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BAM 4, 382 (P285453)
Medical, Babylon
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| Designation | BAM 4, 382 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285453 |
| Museum no. | VAT 17406 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | [...] _u2# babbar mun eme-sal-la_ | ... white plant, salt from emesallu-plant |
| 2 | [...] x _babbar hi-hi_ te-qit sza2 bir-rat _igi_ | ... white ...: you take a copy of the incantation of the birratu-mark. |
| 3 | [...] _u2 babbar {szim}gig u5 argab{muszen}_ | ... white plant, ēdu-aromatic, alum |
| 4 | [... _i3]-gesz hi-hi_ te-qit sza2 _uzu du_ | ... you take a libation bowl of roasted meat. |
| 5 | _mun#_ eme#-[sal-lim] _ze2 gu2-bi2{ku6}_ {u2}kur-ka-nam | salt, emesallu-salt, fatty tissue of a fish, kurkanû-plant |
| 6 | _u2 babbar_ ina _i3-nun-na hi-hi_ te-qit sza2 _gissu zi_-ha | You mix white plant in ghee, you daub his eyes with it. |
| 7 | _u2 babbar {na4}gug# pesz10-{d}id2_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ | white plant, carnelian (and) ēšû-stone with fat |
| 8 | te-qit sza2 _er2 tar!(IM)_-si | “The extispicy of the lamentation-formula, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _{szim}szesz u2 babbar u5 argab{muszen} mun eme-sal-la_ | myrtle, white plant, alum, emesallu-salt |
| 2 | _{u2}gur2-gur2_ {u2}a-szi# _{u2}kur-ra{sar}_ | lettuce, ēdu-plant, kurru-plant |
| 3 | ina x _hi-hi_ te-qit sza2 ha-am-mu-ra-bi | in ... a reed bundle of Hammurabi |
| 4 | _gir2#_-u _uruda-bad#? gir2_-u _u2 babbar gir2_-u _u5 argab{muszen}_ | “If he slips through a hole in a copper pipe, if he falls into a white hole in an alabaster plant, |
| 5 | [...] x _na4#-gug#_ hal-lu-ru _{u2}mud_ | ... ... carnelian, alum |
| 6 | [...] _igi#_-lim ina _lal3 {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_ | ... will become visible in honey from a cedar |
| 7 | [... te]-qit# sza2 a-mur-din-nu | ... the extispicy of Amurdinnu. |
| 8 | [...] le#-u5 _dub#_ na-as-ha | ... a copy of the tablet is missing. |
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