BAM 4, 393 (P285464)
Medical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 4, 393 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285464 |
| Museum no. | HS 1883 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
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| obverse 1 | If a man is bewitched: armannu-like turnip, salt . . . |
| obverse 2 | the kidney of a lamb that has not fed on grass up to now |
| obverse 3 | (and) . . ., you dry out, he eats it and then he will recover. |
| obverse 4 | If a man suffers from jaundice: |
| obverse 5 | you soak liquorice root in milk, then |
| obverse 6 | you leave it out overnight under the stars, then in filtered oil |
| obverse 7 | you combine it, and you make him drink it, then he will recover. |
| obverse 8 | If a man's teeth, worms: |
| obverse 9 | you crush sailor faeces in filtered oil, then |
| obverse 10 | if the right side of his teeth hurt, |
| obverse 11 | you pour it on the left side of his teeth; then he will recover. |
| obverse 12 | If the left side of his teeth hurt: |
| obverse 13 | you pour it on the right side of his teeth; then he will recover. |
| obverse 14 | If a man is full of gergishu-disease: roughly-ground malt flour |
| obverse 15 | in filtered oil, portion for portion, |
| obverse 16 | you combine it, and you place it (on him); then he will recover. |
| obverse 17 | If he doesn't recover: you put a warm iron (on him); then he will recover. |
| obverse 18 | If he does not recover: you put warm dregs (on him), then he will recover. |
| obverse 19 | If, as for a man, a scorpion stings him: |
| obverse 20 | you put saliva from an ox (on him); then he will recover. |
| obverse 21 | If both of a man's eyes are diseased: hartitu-flower |
| obverse 22 | you squeeze out and put it (on him): then he will recover. |
| obverse 23 | If a suffers from himit seti-disease: tillaqurdu-plant |
| obverse 24 | ashes, groats, mashtakal-plant, |
| obverse 25 | old brick, in sesame oil |
| obverse 26 | you combine, and . . . |
| obverse 27 | If a man . . . |
| reverse 1 | If a man . . . |
| reverse 2 | fruit tree . . . you place (on him): then he will recover. |
| reverse 3 | If man's forehead is swollen: |
| reverse 4 | you put tamarisk seed (on him); then he will recover. |
| reverse 5 | If a man is bitten by a dog, in order to |
| reverse 6 | prevent the puppies from being engendered: |
| reverse 7 | mashtakal-plant, henbane in butter oil |
| reverse 8 | you pulverize it, and he eats it; then he will recover. |
| reverse 9 | If a man's teeth (have) worms: scales of . . . |
| reverse 10 | you dry it out and you put it (on him); then he will recover. |
| reverse 11 | If a man's belly is bloated: black cumin |
| reverse 12 | he drinks in top-quality oil: then he will recover. |
| reverse 13 | If a man is bewitched: asafoetida root, |
| reverse 14 | he drinks in pure oil; then he will recover. |
| reverse 15 | If a man's anus is diseased: flesh of a living being |
| reverse 16 | you dry it out, combine it in pure oil, and cool it: then he will recover. |
| reverse 17 | If, after a blemish stings him, plucked wool, (branding) iron, . . . |
| reverse 18 | you lift them up; then he will recover. |
| reverse 19 | If a man's feet . . . the ground: |
| reverse 20 | you heat water in a cauldron and drench it (with it), |
| reverse 21 | you cool the oil from . . .; then he will recover. |
| reverse 22 | If a man's head suffers from himit seti-disease: |
| reverse 23 | you press his head down on a peg, and |
| reverse 24 | you pour out oil; then he will recover. |
| reverse 25 | If he is warm: you add oil; then he will recover. |
| reverse 26 | If a man's belly is continually swollen: |
| reverse 27 | he should drink ninu-plant in beer; then he will recover. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum ka-szi-ip la-pa2-at ar-ma-ni-ma t,a3-ab-ti ku-pa-ad | |
| 2 | ka-li-it ka-lu-mi-im sza a-di-ni sza-am-ma-am la ih-ru-t,am | |
| 3 | er-ni-ni tu-ra-ar-ma i-ka-al-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 4 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum a-u2-ri-qa2-nam ma-ru-us, | |
| 5 | i-szi-id szu-szi-im i-na szi-iz-bi-im ta-ra-sa3-an-ma | |
| 6 | i-na ka-ka-bi-im tu-usz-ba-at-ma i-na hi-il-s,i2-im | |
| 7 | tu-usz-te-te-ma ta-sza-qi2-szu-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 8 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum szi-in-na-szu tu-ul-tum | |
| 9 | ze-e ma-la-hi-im i-na hi-il-s,i2-im ta-sa-ak-ma | |
| 10 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ szi-in-na-szu sza i-mi-tim ma-ar-s,a-at-ma | |
| 11 | a-na szi-in-ni-szu sza szu-me-li-im ta-sza-pa-ak-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 12 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ szi-in-na-szu sza szu-me-li-im ma-ar-s,a-at | |
| 13 | a-na szi-in-ni-szu sza i-mi-tim ta-sza-pa-ak-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 14 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum ge-er-gi-sza-am ma-li ku-ku-usz-ta-am sza bu-uq-li-im | |
| 15 | i-na hi-il-s,i2-im ma-la a-na ma-la | |
| 16 | tu-usz-te-te-ma ta-sza-ka-an-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 17 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ la ib-lu-ut, szi-im-ta-am e-me2-ta-am ta-sza-ka#-[an]-ma# i-ne2-a-[asz] | |
| 18 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ la ib-lu-ut, tu-hi em-mu-tim ta-sza-ka-an-ma [i-ne2-a-asz] | |
| 19 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum zu-qi3-qi3-pu-um i-iz-qu2-[us-su] | |
| 20 | ru-pu-usz-ti al-pi-im ta-sza-ka-an-ma [i-ne2-a-asz] | |
| 21 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum i-na-szu ma-ar-s,a ha-ar-ti-tu# | |
| 22 | tu-he-si2-ma ta-sza-ka-an-ma i-ne2-a-[asz] | |
| 23 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum s,e-e-tam ha-mi-it, ti-la-qu#-[ur-da-am] | |
| 24 | t,i-gi-ma-am is-qi2-qa3-am am-ma-asz-ta-ka-[al] | |
| 25 | li-bi-tam la-bi-ir-tam i-na e-li-[im] | |
| 26 | tu-usz-te-te-ma i#-[x ...] | |
| 27 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum x [...] | |
| 28 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum ka-x [...] | |
| 2 | li-pi-ir s,e-tim ta#-[sza]-ka-an#-[ma i-ne2-a-asz] | |
| 3 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum pu-ut-su ka-ab-ta!-[at] | |
| 4 | ze2-er bi-ni-im ta-sza-ka-an-ma [i-ne2-a-asz] | |
| 5 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum ka-al-ba-am na-szi-ik asz-szum [mi-ra-num] | |
| 6 | la ba-ni-[i] | |
| 7 | am-ma-asz-ta-ka-al sza-ki-ru-tam i-na hi-me-ti | |
| 8 | ta-sa3-ak-ma i-ka-al-ma i-ne2-a-[asz] | |
| 9 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum szi-in-na-szu tu-ul-tum qu3-li-ip-ti# [...] | |
| 10 | tu-ra-ar-ma ta-sza-ka-an-ma i-ne2-a-[asz] | |
| 11 | _6(gesz2)# 4(u)#_ a-wi-lum li-ba-szu na-pi-isz zi-bi-bi-a-nam# | |
| 12 | i#-na ru-usz-tim i-sza-ti-ma i-ne2-a-[asz] | |
| 13 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum ka-szi-ip i-szi-id nu-hu-ur-[tam] | |
| 14 | i-na e-li-im i-sza-ti-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 15 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum szu-bu-ur-ra-am ma-ru-us,4 szi-ir na-ap-sza-tim | |
| 16 | tu-ra-ar-ma i-na e-li-im tu-usz-te-te-ma tu-ka-s,a-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 17 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ isz-tu ur-szu iz-za-qa2-at-su2 szi-im-t,am szi-im-tam u2-pi-tam | |
| 18 | ta-sza-qi2-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 19 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum sze-pa-szu qa2-qa2-ra-am le-ka | |
| 20 | me-e i-na ru-qi2-im tu-ma-ma ta-ra-ha-as,-ma | |
| 21 | isz-tu ip-ta-ri-a sza-am-na-nam tu-ka-s,a-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 22 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum qa2-qa2-su s,e-tam ha-mi-it, | |
| 23 | si2-ka-am qa2-qa2-su ta-s,a-pa-ar-ma | |
| 24 | sza-am-nam ta-sza-pa-ak-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 25 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ e-em sza-am-nam tu-re-di-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
| 26 | _6(gesz2) 4(u)_ a-wi-lum li-ib-ba-szu i-ta-na-an-pa-ah | |
| 27 | ni-ni-a-am i-na szi-ka-ri-im i-sza-ti-ma i-ne2-a-asz | |
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