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BAM 4, 403 (P285474)

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DesignationBAM 4, 403
IDP285474
Museum no.VAT 14532
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
GenreMedical

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1[...] 1/2(disz) _sila3_ sah-le2-e 1/2(disz) _sila3 naga si_... 1/2 qû of cress, 1/2 qu? of alkali-plant,
2[...] x _na2-a 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3-kum 1/2(disz) sila3 {szim}li_... ... half a sila3 of coarse flour, 1/2 sila2 of juniper
3[...] _gu2-tur 1/2(disz) sila3 {u2}szibir?{sar} 1/2(disz) sila3 numun gesz_... lamb, 1/2 sila3 of šibir-plant, half sila3, seeds of a tree
4[...] an#-nu-ti _disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _kasz_ ina _szen-tur_ tara-bakYou crush these ... together, you stir them into a paste in beer, and then you put it on as a bandage.
5[...] _igi-gig la2_-ma _u4 3(disz)-kam2 nu du8_-ar2... there will be an eye-mark and the 3rd day will not be completed.
6[...] _{u2}kur-ra_ ina _kasz nag_-ma ina _esz_ {u2}sziz-ba-na ina _kasz nag_-ma# ina _esz_... you pound kurru-plant in beer, and then you knead it in oil (and) šišbānu-juniper in beer and then he will recover.
7[...] x _{u2}igi_-lim ina _kasz_ tara-bak ina _mul4_ tusz-bat ina sze-ri3 la-am _giri3_-szu2 ana _ki gar nu nag#_... ... you mix alum in beer, you sit down in the star, in the morning, his foot is set towards the ground, he does not drink it.
8[...] _mesz_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu2 _na bi mur-mesz gig_ ana _din_-szu2 _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}x [...]... his intestines hurt him, that man suffers from sick anus. To cure him: mint, ...-plant
9[...] x{sar} _sila11_-asz ina _kusz ansze edin sur_-ri _ki_ u _masz-sila3-mesz u4 2(disz)-kam2 lal2_ [x x]... silāš-plant in a leather bag with a donkey in the steppe on the ground, and goats on the 2nd day honey ...
10[...] x {u2}szu-nim {u2}tu-la2 _had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-[asz ...]... šunû-plant (and) tulālu-plant you crush, you knead tamarisk in juice from gazelle ...
11[...] _{szim}li_ {u2}tar-musz ina _kasz-sag_ tara-muk ina mi-[x x x x]... you mix juniper, tarmuš-plant in prime-quality beer, in ...
12[...] _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak ina _kasz {szim}bal#_ [x x x x]... you smear his ... (and) you mix it in beer with baltu-juniper ...
13[...] ra _sag-ki_ x [...]... the forehead ... ...
14[...]
15[...]
16[...]
reverse
1'[...]
2'[...] _mesz na bi#_ [...]... ... that ...
3'[...] x ina _kasz3 u8-udu-hi-a#_ [...]... ... in beer of ewes ...
4'[... ina ba-lu] pa-tan _nag#_ [...]... you libate on an empty stomach ...
5'[x x x] tara#-bak u x [x x x] x x _gig_ an-nu x [...]You boil ... and ... this illness ... ....
6'[x x x x] ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 [x x x]... with sheep's fat, for his resting place ...
7'[x x x x] x-lat _im_ u-ud-da _diri_ u2 x u2 nis-hu _DISZ na_ x [x x x]... ... of clay, dust, ... and a little bit. If a man ....
8'[x x _{m}]di_ a-bi-bi ki-i _ka im-<gid2> gaba-[ri_ ...]... my father, when he opened the mouth of the gate
9'[x x x] ki _sar_-ma _igi {m}{d}ag-a-mu-a_ ana [x] x [x]Written and checked and before Nabû-apla-iddina to ...
10'[x x x] isz-tur-ma ana {d}3(u) _gi a_ {m}dan-da-har ib2-ru3he returned and to Sin a reed from Dandahar he cut off.

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