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BAM 4, 417 (P285488)
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| Designation | BAM 4, 417 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285488 |
| Museum no. | IM 061198 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 x x] su# ta x [x x x x x] _kam {gesz}erin_ [x x x x] | ...... cedar ... |
| 2 | [x x] _gu2#?-gal# numun {u2}ki {d#}im#? sud2#_ ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz lu ina? x [...] | ... gugal-plant, seed of būšu-plant (a kind of juniper), you knead it in juice from gazi-plant or in ... |
| 3 | sza#-nu-ti-szu2 an-na-a-ma _sed_-ma x [x x] | Secondly, he is now calm and ... |
| 4 | szum4-ma _gig_ im-szid-ma _sa-mesz_-szu2 _a-mesz_ u2-szal-la-ku {u2}kam-ka-[du x x x] | If he suffers from a sore and his feet are full of water: kamkadu-plant . |
| 5 | _gaz sim_ ana _igi gig mar la2_-su [x x x] | he will be struck by a ghost in front of a sick eye, his deficit .... |
| 6 | szum4-ma hi-dur2 _muszen szub!(SILA3)_-ma _igi gig_-szu2 s,a-bit _gazi{sar}_ qa-lu-[ti x x x] | If a bird falls and its eye is sick: he will be stricken with sulphur. |
| 7 | _i3-nun szesz2_ ana _igi gig mar-mesz_ x [x x x] | You anoint him with ghee before a sick eye ... |
| 8 | _DISZ ki-min_ {u2}szar-ma-da _pa_ {gesz}szu-szi _pa {gesz}gesztin ka5-a_ {u2}ur-ne2-e# [x x x] | If ditto: šarmadu-plant, pomegranate sap, fox-vine, urnû-plant |
| 9 | 5(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _a-gesztin-na kasz-sag a gazi{sar}_ mal2-ma#-lisz#? [x x] | 5 plants, you mix together, in wine, first-class beer, water and gazelle(?) |
| 10 | ina _{uruda}szen-tur szeg6#_-szal# _u4_-ma ba-asz2-la _u2-hi-a szesz_ ana _su#?-bi_ tara-bak# [x x] | You heat it up with a small copper kettledrum. Then you pour the ingredients of the brother into its ... |
| 11 | szum4-ma ina _sza3 gig {uzu}gag-mesz e3_ ri-hu-ut _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ pit2-nim? _szesz2#?_ | If in a sick man’s belly the ears come out: riḫūtu-disease of the humankind will befall the brother(?) |
| 12 | _{zi3}kum {zi3}gig_ ana _igi de3_ ta-sar2-raq lu ba-hir _la2_-su ina sza-nu-ti | You pour kum-flour (and) sulphur in front of him, you scatter (them). May it be received, his deficit in the other. |
| 13 | an-nam _sed la2_-su-ma _tin#_ | This is soothing, his mood is soothed, and he will recover. |
| 14 | _DISZ gig_ ina _su na e3 gin7_ i-ba-ri _e3_ lu _igi uzu_-szu2-ma? pa#-sze-er | If a sore comes out from a man's body like an ibāru-disease: either his flesh will be affected and he will die. |
| 15 | u na#?-kis _i3-udu gu4? numun_ ni-szu mu-ni szu {d}nin-gal_ qi2-ba _gar_-an ana _zi_-szu2 | and the nākiš ritual for the oil of the oxen, seeds of his own name, the name of Ningal, a command you set up for his life. |
| 16 | 7(disz) _ka-keszda-mesz_ sza2 _gi du10-ga ti_-qe2 tur-ar2 _sud2_ ina i3 szur-min3 hi-hi szesz2_-su-ma | You take 7 cups of sweet reed, you boil them down, you mix them in fine oil, you bandage his brother, and then |
| 17 | ina _a pu2_ ta-sza2-hat _a-mesz_-szu2-nu-ti ana _igi sila3-lim2_ ta-tab-bak kam _du11-ga?_ | You wash them in water from a well, you pour their water into a jug of beer, you speak as follows: |
| 18 | am-mur? IGI HAR u ni ni _a-mesz a tu5_ ina _nindu#?_ [x] x ba-asz2-lu u#? ha-ra x [x x] | I saw? ..., water, and water in a bowl ... and ... |
| 19 | _du11-ga_ ana _igi {d}utu_ x x ku x [x x] | spoke to Šamaš ... |
| 20 | _DISZ ki-min_ ni-si-ih _kun4_ si-ir _udun_ sza#?-pa-ra-a sza2 ru#-qi3 _u2-hi-a szesz tesz2-bi_ | If ditto: nīsiḫu-disease, kunû-stone, šaparāru-sulphur, ruqi-salt, uhūlu-plant, brother-in-law, |
| 21 | _sud2_ <ina> _i3-udu masz2-tur_ sza2 x-szu2# _sa5_-u2 _hi-hi 7(disz) u4_-me ina szu-pa-lu4 _nig2-na_-ki | ... in the fat of a young goat whose ... is red, seven days in the šupalu-vessel of your rations |
| 22 | ana _igi dingir-mesz_ te-te-mir ina 7(disz) _u4_-me tu-sze-lam!-ma _la2_-su e-em _la2_-mid!?(NID) | You have entered the presence of the gods. On the seventh day you make him rise and his weight is as much as he weighs out. |
| 23 | at-ta lu za-ka-ta _lu2 bi_ lu-u2 za-ku | You are exempt, that man is exempt. |
| 24 | [x] _{u2#?}sum-szir-dili sud2_ ina _i3-udu_ da-asz2-sze _hi-hi_ ina _kusz-edin sur la2_-ma x x | You pound širdilu-plant, you mix it in fat, you bandage him with it in a leather bag, and then . |
| 25 | _[DISZ] gig#_ ina _su na e3# sa5 babbar gu7_-szu2 _a nu tuku_ na-pi2-ih ana la-pa-ti#? | If a sore comes out from a man's thigh, it hurts him reddish-purple (and) white: he will not have water to drink; napiḫ-disease will befall him for a long time. |
| 26 | [i-rap-pu-usz _i3-udu_ x x] _gu4# mu-ni_ sik-ka-at _agarin4 a-gar-gar masz-da3#_ | ... the fat of the ox, his name, the wool of the lapis lazuli, the wax of the gazelle, |
| 27 | [x x x x x x x x x] ina# szur-szum-me _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal ina [x x] | ...... in the morning you heat up first-class beer in ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] x x x [x x x x x x x x x] _{u2#}sum-szir-dili sar_ pa [x x] | ...... širdilû-plant, ... |
| 2' | _sud2#_ ina# x _hi-hi dur!?_-ma _had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi u4 3(disz)-kam2 lal2_ ina _u4 4(disz)-kam2_ kal ki# [...] | You pound suluppu-plant in ... and then you mix it with a paste of tamarisk oil. On the 3rd day honey on the 4th day all ... |
| 3' | ina _u4 5(disz)-kam2 {u2}lu-ub2{sar} la2_ ina _u4 6(disz)-kam2 i3-gesz sar la2_ szum4-ma in-na-[x x] | On the 5th day lupin is missing; on the 6th day sesame oil is missing. If ... |
| 4' | {u2}pi-s,ir _pa_ {gesz}x _sud2 hi-hi gur_-ma _had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi la2 pa_ {gesz}[x x] | šūmu-plant, ...-tree, reed bundles, and then he will die. With the fat of the bundles he shall not ... . |
| 5' | _{u2}{d}utu_ {u2}kam-ka-da ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ [x x] | Šamaš, kamkada-plant with sheep fat |
| 6' | ana i-ba-ri hul-lu-qi2 {u2}pi-in-zir _had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz [x x] | In order to destroy the evildoer, you crush juniper, you knead tamarisk in ghee (and) sour beer ... |
| 7' | _u4 1(disz)-kam2 nu du8_-ar2 _DISZ ki-min {gesz}li {szim}gam-ma {szim}ses {szim}hab illu_ {szim#}[x x] | If ditto: lupin, cumin, juniper, ḫašû-aromatic, ...-plant |
| 8' | _illu li-dur {szim}buluh {u2}kur-kur_ {u2}kur-ka-nam _sud2#_ ina _a pu2_ u _{zi3}kum hi-hi# dug-gan_ x [x x] | May the river level dri[se], buluḫ-aromatic, nīnû-plant (and) kurkanum-plant. In water from a well and kum-flour you mix it. A jug of ... |
| 9' | _DISZ gig_ ina _su na e3 gin7_ i-ba-ri _e3_-su ana? _tag# dagal#?_-ma _gin7# tag_-su-ma i-s,i?-x [x x] | If a sore comes out from a man's thigh like a flash of light: his sore will spread wide and he will ... as if he had ... |
| 10' | _e3 su_-szu2 _dur10?_-ma _nigin_ ina sza-nu-ti-szu2 ina _{uzu}ur2_ e#-la-a ana _ki_ sza2-nim-ma ul i-[li?] | he came out of his body, he was swollen and stretched out. In another case, in a bur3-vessel he went up to another place, but he did not go up |
| 11' | ana _ki_ sza2-nim-ma lu#? x [x x x] el#?-la#-a _i3-udu gu4 mu_-szu2 ana _zi_-szu2 _{u2}igi_-lim# [x x] | to another place ... ... the fat of his oxen for his life a tamarisk |
| 12' | _{szim}sze-li babbar {szim}gur2#-gur2#_ x x x [x] x _bur_ sza2 ku-li#?-li sza2 _ti_-qe2 im x [x] | white šelû-aromatic, mint, ..., a bowl of kulilu-juniper that you take ... |
| 13' | ka-'u _had2-ra2 nun#-bar had2-ra2 numun {gesz}hab_ 7(disz)# [x _u2-hi-a?] szesz# tesz2-bi ti!_-qe2 te-t,e4?-ri#? [x x] | kaʿu-plant, nīn-bar-plant (and) seed from a reed-bed 7 ... plants, brother you took together, you wrote |
| 14' | ina _kasz {lu2}kurun-na mud2 szub_-di _hi-[hi?_ ina x x] _edin# sur lal2_-su-[ma _tin?]_ | You pour blood in beer from a kurunnu-man, you mix it in ..., you bandage him with it, and then he will recover. |
| 15' | szum4-ma ip#?-te-li# ka#? ta qa la x [x x x] x x-szu2-ma [x x] | If he has crossed over ... his ... |
| 16' | _e3_-ni _{tug2}gada_ te-s,e-pir2 _lal3 sud_ x [x x x] _haszhur?_ lam# x x _gig_ sza2# [x x] | When he comes out, you make a garment. You knead honey, ... ḫašû-tamarind ... the illness of ... |
| 17' | bu-t,u-tu ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz tu-[x x x] _gig gar_-an#? _lal2_-su-[ma _tin?]_ | You pound buṭūtu-disease in juice from gazelle ... (and) you put it on as a bandage. You bandage him and he will recover. |
| 18' | _[DISZ] na#? gig e3#-mesz_ id-dal-pa x [x x x] ir#? u qa#? [...] | If a man is constantly affected by nadiqānu-disease: he will become ill ... and ... . |
| 19' | [x _x]-mesz#_-szu2 x _szid#?_ x x _u2-hi-a_ [x x] x _sud2_ ana _igi#_ [...] | ... his ... ... plant ... in front of ... |
| 20' | [x x] _gig#_ it-tah-ra? asz2 ka ta _lugud2?-da#?_ x ak#? _sud_ x x [...] | ... the illness has returned? |
| 21' | [x x x] it-tah-ra s,u ka ku ru sa ru x 1/2(disz) _gin2#_ na? x [...] | ... turned back ... 1/2 shekel ... |
| 22' | [x x] ma#-gal i-s,a-na-ah u szu-ku-s,u [x] x ku#? li# [...] | ... he will be frightened and anxious ... |
| 23' | [x x] _sud# illu {gesz}asal2_ ta-sak3#? [...] | ... the river level, you pound the date palm |
| 24' | [x x] x SAR#? an#-ne2#-e KU GIR2#? [...] | ... this ... |
| 25' | [x x x x x _x]-mesz_ szu-ru-usz x [...] | ......... ....... |
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