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BAM 4, 404 (P285475)
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| Designation | BAM 4, 404 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285475 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14535 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
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' | [...] x [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] ina# _kasz hi#-hi_ | ... you mix in beer. |
| 3' | [... _gesztin] ka5#-a_ ina _kasz nag_ | You knead ... filtered wine in beer. |
| 4' | [...] _gig#_ ana _ti_-szu2 | ... illness for his life |
| 5' | [...] _dub_-ak-ma ina-esz | ... you strew and he will get better. |
| 6' | [... ana] _ti#_-szu2 {u2}pu-qut-tu4 _sud2_ | ... for his life he sprinkles puquttu-plant |
| 7' | [... x]-ma# _dur2_-szu2-ma ina-esz | ... ... and he will get better. |
| 8' | [...] _ra#?-ra-mesz u2_ sza2 hi-niq2-ti _ud-me_-szu2 _nag-mesz_ | ... he will become ill and drink the plant of his good fortune. |
| 9' | [...] x szum4-ma _en-te-ne egir_ <u2>-ta-na-har-szu2 | ... ... If the en priestess after he has turned him |
| 10' | [...] x _{szim}man-du_ lu ina _gesztin_ lu ina _kasz nag-mesz_ | You mix ... mandu-aromatic in wine or beer |
| 11' | [...] x-szu2 ina kap-pi _zabar_ ga x-szu2 | ... his ... with a bronze bowl ... |
| 12' | [...] x _u2-hi-a du3-a-bi nu#-nu#_ | ... ... its built-up plants are not fertile. |
| 13' | [...] x _sumun_ {u2}x x x s,u# [...] | ... wild bull ... ... |
| 14' | [...] x _sud2_ ina _kasz_ [...] | ... ... you put ... in beer ... |
| 15' | [...] ti# [...] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] da-li-li-ki lud-lul _sag#?_ [...] | ... I want to sing your praises ... |
| 2' | [... an]-nu#-te kas,3-ra lu hi-niq-ti _bun_ lu _dur2# gig#_ | ... these are overturned, may it be an ominous omen, or a sick lung. |
| 3' | [...] x lu mim-ma _gig_ sza2 ana _dur2 nu zu_-u2 | ... ... or any illness that is not known to the throne |
| 4' | [...] sza2# {d}ma2 _hi-hi {u2}dili_ {u2}mat-qa | ... of the god Ma, ḫīḫu-plant, lupin, matqa-plant |
| 5' | [...] sa#-kip _dingir en2_ an-ni-ti 3(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu# | You recite this incantation three times. |
| 6' | [...] isz#-szu2-ma sza u2 _gal_-i | ... he took, and that of the great plant |
| 7' | [...] x _na ugu_-szu2 _kum2_ u2-kal | ... ... will hold ... over him. |
| 8' | [...] ku# _e2-ki sar_-ma | ... ... written in Eki. |
| 9' | [... li]-iz#-za-kir szu-mu | ... may he proclaim my name. |
| 10' | [...] _be#? dub_-pa | ... is written |
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