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BAM 4, 408 (P285479)
Medical, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 4, 408 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285479 |
| Museum no. | VAT 14528 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] _hi#-hi munus bi il2?_-ma | ... that woman raises ... and |
| 2' | [...] _{gesz#}nu-ur2-ma {szim}hab_ | ... a cedar tree and ḫašû-plant |
| 3' | [...] x-ma#? ir-ri | ... he entered |
| 4' | [...] ina? _ge6?_ tusz-bat ina sze-ri3 nu pa-tan _nag_ | ... you sit? in the night?, in the morning on an empty stomach, |
| 6' | [...] x im id? usz | ... clay of the river |
| 7' | [...] x-ne2-e-tim _numun gada_ | ... ... seed of linen |
| 8' | [...] x-szi-ma ina-esz!(MESZ) | ... and he will get better. |
| 9' | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2' | ||
| 1' | _DISZ#_ [...] | If ... .... |
| 2' | _DISZ ki-min_ KU [...] | If ditto: ... .... |
| 3' | _disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ina _kasz#_ [...] | You mix huhu-plant in beer .... |
| 4' | _DISZ munus u3-tu_-ma x [...] | If a woman gives birth and ... .... |
| 5' | _illu {szim}buluh illu#_ [...] | a flood of baluhhu-aromatic, the flood ... |
| 6' | _tag?_-ma _i3-udu hi-hi#_ [...] | You smear (the mixture) with fat from a sheep ... |
| 7' | _{gesz}erin {szim}mug_ [...] | ... cedar, mugu-aromatic |
| 8' | _szeg6_-szal ina _tug2 sur_-ri# [...] | ... cold in a garment ... |
| 9' | [ina] _ga#-rig2-ak-a_ [...] | in a libation vessel ... |
| 10' | [...] x man x x [...] | ... ... |
Sources & licences
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