli nap-szal-ti u masz-qa-ti _szid_-nuIncantation: “At the top of the incantation, you recite the balaŋ composition meli, napsaltu, and mašqātu.
19_DISZ na szu-gidim-ma dab_-su _{lu2}masz-masz zi_-szu2 la i-le-'i _{u2}lal2 {u2}an-ki-nu-te_If a man is seized by a ghost: the incantation priest will not understand his case; juniper, ankinūtu-plant
20_{u2}asz-tal2-tal2 {u2}hur-sag sig7 gurun {gesz}masz-husz gurun {gesz}dih3 {u2}ar2-zal-la_juniper, yellow-green ḫursag-plant, sap of mašhusz-tree, sap from šadû-plant and arugula
21{u2}tar-musz {u2}eli-kul-la _numun {gesz}szinig giri3-pad-du lu2-u19-lu disz_-nisz ina _i3_tarmuš-plant, elikulla-plant (and) seed from a šigû-tree (‘wood-of-the-mouth’ plant) were given to a man in oil.
22_szesz2_-su-ma ina _kusz du3-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an _ti_-ut,his brother, and with a leather bag you wrap it in his neck; he will recover.
23_DISZ na gidim ad_-szu2 u _ama_-szu2 _dab-dab_-su ina _{iti}ne ud-2(u) 9(disz)-kam_If a ghost has seized his father and mother: on the 29th of Abu
24_im ki-gar ti_-qe2 _nu nita2_ u _munus du3_-usz _nu#_ usz-szu-ra sza2 _ku3-sig17 gar_-szuYou take clay from the base of the pit. You do not make a man and a woman do it, you do not remove it. You place a gold inscription on it.
25_{na4}gug_ ina _{sig2}he2-me-da e3_ ina _gu2_-sza2 _gar_ tu-t,ah-had-su-nu-tiYou bring out carnelian in wool and put it around her neck. You scatter them.
26tu-kab-bat-su-nu-ti tu-kan2-na-szu-nu-ti _nu-mesz_-szu2-nu-ti 3(disz) _u4_-miyou made them dwell, you established for them, their names for 3 days
27ina _sag lu2-gig_ tu-sze-esz-szip-szu-nu-ti _tu7 kum2-ma_ ta-tab-bak-szu-nu-tiOn the head of the sick man you have them inflicted a cold spell on them.
28ina _ud-3(disz)-kam2 ud-2(u) 9(disz)-kam2_ e-nu-ma _gidim_ usz-tesz2-sze-ru _{gesz}ma2-sza3-ha du3_-uszOn the 3rd or 19th day, when a ghost has been brought into existence, a boat built.
29s,u2-de-szu2-nu te-es-sih ana _igi {d}utu_ ta-dan-szu-nu-tiyou remove their nails and give them to Šamaš.
30ana qid!-da-ti _igi_-szu2-nu _gar_-an u _kam du11-ga_You set up a qidātu-offering before them and speak the wording of the extispicy.
31ina _zu nenni a nenni szar2 kaskal-gid2_ i-si-a re-e-qa2 re-e-qa2 i-si-a i-si*-a!In the womb of a nanny, in the body of an adolescent, the king of the journey, a rest, rest, and rest,
32_zi dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ tum3#-ma-tu-nuLife of the great gods, bring them to me!
33_DISZ na sag-<ki>-dib-ba tuku-tuku_-szi _gesztu-min_-szu2 i#-sza#-gu#-ma# _igi#-min#_-szu2# i-bar-ru-raIf a man is seized by saggidibba-disease: his ears tremble and his eyes become dark.
34_sa-gu2_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu _a2_-szu2 szim-ma-ti _tuku-tuku_-szi _ellag2_-su u2-mah-ha-su#his neck hurts him, his arms are full of aromatics, his kidneys afflict him.
35_sza3_-szu2 da-li-ih _giri3-min_-szu2 ri-mu-tu2 _tuku-tuku_-szihis heart is frightened, his feet are full of fear.
36_na bi gidim_ ri-da-ti _us2-mesz_-szu2 ana _ti-la_-szuThat man, a ghost with long legs, his life
37ina _u4-1(u) 5(disz)-kam2 u4_-um {d}3(u) u _{d}utu disz_-nisz _gub_-zuOn the 15th day, when Sin and Šamaš stand,
38_na bi tug2-sza3-ha mu4-mu4_ ina _{na4}zu2 sag-ki_-szu2 te-es,-s,i-mathat man a šaḫa-garment (made) of date palm-stone you thread on his temple and
39_mud2_-szu ta-tab-bak ina _sza3 gi-uri3#-gal tusz_-eb-szuYou pour his blood. You sit him in the reed-bed.
40_igi_-szu ana _im-si-sa2 gar_-an ana {d}3(u) ana _{d}utu-szu2-a_his face to the lintel he set. For Sin to Šamaš
41_nig2-na {szim}li gar_-an _ga ab2 bal_-qi2 ana _{d}utu {d}utu-e3 nig2-na {gesz}szur-min3 gar_-anYou set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You libate milk from a cow. You set out a cypress tree for Utu and Utuk.
42_kasz-sag bal_-qi2 _na bi ur5-gin7 du11-ga_you libate first-rate beer. That man will be treated as if it were his own.
43ana _gub3_-ia {d}3(u) _u4-sakar an_-e _gal-mesz_ ana _zag_-ia a-bi s,al-mat _sag-du {d}utu di-ku5_To my left, Sin, the day of the great heavens, to my right, the father of the black-headed people, the head of Šamaš, the judge
44_dingir-mesz_ ki-lal-la-an a-bi _dingir-mesz gal-mesz tar_-su _esz-bar_ ana _un-mesz dagal-mesz_May the great gods decide a case for the far-flung people.
45_im hul_-tim i-di-pan-ni-ma _gidim_ ri-da-a-ti _us2-mesz_-an-nia bad wind came up against me and a ghost of a river bank afflicted me.
46lu <na>-as-sa-ku e-sza2-ku u dal-ha-ku ana di-ni-ku-nu szu-zi-ba-ni-ma la ah-ha-bilI am afraid, I am frightened, and I am terrified. Set out for your case, but I will not be negligent.
477(disz)-szu2 _du11-ga_-ma isz-tu _gi-uri3-gal e3_-ma _tug2 bi_ u2-na-kar _tug2 dadag mu4-mu4_ ana {d}3(u) _ur5-gin7 du11-ga_He spoke to him seven times and came out from the reed screen and that garment he removed. He spoke as follows to Sin:
48_en2 {d}nanna gesz-nu11-gal-an-ki-ke4 tu-ra nu-du10-ga zu-mu-ta ba-zi#_Incantation: O Nanna, the “great light of heaven and earth"(?) that is not good for the sick man, he has been cut off from his body
493(disz)-szu2 _du11#-ga_-ma ana _{d}utu ur5-gin7 du11-ga#_He speaks three times and speaks to Šamaš as follows:
50_{d}utu di#-ku5# gal# a#!-a sag-ge6-ga im-hul-gar-ra-ba i-bi2-gin7 an-sze3 he2-e3_Šamaš, great judge, father of the black-headed people, whose evildoer should come out to the sky like a star
51_ka-tar-zu! ga-an-si-il_ : 3(disz)-szu2 _du11-ga_-ma _nu_ x [x x]KATARzu (means) “to raise your head.' : It is said three times and not ... .
52{u2#}al#-la-an-ka-nisz {u2}nu-s,a-bu {u2#}[x ... {u2}]eli#-kul#-[la ...]allankaniš-plant, nuṣābu-plant ...-plant (and) elikulla-plant
53_suhusz# {gesz#}dih3#_ sza2 _ugu ki-mah numun {gesz}szinig_ [...]The foundation of a diḫu-tree, which is on the ground, seed from a tamarisk ...

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