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BAM 4, 405 (P285476)
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| Designation | BAM 4, 405 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285476 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14527 + VAT 14533 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ni-kip-tu4 _pesz10-{d}[id2_ ...] | ... Nikkiptu, Eš-Id ... |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x ra-tar _{u2}har-lum-ma-szir_ [...] | ... ... of harlû-plant ... |
| 5' | [...] x _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _i3 {gesz}erin hi-hi szesz2-me su_ x [x x] | ... ... you dry (and) crush it in cedar oil, šēdu-plant ... |
| 6' | [...] x x ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}hu-si-ra-nu _{u2}har-har {u2}kur_ [x] | ... for his life husirānu-plant, harhar-plant (and) ...-plant |
| 7' | [...] _{u2}in-nu-usz naga si suhusz_ {gesz}szu-szi _suhusz {u2}sikil gazi{sar} 1(u) 2(disz) u2_ [x x] | ... maštakal-plant, alkali, root of a date palm (and) root of sikillu-plant; 12 plants ... |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ra x _kasz3_ [x x x] sa#-ku _du_-ma _szu-min_-szu2 u _giri3-min_-szu2 un-da-na-asz2-sza2-'a gi-na-a _tar_-ta-na _tar_ x [x] | ... beer ... he goes and his hands and feet are constantly swollen. The regular offerings ... |
| 9' | [x x x x x] RA A u2-kal _egir_ an-ni-i _{u2}igi_-lim ina _i3 szesz2_-su-ma u isz-tu an-na-a te-te-eb-szu2 x [x] | ... he will eat. After this a bellows with oil his brother and from this you will emerge ... |
| 10' | [{u2}]qu#-ud-ru ina _ugu sig4 al-ur3-ra# im_ me-tu2 _en ir_ u2-masz-sza2-ru tu-sze-szeb-szu2-ma _gin7 ir_ um-tasz-szi-ru | You sprinkle qudru-plant on the bricks, you scatter the clay of the lord of the river, you make him shiver like a river, and he will recover. |
| 11' | [a]-he#-en-na _gaz sim_ ina _dug kam_ ina _a gazi{sar#}_ tara-bak x {zi3}sa-a x _ziz2-an-na {u2}har-har_ ana _igi_ ta-szab-bah x _szu-min_-szu2 u _giri3-min_-szu2 _la2#_ | You crush together. You put tamarisk oil in a jar, you stir it into a paste in juice from kasû-herb ('tamarind'). You sprinkle sāʾu-flour, x ḫaštakal-plant (and) harhar-plant in front of him. You bandage his hands and feet. |
| 12' | [x x] kin-s,a-a-szu2 _du8-mesz a gazi{sar} a {gesz}sze-nu-a munu6_ {u2}ak-tam _izi sal_ kin-s,i-szu2 _ra-mesz {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li#_ | ... his limbs are split: tamarisk juice, juniper juice, malt, nīnû-plant, alum (and) šūlu-fire. |
| 13' | _{szim}mug duh-lal3_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ina _kusz sur_-ri _la2_ | mugu-aromatic (a kind of juniper) (and) honey in sheep fat you wrap in a leather (bag). |
| 14' | _DISZ na_ kin-s,a-a-szu2 _giri3-min_-u2 _tag_-ma _{u2}ga2_ [x] x szu2 ana _ti-la_-szu2 _numun_ {u2}tar-musz3 _numun {u2}ab2-duh numun_ {u2}ak-tam _numun {gesz}ma-[nu]_ | If a man’s sleep is affected by ditto and he is constantly deprived of ... grass for his life: seeds of tarmuš-plant, seed of abduḫ-plant (and) seed of nīnû-tree (a kind of juniper), seed of manu-plant |
| 15' | {u2}si-ha {u2}ar2-gan-nu {u2}ba-ri-[ru] _sud2_ [x x] har {u2}ak-tam _u2-hi#-a#_ an#-nu-tim _disz_-nisz _ti_ [x] | sīḫu-plant, ārgannu-plant (and) barīru-plant ..., harû-plant and baktam-plant. These plants ... |
| 16' | [...] _{uruda}szen#-tur gin7_ x [...] | ... like a small copper kettledrum |
| 17' | [...] | |
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