BAM 4, 406 (P285477)
Medical
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| Designation | BAM 4, 406 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285477 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14530 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [...] kur#-ka-na-a-am _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz_ [...] | ... kurkanû-plant, you pound it in oil ... |
| 4' | [...] HAR# {u2}x x {u2}kur-ka-nam _{gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3 {gesz}dub-ra#-an_ [...] | ... ..., kurkanû-plant, cedar, cypress, šubartu-wood |
| 5' | [...] _{d}masz [{szim}]li {szim}gam-ma szim-me i3 {gesz}erin sumun_ {u2}si-[hu] | ... Ninurta, burāšu-aromatic, cumin, juniper, oil, old cedar, sīḫu-plant |
| 6' | [...] {u2}x [x] _{gesz}geszimmar-tur gi szul-hi disz_-nisz _gaz# sim# gin7_ KAL KI TAR [...] | ... ... date palm, reed, and šulḫu-tree, he will be killed. Like a sulphur ... |
| 7' | [...] x-lu u2 kam#-ka#-du 3(disz) _ud_-mi ina _kasz3_ tusz-te-mid | ... ... and kamkadu-plant. You put it in beer for three days. |
| 8' | [...] ma NE.NE me-hu-u2 _kum2_ tuh-lu _kum2_ mu-ti _kum2_ sip-tu4 _kum2#_ [x x x] | ... ... mehû-disease, mucus, tuhlu, muti, siptu, ... |
| 9' | [...] x e-mi ana _ki_-sza-tu4 u2-s,a-am-ma _nu_ szam-szu-ti-ma ul [...] | ... ..., he went down to the underworld, but he was not ill and he did not ... |
| 10' | [...] ma NE KA# x [x x] | ... ... |
| 11' | [...] _pesz10#-{d}id2 {szim}gur2-gur2_ ni-kip-tu4 ina _nita_ u _munus disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _i3-nun-na hi-hi en2_ [x x] | ... ēšu-iddin, gurgur-aromatic (and) nikiptu-spurge in a man and a woman: you crush the resin in ghee. Incantation formula. |
| 12' | [...] | |
| 13' | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] IR# x x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] szim-ma-tu2 u2-kal-la _kum2# tuku#-tuku_-a [...] | ... he holds the šimmatu-aromatic, he is a strong one ... |
| 3' | _[gi] szul#-hi_ x x _nu_-tim [x] x _mun_ eme#-[sal-lim ...] | reed, sulhû-plant, ... ... salt, emesallu-salt ... |
| 4' | [...] x x u _kasz_ ina _nindu usz2_-er _e11_-ma x [...] | ... ... and beer is killed in a cauldron; it rises and .... |
| 5' | [...] _tuku_-a _nag-mesz_-szu2 it-ta-x-[...] | ... has ..., his drinks ... ... |
| 6' | [... _{u2}]har#-har {gesz}szinig {u2}in-nu-usz {u2}a-[x ...] | harhar-plant, tamarisk, innuš-plant (and) ...-plant |
| 7' | [...] _giri3-min_-szu2 x [...] | ... his feet ... ... |
| 8' | [...] x-tu2 _tuku_-a _nag-mesz_-szu2 x-_mesz_-szu2 | ... has ...: his ... will drink, his .... |
| 9' | [...] _ti_-szu2 _{gesz}szinig_ {u2}x [...] | ... his life ... tamarisk |
| 10' | [...] _du_-uh? [...] | ... he will recover? ... |
Sources & licences
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