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BAM 4, 381 (P285452)
Medical, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 4, 381 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285452 |
| Museum no. | MM 0501 |
| Collection | Montserrat Museum, Barcelona, Spain |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | {u2}da-da#-[ru ; ...] | Dadaru plant |
| 2 | ; [...] | ... ; |
| 3 | {u2}a-dir2-tu2 ; [...] | Adirtu-plant |
| 4 | {u2}at-kam2 ; [...] | It is a plant |
| 5 | {u2}at-kam2 ; x [...] | It is a plant |
| 6 | ; _dur2?_ x [...] | ... ... |
| 7 | _{u2}suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2 ; u2#_ [...] | The man's nadītu-plant root |
| 8 | ; _murub4_ [...] | in the middle ... |
| 9 | {u2}su-pa-lu ; _{zi3}sze-sa-a u2_ [...] | supālu-plant, šēsu-flour, ...-plant |
| 10 | {u2}su-pa-lu ; _u2 giri3-min-mesz_ kab-ba-[ra-tu2? ...] | supālu-plant (a kind of juniper) and broad feet(?) |
| 11 | ; tara-bak _giri3-min_-szu2 [...] | you rub his feet ... |
| 12 | {u2}su-pa-lu ; _u2_ ka-bal-ti _gig#?_ [...] | supālu-plant (a kind of grass) is a disease of the liver |
| 13 | _{u2}nig2-gidru ; u2 giri3-min-mesz mu2-mu2 u2_ disz a? x [...] | niggidru-plant, grass of the feet, pomegranate |
| 14 | {u2}su-pa-lu ; _u2 ki-min sig7_-su _gaz giri3 na la2 : u2_ [...] | supalu-plant, alternatively, its yellow-green plant, kills the foot of a man : ... . |
| 15 | {u2}a-la-mu-u2 _u2_ kin-s,i asz2-t,a-a-tu2 ina _{uruda#?}[szen-tur?_ ...] | alamû-plant, ašṭatu-plant in a copper kettledrum |
| 16 | {u2}ni-ka-ru3#-ru3# [x x x x] sza2# _pu2#? mar#?_ [...] | Nikaruru-plant |
| 17 | _{u2}numun_ at-[kam2 ; x x x x x x] _sud2#? ki_ [...] | ... juniper |
| 18 | ; ina szur-szum-me [x x x x x] x la szu2 [...] | in triumph ... not ... |
| 19 | _{u2}numun ab2-gab_ [x x x x x] x ina _kasz#_ [...] | You ... saḫlû-cress ... in beer ... |
| 20 | _{u2}igi_-lim _u2 munus# nu# u3-tu_ ina kasz#_ [...] | alum, plant that gives birth to no woman, in beer ... |
| 21 | _{u2}an-ki-nu-te u2 munus nu pesz4_ ina _kasz nag#?_ [...] | You pound ankinūtu-plant, a plant that is not suitable for a woman, in beer ... |
| 22 | _{u2}numun {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 u2 munus nu pesz4_ ina _kasz_ x [...] | seed from ḫalūbu-tree (a kind of juniper) (and) uncultivated female plant in beer ... |
| 23 | {u2}pu-qut-tu2 _{u2}in-nu-usz u2#_ [...] | Puquttu-plant, innuš-plant and ... |
| 24 | [...] ; _u2 munus_ sza2 na-ah-sza2-a-ti _gig#_ [...] | ... ... the woman who suffers from nahshûtu-disease ... |
| 25 | _[{u2}eme] ur-gi7 u2 munus_ la [...] | a dog's tongue plant, plant of a woman not |
| 26 | _[{u2}suhusz eme ur]-gi7# u2 ki-min_ [...] | The root of a dog's tongue and ditto plants |
| 27 | _{u2}{gesz}[gesztin ka5-a_ ...] | red grapes |
| 28 | _{u2}{gesz}[gesztin] ka5#-a ki-min_ [...] | a fox-vine, ditto, |
| 29 | _{u2}{gesz}[gesztin] ka5#-a ; u2_ [...] | grapes, a kind of grass |
| 30 | ; _esz-mesz_-su-ma _nigin_ x [x] x [...] | his omens and ... ... |
| 31 | _{u2}kur-kur u2 {munus}la-ra-ah#_ [...] | kurkur plant and laraḫ plant |
| 32 | _{u2}kur-kur u2 min_ u _na2_ x [...] | kurkur’u-plant, ditto, and naphtha ... |
| 33 | {u2}a-ra-an-tum _u2 munus_ szal-pu-tu2 _suhusz#?_ [...] | arāntu-plant (a plant) means “young woman will be killed. The foundations(?) of ... |
| 34 | _{u2}numun dili u2 ki-min_ [...] | single plant and ditto plant |
| 35 | {u2}nam-ra-qa _u2 ki-min_ [...] | Namraqa-plant and ditto ... |
| 36 | _{u2}lu2-lu2 u2_ [...] | A man's plant ... |
| 37 | _{u2}eme ur-gi7 ; u2 [sza3-zi-ga_ ...] | dog's tongue plant and šaziga-plant |
| 38 | ; ina [...] | in ... |
| 39 | _{u2}{gesz}haszhur gesz-gi u2_ [...] | apple, reed, ... plant |
| 40 | [{u2}x] x tu#? x gi [...] | reed |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] _i3#-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you put fat and salt into his anus. |
| 2 | [...] ra-szu-u | ... rāšû |
| 3 | [...] _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you set up its course. |
| 4 | [...] _hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you put a bandage around his neck. |
| 5 | [...] lam? ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu#-nita2_ | ... in fat from a sheep's kidney |
| 6 | [...] _hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you put a bandage around his neck. |
| 7 | [...] _ki-min_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... ditto you put into his anus in sheep fat. |
| 8 | [...] _ki#-min ki-min_ | ... Ditto, ditto! |
| 9 | [...] _ki#-min ki-min_ | ... Ditto, ditto! |
| 10 | [{u2}]x-s,i-mu _u2 na4_ kas,3-ri ina _gesztin nag la2_ | ...-ṣīmu-plant and kasû-stone you mix in wine |
| 11 | [{u2}]ti#-gi-lu-u _u2 ki-min ki-min_ | tigilû-plant, ditto, ditto |
| 12 | [{u2}x x] ka nu _u2 ki-min szub_-e _ki-min_ | ...-plant, ditto, you crush (and) sieve (it). |
| 13 | [{u2}]bu#-t,u-nu _u2 ki-min ki-min_ | ruṭunu-plant and ditto ēriš-plant |
| 14 | _[{u2}]ga_-a-nu _u2_ ur-ba-tu2 _szub_-e _ga_-szu2 ana _kasz szub nag_-ma _szub_-a | You crush saḫlû-cress (and) urbatu-plant, you pour it into beer, you drench it, and then you throw it on the ground. |
| 15 | [{u2}]ur-nu-u2 _u2 ki-min_ ina _kasz nag_-ma _szub_-a | urnû-plant, ditto, you pound in beer, and then you throw it on the ground. |
| 16 | [{u2}]ur2-nu-u2 _u2 ki-min ki-min_ | urnû-plant, ditto, ditto |
| 17 | [{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. |
| 18 | [{u2}]a#-ri-hu _u2_ szu-szur _sza3_ ina _kasz nag_ | You heat up arihu-plant (and) šūsu-aromatic in beer |
| 19 | [{u2}]x-la-nu _u2 ki-min_ ina _gesztin lal3_ u _i3-gesz_ hal-s,u _nag_ | You knead ...-lanu-plant and ditto in wine, honey and filtered oil. |
| 20 | _[{u2}]numun#_ a-ri-hu _u2_ e-sil-te _sza3 ki-min_ | a kind of arid plant, esiltu-plant, ditto |
| 21 | [{u2}x]-ra-ri-a-nu _u2 ki-min ki-min_ | rārīnu-plant |
| 22 | [{u2}]kul#-la-nu _u2_ mi-qit2 _sza3_ bil-lum ina _kasz nag_ | You boil kullanu-plant, alum (and) billum-spurge in beer |
| 23 | [{u2}hal-tap-pa]-nu _u2_ mi-qit2 _sza3_ ina _kasz nag_ | You smear ḫaltappānu-plant, a dead plant from the inside of a pig in beer. |
| 24 | [{u2}x x x]-hu _u2 ki-min ki-min_ | ...-ḫu-plant |
| 25 | _[{u2}{gesz}]kiszi16 u2 ki-min ki-min_ | juniper, plant ditto, plant ditto |
| 26 | [{u2}x x x x] _sza3 u2 ki-min suhusz_-su _had2-a mar_ | ...-plant, whose root is ditto, is split: he will recover. |
| 27 | [...] ina _a id2_ u qi2-lip _zu2-lum-ma hi-hi_ | ... in the water of the river and the quay: dates will prosper. |
| 28 | [...] _nag had2-a mar_ ina _a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_ x [x] | ... you drench ... in pomegranate juice ... |
| 29 | [...] _nag_ [x] | ... you drink ... |
| 30 | [...] mi#-qit2 _sza3_-bi | ... illness inside it |
| 31 | [...] ana#? _gig du3-a-bi ki-min_ | ... for the illness, ditto. |
| 32 | [...] ina _kasz nag_ | ... you pound in beer |
| 33 | [...] x-szu2 | ... his |
| 34 | [...] x | |
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