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BAM 4, 380 (P285451)
Medical, Babylon
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| Designation | BAM 4, 380 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285451 |
| Museum no. | VA Bab — ? |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 | [...] ; _u2#_ [...] ; [...] | ... plants ... ... |
| 2 | [...] ; _u2_ [...] ; [...] | ... plants ... ... |
| 3 | [...] ; _u2 gig#?_ [...] ; [...] | ... illness? ... ... |
| 4 | [...] ; _u2 gig_ la#-[zi? ...] ; [...] | ... ... sick food ... |
| 5 | [...] ; _u2 gig_ la#-[zi?] ; x [...] | ... sick food ... ... |
| 6 | [...] ; _u2 gig_ mid-ri ; _ki-min_ | ... ...: illness of the midrib, ditto. |
| 7 | [...] u ; _[u2] gig_ mid-ri ; _ki-min_ | ... and he suffers from midrib illness, ditto. |
| 8 | [...] x szu ; _u2 gig du3-a-bi sig5# ; sud2_ ana _igi gig mar_ [...] | ... ...: he will experience a painful illness; it will be good; you pound it, you daub it on the face of the patient; ... |
| 9 | [x x x] x na _suhusz#?_ hal-li _a-sza3 ; u2 ki-min ; disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz duh#-lal3# hi#-hi#_ [x x x x] | ... the base of a hallu-vessel of the field and ditto, you pound it, in oil and honey, ... |
| 10 | [x x x] x _su#?_-szu2 _du_-ma _nu ti_ ; _igi gig i3-nun-na esz-mesz im-babbar_ ba-asz-la _na4_ ga-bi-i# _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ana _ugu mar_ [x x] | ... his ... and he will not recover. He should wash his eyes with ghee, ointment oil, eshmeš-plant, gypsum, mashlalû-stone, alum, ... on top of ... |
| 11 | {u2#}[x] kam#?-ka-du ; _u2 gig_ sza2 a-ru-ru-u ; _sud2_ ana _igi gig mar_ [x x x x] | ...-plant (a kind of sulphur): a sick plant that is swollen (and) it drips into a sore's eye: he will get better. |
| 12 | {u2}da-da-ru ; _u2 murub4-mesz_ asz2-t,a-tu#? ; ina _ga hi-hi# 7(disz) u4_ [x x x x x] | dadrāru-plant, ašṭātu-plant in milk, 7 days ... |
| 13 | {u2}a-dir2-tu2 ; _u2 ki#-min_ ; [...] | adirtu-plant, ditto ... |
| 14 | {u2}at-kam2 ; _u2 ki#-min#_ ; [...] | It is a plant, alternatively ... |
| 15 | {u2}at-kam2 ; _u2 murub4-mesz gig-mesz#_ ; [...] | (If) it is an ālu-plant: bitter murubs .... |
| 16 | _u2 suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2 : u2 ki-min_ ; [...] | the root of male namtar plant ditto ... |
| 17 | {u2}su-pa-la _{zi3}sze-sa-a ; u2 ki-min_ ; [...] | supālu-plant, šēsu-flour and ditto plant |
| 18 | {u2}su-pa-lum ; _u2 giri3-min-mesz#_ ka#-ba-ra-tu2 ; ina# _kasz#_ tara-bak _giri3-min_-szu2 [x x x] | You stir in beer supālu-plant (a kind of juniper) and the feet of a kabarratu-bird (and) you anoint his feet. |
| 19 | {u2}su-pa-lum ; _u2_ [ka]-pal-ti _gig_ ; [x x x] _giri3#-min na_ [x x x] | supālu-plant, plant of the mouth, illness of the feet ... |
| 20 | _{u2}nig2-gidru ; u2 giri3-min-mesz# mu2-mu2_ ; [x x x] x tu#? _i3#-gesz#?_ [x x] | niggidru-plant, grass of the feet |
| 21 | {u2}su-pa-la ; _u2 ki-min_ ; [x x x x] _giri3-min na_ [x x] | supālu-plant, ditto plant ... foot ... |
| 22 | _{u2}henbur2 {gesz}kiszi16 ; u2 ki-min_ ; [...] | ḫašû-plant, juniper, ditto plant |
| 23 | {u2}a-la-mu-u ; kin!-s,i asz2-t,a-te ; [...] | alamû-plant, the scribal art |
| 24 | {u2}ni-ka-ru3-ru3 ; _u2 ki#-[min]_ ; [...] | Nikaruru-plant, alternatively ... |
| 25 | _{u2}numun#_ at-kam2 ; _u2 numun_ ur# [x x] ; [...] | saḫlû-plant |
| 26 | _{u2}numun# ab2-gab ; u2 numun_ ur# [x x] ; [...] | seed from a cow, seed from the dog ... ... |
| 27 | _{u2}igi_-lim ; _u2 munus nu u3#-[tu]_ ; [...] | (If) a woman does not give birth to ilim-plant: ... . |
| 28 | {u2}an-ki-nu-te ; _u2 munus nu_ [x x] ; [...] | ankinūtu-plant, plant of a woman not ... ... |
| 29 | _{u2}numun {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 ; u2 munus nu#_ [x x] ; [...] | seed from ḫallû-tree, plant from a woman not ... ... |
| 30 | {u2}pu-qut-tu2 _{u2}in-nu-usz ; u2_ di#? SUM#? u2# [x x x] ; [...] | Puquttu-plant, innuš-plant ..., ...-plant |
| 31 | _{u2}eme ur-gi7 ; u2 munus_ la [x x] ; [...] | dog's tongue plant, plant of a woman not ... ... |
| 32 | _{u2}suhusz eme ur-gi7 ; u2_ [...] ; [...] | a dog’s tongue plant ... ... |
| 33 | _{u2}{gesz}gesztin ka5!(SAR)-a ; u2_ [...] ; [...] | ... grapes |
| 34 | _{u2}{gesz}gesztin ka5!(SAR)-a ; u2_ [...] ; [...] | ... grapes |
| 35 | _{u2}{gesz}gesztin ka5!(SAR)-a u4-sakar#? {lu2}tur u3-tu_ [...] ; [...] | The “opening of the wine-bowl’, the sakar-offering(?) of the child |
| 36 | _{u2}kur-kur ; u2 munus_ la [...] ; [...] | kurkur plant, plant of a woman not ... |
| 37 | _{u2}kur-kur ; u2_ [...] ; [...] | mountain plant ... ... |
| 38 | {u2}a-ra-an-tu2 ; _u2 munus_ [...] ; [...] | arānu-plant |
| 39 | _u2 numun dili ; u2_ [...] ; [...] | plant with a single seed ... ... |
| 40 | {u2}nab-ra-qu ; _u2_ [...] ; [...] | nabruqu-plant ... ... |
| 41 | _{u2#}kur#?-kur# ; u2_ [...] ; [...] | kurkur plant |
| 42 | _[{u2}eme ur-gi7] ; u2 sza3-zi-ga_ ; ina _kasz# [nag?]_ | You libate dog’s tongue plant and šaziga-plant in beer |
| 43 | [...] gi ; _u2 ki-min_ ; ina _kasz nag#_ | ... reed, alternatively, you smear it on beer. |
| 44 | [...] x gi ; _u2 ki-min_ ; ina _gesztin nag_ | ... ... you boil reed and ditto in wine. |
| 45 | [{u2}ur-nu?] _sa5 ; u2 dur2-gig-ga-ke4 ; ki i3-udu gu4 hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | red urnu-plant (and) durgig-plant together with fat from an ox you put into his anus. |
| 46 | [...] _sa5 ; u2 dur2#_ sza2 mi-qa-na _dab_-al ; ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2_ sza2 _gub3_ u _zag hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an#? | ... is yellow-green: grass, the dura of miqanu-disease will afflict him. You put it in fat from the kidney of a sheep on the left and on the right of his dura. |
| 47 | {u2#}i-qin-gi-ru ; _u2 dur2-tab ; ki i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | You put iqingiru-plant (and) durtab-plant like fat from a sheep into his anus. |
| 48 | {u2}i-gim-gi-ru ; _u2 dur2_ is,-lim?-szi? ; ana? x e#? ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ ta-sa#?-[laq?] ana _dur2_-szu2 x [x] | You take igimgiru-plant (a kind of grass) with a ṣillīšu-vessel (and) you take (it) in a small copper kettledrum. You pour it into his temple. |
| 49 | _{u2}ukusz2-hab ; u2# dur2#_ is,-lim?-szi? ; _ki i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | You put šūḫḫu-plant (a kind of juniper) on his neck like fat from a sheep. |
| 50 | _{u2}suhusz szesz_ sza2 _kur_-e ; _u2 dur2_ sza2 i-ra-szu-u2 ; ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | the skin of a brother of the mountain, grass from the duru-plant, which is rubbed with fat from a sheep’s kidney you put into his thigh. |
| 51 | {u2}x x gi-ru ; _u2 ki-min ; ki i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | You put ... reed, ditto plant, like fat from a sheep, into his anus. |
| 52 | _{u2}lag gan2 sig7 ; u2 dur2-gig-ga-ke4_ ; ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2_ sza2 _gub3! hi-hi_ ana _[dur2_-szu2] _gar_-an | You put yellow-green juniper, nīnû-mint (and) alum in fat from a sheep’s kidney that is on its back. |
| 53 | {u2}x x x x na ; _u2 ki-min ; ki i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-[szu2 _gar]_-an# | You put ...-plant, ditto, like fat from a sheep, into his anus. |
| 54 | {u2}[x x x] za#? ; _u2 ze2#? dab ; u2 ki-min_ [x] | ...-plant, sweet plant, ditto plant |
| 55 | {u2}[x x] he-pi2 esz-szu2 ; _u2 na4_ kas,3-ri ; ina _gesztin [nag?]_ | new broken ...-plant, kaṣiru-stone in wine |
| 56 | {u2}x [x] he-pi2 esz-szu2 ; _u2 ki-min ; ki-min_ | ... new break |
| 57 | {u2}x x [x] he-pi2 esz-szu2 ; _u2 ki-min ; szub_-e _ki#-min#?_ | ... new break |
| 58 | {u2}bu-t,u!(DAB?)-nu ; _u2 ki-min ; ki-min_ | ruṭūnu-plant, ditto plant, ditto plant |
| 59 | _{u2}ga_-a-nu _u2_ ur-ba-tu2 _[szub]_-e ; _ga_-szu2 ana _kasz szub nag_-ma _szub_-a | You crush saḫlû-cress, urbatu-plant, you pour it into beer, you drench it, and then you put it on as a bandage. |
| 60 | {u2}ur-nu-u2 ; _u2 ki-min_ ; ina _kasz nag_-ma _szub_-a | urnû-plant, ditto, you knead it in beer, then you throw it on the ground. |
| 61 | {u2}ur2-nu-u2 ; _u2 ki-min ; ki-min_ | urnû-plant, ditto plant |
| 62 | {u2}si-si-in _sza3_-bi ; _u2_ szu-szur _sza3_ ; ina _kasz nag#_ | You heat up sisin-plant inside a bowl of šūsu-plant in beer. |
| 63 | {u2}a-ri-hi ; {u2}szu-szur _sza3_ ; ina _kasz [nag?]_ | arihu-plant (and) šūzur-plant in beer |
| 64 | {u2}ku# la nu ; _u2 ki-min_ ; ina _gesztin lal3? i3-udu_ hal-s,u _nag#_ | You knead unripe plant (and) ditto plant in wine, honey and refined fat. |
| 65 | _{u2}numun_ a-ri-hi ; _u2_ e-sil-te _sza3 ki-min_ ; {u2}a-ri-a-nu : _u2 min ki#-min#?_ | ariḫi-plant, esiltu-plant from ditto, arī’ālu-plant (a kind of juniper): u2e22ditto (= šurpû-plant) from the same family |
| 66 | {u2}qul-qul-la-nu ; _u2_ mi-qit2 _sza3_ ; bil-lum ina _kasz nag#_ | You libate qulqullanu-plant, alum, billum-plant in beer. |
| 67 | [{u2}]hal#-tap-pa-nu ; _u2_ mi-qit2 _sza3_ ; ina _kasz nag_ | You knead ḫaltappû-plant, alum (and) a libation bowl in beer. |
| 68 | [{u2}x x x] _u2 ki-min ki-min ; u2 illu {gesz}kiszi16 ; i3#?_ x x [x x x] x [x] _ki#-min#?_ | ...-plant, ditto, ditto, plant of the well of a date palm, oil, ..., .... |
| 69 | [...] _a-sza3 ; u2 ki-min ; suhusz#_-su _had2#-[a?]_ x zi3-kum_ | ... a field ditto, its foundations ... flour |
| 70 | [...] x ; _hi-hi nu_ pa-tan ; x x [...] x | ... ...; there is no reopening of the case .... |
| 71 | [...] ; _hi-hi_ ; _nag#?_-ma# [...] | ... you mix ... and ... |
| 72 | [...] ; _[u2_ mi]-qit _sza3_ ina _kasz nag_ u ; _gig# du3-a-bi ki-min_ | ... he drinks a libation of miqitu-plant in beer and then he will recover. Ditto. |
| 73 | [...] x ma lit-tab x [...] a#? [x] x [...] | ... may ... be established(?) |
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