In Remedies
Measured beer, wine and oil (BAM 4, 409)
Medical text from Uruk with quantities for each ingredient and a scribal colophon.
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| Designation | BAM 4, 409 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Medical |
| Provenience | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Findspot | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
| CDLI no. | P285480 |
| Source | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative — CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) |
| Lines | 71 (71 with machine English) |
| Font | NotoSansCuneiform (generic face, any period), by Google / Monotype Design Team (Noto project) |
Machine draft. English generated by model atf-en-best-v2 (montycrypto/atf-to-english) (version d871547f92875415dbbc7f4a37fd65e35f8ac97d) on 2026-10-05, line by line from the ATF. Not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Cuneiform | English (machine draft) |
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| 1' | x _sze10 munu4# gu2#?_ [...] | × 𒅊 𒉽𒉽 · | ... malt... |
| 2' | _kusz ansze_ tur-ar2 [x x] x [...] | · · 𒌉𒅈 · · × | the donkey's skin is small......... |
| 3' | 4(u) _gin2 szesz2 {u2}in-nu-usz_ tur#-ar2 _sud2_ x [...] | · 𒍤𒀀 · ·𒉡𒍑 𒌉𒅈 𒋤 × | 40 shekels of...-plant, small onions,...... |
| 4' | _sahar kun4 edin gal sud2 mar_ ina _ellag2 gu4_ tu-x [...] | 𒅖 𒄿𒇻 𒂔 𒃲 𒋤 𒈥 𒀸 𒆸 𒄖 𒂅× | earth was surrounded by a tail of a large steppe; there was a mole in the halo of the ox;...... |
| 5' | _kusz ansze_ tur-ar2 _{u2}dar_ har-ra-nu ina _i3-gesz szesz2#_ [...] | · · 𒌉𒅈 · 𒄯𒅆𒉡 𒀸 𒉌· · | a donkey skin, small, small,...-plant, with oil, brother... |
| 6' | _{u2}dar_ har-ra-nu _la2_ x _sa6_-e tur-ar2 _igi gig tag#?_ x | · 𒄯𒅆𒉡 𒆷 × 𒊓𒂊 𒌉𒅈 𒅆 𒍼 · × | a harrnu-plant, a... reddish..., sick eye... |
| 7' | ka-tu-x-x pi-tu _igi gig# szesz2 mar szub#_ [x] | 𒅗𒂅×× 𒉿𒂅 𒅆 𒍼 · 𒈥 · · | ......, the eye of a brother,...... |
| 8' | _ukusz2-hab had2-a gaz sim a-mesz# gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_-id# | 𒂇𒍑𒆸 𒉺𒁕 𒄤 𒉆 𒁕· · 𒋻𒄷 𒆷𒀉 | You crush crushed cucumbers, crushed musukkannu-trees, crushed water, and crush it. |
| 9' | _sze10 nam-lu2-u18-lu_ ina _kasz3 ur-gi7_ tara-bak _la2_-id# | 𒅊 𒉆𒇽𒌋𒇲 𒀸 · 𒋺𒄀 𒋻𒄷 𒆷𒀉 | You libate the barley and the people with beer. You libate beer. |
| 10' | _{szim}gam-ma {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ ina _i3-udu duh-lal3 hi-hi la2_ [x] | ·𒈠 ·𒄥 · 𒀸 𒉌𒇻 𒂃𒇲 𒄭𒄭 𒆷 · | cumin, juniper, juniper, (and) juniper with oil...... |
| 11' | _DISZ na_ sa-ma-nu lu-u2 _sa5_ lu-u2 _ge6_ lu-u2 _sig7_ lu-u2 _[babbar?]_ | 𒁹 𒈾 𒊓𒈠𒉡 𒇲𒌋 𒋛𒀀 𒇲𒌋 𒄀 𒇲𒌋 𒅗 𒇲𒌋 · | If a man is surrounded by a red halo, or a black or yellow-green..., |
| 12' | lu-u2 s,e-tu lu-u2 mi-hi-is, _{gesz}dala2_ it-tab-[szi] | 𒇲𒌋 ·𒂅 𒇲𒌋 𒈪𒄭· · 𒀉𒋰· | or a snare or a snare has borne |
| 13' | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li sze10 munu4 gu2-gal gu2-tur#_ | ·𒄥 · 𒅊 𒉽𒉽 𒄘𒃲 𒄘· | juniper, juniper, juniper, malt, small onions |
| 14' | _sze10 tu{muszen}-mesz {zi3}sze-gig-ba illu li-dur zi3 gazi#?{sar#}_ | 𒅊 ·· ·𒍼𒉿 𒀀𒆗 𒇷𒄙 𒉈 · | The barley of the pigeons, the black-headed ebtu-flour, the river level, and the fine flour |
| 15' | _szu_ szur-szum-mi _kasz_ tara-bak _la2_-id | 𒊒 ··𒈪 · 𒋻𒄷 𒆷𒀉 | you libate beer. |
| 16' | szum-ma _mud2_ u _lugud!(|BI.UD|) szub-mesz_ sah-le-e ina _a-mesz gazi{sar}_ tara-bak _la2_ | ·𒈠 𒄷𒄭 𒌋 ·· ·· 𒆤𒇷𒂊 𒀸 𒁕· · 𒋻𒄷 𒆷 | If blood and sulphur are piled up in water, you mix (the mixture) with water. |
| 17' | _DISZ {lu2}tur_ sa-ma-nu _dab_-su _{d}nin-ki_ x? tur-ar2 _sud2 mar_-ub | 𒁹 · 𒊓𒈠𒉡 𒁳𒆸 ·𒆠 × 𒌉𒅈 𒋤 𒈥𒌒 | If a baby is seized by a man: Ninki(?)... the baby is seized. |
| 18' | _DISZ gig gar_-szu2 _ge6_ ha-ra-su _mu-ni_ | 𒁹 𒍼 𒃻𒊒 𒄀 𒄩𒅆𒆸 𒄭𒉌 | If a sow gives birth to a black pig: his name |
| 19' | ana _su lu2_ bir-di _diri-mesz_-ma _uzu#-mesz#_-szu2 | 𒁹 𒆸 𒇽 𒄵𒁕 𒋛𒀀·𒈠 𒍜·𒊒 | to the body of a man are scattered, and his flesh |
| 20' | u2-zaq-qa3#?-tu#? u ri-szu-ta _szub-szub_-su ha-ra-su _mu-ni_ | 𒌋𒍠𒋡𒂅 𒌋 𒊑𒊒𒁕 ··𒆸 𒄩𒅆𒆸 𒄭𒉌 | ... and a riutu(?), his arasi, his name |
| 21' | _gu2-gal gu2-tur gu2_ sza2 har-ra-<ni?> _sze-gesz-i3_ bu-un-nu-tu4 | 𒄘𒃲 𒄘𒌉 𒄘 · 𒄯𒅆· 𒅊·𒉌 𒁍𒌦𒉡𒂅 | big oxen, small oxen, necks of arrnu-seeds>, sesame grown, |
| 22' | x _SAR#?-mesz 1(disz) gin2-ta-am3 ti_-qe2 _disz_-nisz ta-mar-raq | × 𒉡· · 𒍤𒀀𒁕𒀀𒀭 𒁲𒆥 𒁹· 𒁕𒈥𒊩 | You take... sar(?), 1 shekel each, and you take it away. |
| 23' | ina _i3#-udu# {gesz#}sur-min3# hi-hi szesz2_-su | 𒀸 𒉌𒇻 ·𒈫 𒄭𒄭 ·𒆸 | with sheep oil, uu-juniper, his brother |
| 24' | x [x x x x] x x ma u _zi3-kum_ ta-la-szi | × · × × · × × 𒈠 𒌋 𒉈𒄣 𒁕𒆷· | You take... and flour. |
| 25' | x [x x] _szesz2# 4(disz) u4_-mi _la2-mesz_-su ina sze-<ri3> ina-esz | × · · · · 𒌓𒈪 𒆷·𒆸 𒀸 𒅊· 𒀸· | ... brother, 4 days of his deficit in the morning, in the morning |
| 26' | [x x] x x x x la#-pa#-ti# da#?-ni _kum2_-im | · · × × × × 𒆷𒁁𒁲 𒁕𒉌 𒄣𒅎 | ... old... |
| 27' | [x] x x x [x]-szu2#? x [x] _kum2#? tuku#?_-szi | · × × × ·𒊒 × · 𒄣 ·· | .... his..... |
| 28' | x [x x] a#?-ka#?-la _kasz_ mut,#-t,u# sza-da-nu _mu#-ni_ | × · · 𒁕𒅗𒆷 · ·· ·𒁕𒉡 𒄭𒉌 | ...... beer, mutu-beer, shadnu-beer, his name |
| 29' | x [x x] x x x x na {u2}ur2#-nu-u2 _{u2}ab2-duh#_ | × · · × × × × 𒈾 ·𒉡𒌋 ·· | ... urnû-plant, acacia |
| 30' | x kal li#? _{szim}buluh_ {szim}x | × 𒆗 𒇷 · · | ... of all kinds of aromatics |
| 31' | _numun gi du10 a zu2-lum-ma_ x _{u2}gir2-hab kur-ra#_ | 𒆰 𒄀 𒁲 𒁕 𒀸𒈝𒈠 × ·𒆸 𒆳· | seed of good reed, water of dates, girhab-plant of the mountain |
| 32' | {u2#}{d#}x x x ina szur-szum-mi _kasz_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak _la2_-ma ina-esz | · × × 𒀸 ··𒈪 · 𒀸 ·𒌉 𒋻𒄷 𒆷𒈠 𒀸· | You pour...-plant in a libation of beer in a small cypress and then he will recover. |
| 33' | _DISZ gig gar_-szu2 ki-ma _na3_ da#?-an#? qer#?-be2#-nu-um#?-ma | 𒁹 𒍼 𒃻𒊒 𒆠𒈠 𒈾 𒁕𒁹 𒄫𒁁𒉡𒌝𒈠 | If a sick person's face is like a stone... in the middle of it |
| 34' | i#!?-rab!(LIL)-bi qer#-be2#-nu#-um#-ma# it#-ta-na-lak | 𒄿·𒁉 𒄫𒁁𒉡𒌝𒈠 𒀉𒁕𒈾𒋃 | he will enter into the middle of the 'finger.' |
| 35' | na-szu-sza2 _zi_-a# [x x] _gub#?_-zi _nu_ i-le-'-i sza2-da-nu _mu-ni_ | 𒈾𒊒· 𒉈𒁕 · · ·𒉈 𒉡 𒄿𒇷𒄿 ·𒁕𒉡 𒄭𒉌 | her life... stand............ |
| 36' | _tag {d}amar-utu_ u _{d}nin-urta ukusz2-hab illu li-dur_ | 𒋳 ·𒌓 𒌋 ·𒅁 𒂇𒍑𒆸 𒀀𒆗 𒇷𒄙 | The illness of Marduk and Ninurta will afflict the flood. |
| reverse | |||
| 1 | _uzu-dir-kur-ra illu {szim}buluh_ | 𒍜𒋛𒀀𒆳𒅆 𒀀𒆗 · | a thigh, a flood of aromatics |
| 2 | _gukkal#?_ la-a'-'u3 x [x] zi#? tu-ul-du-szu2 | · 𒆷·· × · 𒉈 𒂅𒌌𒁲𒊒 | a fat-tailed sheep... his life |
| 3 | 5(disz) _gin2 sze-gesz-i3 2(disz) gin2_ x 2(disz) gin2 i3-udu ellag2 gu4_ | · 𒍤𒀀 𒅊·𒉌 · 𒍤𒀀 × · 𒍤𒀀 𒉌𒇻 𒆸 𒄖 | 5 shekels of sesame, 2 shekels of..., 2 shekels of sheep oil, an ox; |
| 4 | 2(disz) _gin2 mun ku3-pad 2(disz) gin2#_ sah-le-e | · 𒍤𒀀 𒁵 𒆬𒉻 · · 𒆤𒇷𒂊 | 2 shekels of silver, 2 shekels of chick-peas, |
| 5 | 1(disz) _gin2 {u2}gamun{sar#?} 1(disz) gin2 {u2}hur-sag_ | · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒊕 | 1 shekel of cumin, 1 shekel of ursag-plant |
| 6 | _pap 2(u) 2(disz) u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti# _disz_-nisz _gaz sud2_ | 𒉽 · · 𒌋𒄭𒁕 𒁹𒉡𒁲 𒁹· 𒄤 𒋤 | total: 22 uhu-plants, these are the ingredients of Nish. |
| 7 | ina _ga-rasz a_ {gesz}nu-ur2!(KA)-ma#?_ ina _{uruda}szen!(TUR)-tur_ tara-bak ina _kusz sur la2_-id | 𒀸 𒂵· 𒁕 ··· 𒀸 ·𒌉 𒋻𒄷 𒀸 · 𒋩 𒆷𒀉 | You pour water from a thornbush in a small thornbush. You wrap it in a leather bag. |
| 8 | _numun# {gesz}duh#-lal# numun {gesz}ma-nu_ {u2}tar-musz {u2}el-kul-la | 𒆰 ·𒇲 𒆰 ·𒉡 ·· ·𒆰𒆷 | seed, dulal plant, seed, manu-plant, tarmu-plant, Elkulla |
| 9 | ina _kasz u4 3(disz)-kam2 nag#-mesz_-szu2 _{u2}dili sud2_ ina _i3-nun#-na hi-hi szesz2_ | 𒀸 · 𒌓 ·𒄰 𒅘·𒊒 · 𒋤 𒀸 𒉌𒉣𒈾 𒄭𒄭 · | On the 3rd day: he will eat his beer; he will eat a lard in the butter oil; he will die. |
| 10 | _en2 gig ku3#-ga# gig# ku3-ga gig bar_ [x] _gig bar ku3-ga#_ | 𒋙𒀭 𒍼 𒆬𒂵 𒍼 𒆬𒂵 𒍼 𒁇 · 𒍼 𒁇 𒆬· | Incantation: bitter illness, bitter illness, bitter illness, bitter illness, bitter illness, bitter illness. |
| 11 | _gig bar ku3-ga gig ku3-ga sukud-da : gig#_ x x x _gig#?_ x | 𒍼 𒁇 𒆬𒂵 𒍼 𒆬𒂵 𒃴𒁕 · × × × · × | ... sick, sick, sick, sick, sick,... |
| 12 | _gig me zah-zah# gig me bir-bir gig me pi-pi#?_ [x x x] _en2_ | 𒍼 𒅗 𒉈𒉈 𒍼 𒅗 𒄵𒄵 𒍼 𒅗 𒉿· · × · 𒋙𒀭 | The sick one, the sick one, the sick one, the sick one, the sick one, the sick one,... the incantation priest. |
| 13 | _DISZ na_ szu2-ha-hu ana _ugu#?_ tu# x ha#? a-na [x x] x bar#? | 𒁹 𒈾 𒊒𒄩𒊑 𒁹 · 𒂅 × 𒄩 𒁕𒈾 · · × 𒁇 | If a man is seized by... on top of....... |
| 14 | u _muszen_ a-na _an_-e ma [x x x] x tu#-masz [x x] ka# | 𒌋 · 𒁕𒈾 𒁹𒂊 𒈠 · × · × 𒂅· · · 𒅗 | and the bird to the sky......... |
| 15 | 1(u) _gin2 {u2}nu-luh-ha 1(u) gin2_ {u2}ur2#-nu-u2 1(u) _gin2#_ [x x x 1(u)] _gin2#_ sah-le-e | · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒈛𒄩 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒉡𒌋 · · · × × · · 𒆤𒇷𒂊 | 10 shekels of nuluhhu-plant, 10 shekels of urnû-plant, 10 shekels of..., 10 shekels of sahlû-plant |
| 16 | 1(u) _gin2 gazi{sar} 1(u) gin2_ {u2}szu-mut-tu4 1(u) _gin2_ [x x 1(u)] _gin2# {szim}gam-ma_ | · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒄷𒄭𒂅 · 𒍤𒀀 · × · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒈠 | 10 shekels of sumac, 10 shekels of umuttu-plant, 10 shekels..., 10 shekels of cumin |
| 17 | 1(u) _gin2 {szim}man-du 1(u) gin2 {szim}ses 1(u) gin2 {szim}gir2 1(u) gin2 {gesz#}erin_ | · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒁲 · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 · | 10 shekels of mandu-plant, 10 shekels of aromatics, 10 shekels of cypress, 10 shekels of cedar |
| 18 | 1(u) _gin2 {gesz}erin-sumun 1(u) gin2_ {u2}si-hu 1(u) _gin2_ {u2}ar2-gan-na 1(u) _gin2_ {u2}ba-ri-ra-tu4 | · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒌀 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒊑 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒃶𒈾 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒊑𒅆𒂅 | 10 shekels of cedar, 10 shekels of siu-plant, 10 shekels of argannu-plant, 10 shekels of bariratu-plant |
| 19 | 1(u) _gin2 gi du10-ga 1(u) gin2 {u2}har-har 1(u) gin2 sag#?_ x _babbar 1(u) gin2 {szim}mug_ | · 𒍤𒀀 𒄀 𒁲𒂵 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒄯 · 𒍤𒀀 · × 𒌓 · 𒍤𒀀 · | 10 shekels of good reed, 10 shekels of arar-plant, 10 shekels... white, 10 shekels of mug-aromatic |
| 20 | 1(u) _gin2 {szim}gig 1(u) gin2 {szim}sal 1(u) gin2 naga si 1(u) gin2 sze-munu6?_ | · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 𒉀 𒁍 · 𒍤𒀀 𒅊· | 10 shekels of myrrh, 10 shekels of alkali, 10 shekels of alkali, 10 shekels of horned alkali, |
| 21 | 1(u) _gin2 na4_ ga-bi-i 3(disz) _gin2 {u2}kur-kur 5(disz) gin2 {u2}masz-tab-ba 1(u) gin2 zi3? gi illu!(KAL) zu2-lum-ma_ | · 𒍤𒀀 𒈾 𒂵𒁉𒄿 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒆳 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒋰𒉿 · 𒍤𒀀 𒉈 𒄀 · 𒀸𒈝𒈠 | 10 shekels of gibi-stone, 3 shekels of kurkur-plant, 5 shekels of mashtababa-plant, 10 shekels of reed, flood-reed, dates, |
| 22 | 1(u) _gin2_ {u2}szib-bur-ra-ti 1(u) _gin2 {u2}kur-ra#_ | · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒁓𒅆𒁲 · 𒍤𒀀 ·· | 10 shekels of ibburtu-plant, 10 shekels of kurra-plant |
| 23 | _pap 3(u) 3(disz) u2-hi-a_ mar-ha-s,u sza2 hi-mi-<it,> s,e-ti szi#-bit,# _im#_ | 𒉽 · · 𒌋𒄭𒁕 𒈥𒄩· · 𒄭𒈪· ·𒁲 ·· · | total: 33 uu-seeds,... of imitu-sheep,..., |
| 24 | szim-mat sza2-asz2-sza2-t,u _szu gidim_ za-ma-na ba-ri-ra _kala gig gig du3_ | ·𒆳 ·𒀸·· 𒊒 𒄇 𒍪𒈠𒈾 𒉿𒊑𒅆 𒆗 𒍼 𒍼 𒁲 | Written according to the original and collated. The hand of a ghost is smashed, the whole body is sick. |
| 25 | 5(disz) _sila3 kasz 1(disz) sila3 kasz3 gesztin-na# 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz_ ina _izi_ tu-szab-szal | · 𒋻 · · 𒋻 · ·𒈾 · 𒋻 𒉌· 𒀸 𒉈 𒂅𒉺𒅁· | 5 liters of beer, 1 liter of beer, wine, 1/2 liter of oil, you set it in fire. |
| 26 | ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ma _lu2_ szu2-u2 _ti_-ut, | 𒁹 𒄙𒊒 𒁾𒈠 𒇽 𒊒𒌋 𒁲· | He will recover from his illness and that man will recover. |
| 27 | _en2_ sa-a-su2 _mu_-ka bar x x x [x] | 𒋙𒀭 𒊓𒁕𒆸 𒄭𒅗 𒁇 × × × · | Incantation: Oath, your name... |
| 28 | _en2_ ti be/gam ti i ka s,a!(TAR) ta x [x x x] x x x [x] | 𒋙𒀭 𒁲 · 𒁲 𒄿 𒅗 · 𒁕 × · × · × × × · | Incantation: "Will he who can see, see it?" |
| 29 | KAM ta hu sze? dir la ka sza2? ta#? [...] | 𒄰 𒁕 𒊑 𒅊 𒋛𒀀 𒆷 𒅗 · 𒁕 | From/by means of(?)... barley(?) |
| 30 | ki#?-i _an-szar2_ mi-ti ki-i _an-szar2_ u [...] | 𒆠𒄿 𒁹· 𒈪𒁲 𒆠𒄿 𒁹· 𒌋 | When Ashur is dead, when Ashur and... |
| 31 | _du3-du3-bi lu2_ sza2# ak-ku-tu4 ib x [...] | 𒁲𒁲𒁉 𒇽 · 𒀝𒆪𒂅 𒅁 × | Its ritual: a man who...... |
| 32 | ni-ri sa-mu-ti ta-t,am!-mi [...] | 𒉌𒊑 𒊓𒄭𒁲 𒁕·𒈪 | You read my supplication... |
| 33 | _nu!(BAD)_ pa-al-lu-ru _du3_-usz la x [...] | · 𒁁𒀠𒇲𒊒 𒁲𒍑 𒆷 × | ... not..... |
| 34 | _ti_-qe2 a-ru-up-pi2 _kesz2? la2_ la [x x x x] x ni | 𒁲𒆥 𒁕𒊒𒌒𒉿 · 𒆷 𒆷 · × × · × 𒉌 | you take, strew...,...... |
| 35 | x ru u2 iz-za-az [...] | × 𒊒 𒌋 𒄑𒍪𒊍 | ... he stands... |