STT 1, 091 + STT 2, 287 (P338411)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 1, 091 + STT 2, 287 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338411 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... it fell on him [...] yellow-green: hand of the ardat lilî-demon. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] ... he says "it (is) him (again)!": the roving bennu-illness seized him, he will survive. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] two, three times a day it overwhelms him and, (he is) red in the morning (and) yellow-green in the evening: "falling sickness". |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] two, three times [a day] it seizes him and he becomes green-yellow: [it will be long and] it will continually begin for him in a fall. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] seven times it repeatedly seizes him: he will survive. If, an eighth time, it falls on him: he will not survive. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] it falls on him and it overwhelms him at the expected moment: he is worrying; "falling sickness"; it will come close to him in the middle of the day and it will be burdensome for him. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [(If)] a fall falls on him and, on that day, seven times, it repeatedly overwhelms him (and) when it has withdrawn, he feels good: hand of a murderer; [he will die]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'–o 13'13' | [...] a fall has repeatedly fallen on him (and) his eyes fill up with blood : he opens and closes his eyes, his jaw shakes, his hands and his feet stretch out, when the āšipu arrives he ..., he sees who fell on him: hand of the ghost of a murderer. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | [...] when it has fallen on him he becomes yellow-green and he laughs a lot and his feet are continually contracted : (variant:) his hands and feet: hand of the lilû-demon. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] his fit overwhelms him and saliva flows from his mouth: "falling sickness". |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] his fit overwhelms him and his hand and his feet curve towards his neck: "falling sickness". |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] a depression seizes him, saliva flows from his mouth: a vow of his father seized him, he will die. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] it has overwhelmed him, after it has seized him, his saliva flows from his mouth: hand of the lilû-demon. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | (If) when it has overwhelmed him, his limbs are loosened, his intestines seize him repeatedly (and) he defecates: hand of the ghost. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'–o 21'21' | (If), when it has overwhelmed him, his limbs become paralysed, his face continually twitches, [his intestines] are loosened and whatever he adds [in] his mouth is always, on that day, thrown out from the anus: [hand of a ghost] who died through murder. |
| Obverse [21:25] o 22'22'–o 25'25' | [...] it has overwhelmed him, his limbs become paralysed, (unconsciousness) pours over him and he forgets himself; when it has poured on him, his eyes ..., his face becomes red : (variant:) curves, his veins pulsate and he cries out, the tips of his fingers and toes are cold. The āšipu makes this patient speak and he says what he has been made to speak (and), when it has released him, he does not remember what he said: hand of the lilû-demon of laʾbu-disease. |
| Obverse [25:27] o 26'26'–o 27'27' | [...] when it has overwhelmed him his torso becomes burdensome and causes him stinging pain, later, it overwhelms him (again) and he forgets himself: "falling sickness"; it will be burdensome for him in the middle of the day. |
| Obverse [27:29] o 28'28'–o 29'29' | [... it has overwhelmed] him his temples hurt him, he is in a state of melancholy, later, he rubs his hands and feet, he does not have [...] : (variant:) he rolls, fall : (variant:) hamītu-disease: hand of Ištar; it will leave. |
| Obverse [29:31] o 30'30'–o 31'31' | [...] it has overwhelmed him, he gazes at his hands, the whites of his eyes roll and blood flows in his mouth: the lilû-demon for a woman, the lilītu-demon for a man. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 31'31'–o 31'31' | [(If)] his seizure afflicts him in the evening: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 32'32'–o 32'32' | Ditto ((If) his seizure afflicts him in the evening), the top of his belly is continually swollen, his feet are raised: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 33'33'–o 33'33' | Ditto ((If) his seizure afflicts him in the evening), his intestines are swollen, he is sleepless until the middle watch: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [33:34] o 34'34'–o 34'34' | Ditto ((If) his seizure afflicts him in the evening), his eyes are clouded, his ears continually ring: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 35'35'–o 35'35' | Ditto ((If) his seizure afflicts him in the evening), his ears continually ring: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 36'36'–o 36'36' | Ditto ((If) his seizure afflicts him in the evening), (his) ears cause pain: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [36:37] o 37'37'–o 37'37' | [...] his forehead hurts him: seizure of a ghost. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 38'38'–o 38'38' | [...] he has been sleepless from the evening watch until the middle watch: seizure of [...]. |
| Obverse [38:39] o 39'39'–o 39'39' | Ditto, [...] he says "it is him (again)!": hand of the ardat lilî-demon. |
| Obverse [39:40] o 40'40'–o 40'40' | [...] that-of-seizing afflicts him repeatedly, [...] his face is red and yellow-green: hand of the ardat lilî-demon. |
| Obverse [40:41] o 41'41'–o 41'41' | [...] that-of-seizing afflicts him repeatedly, when [it has affected him] his hands and feet become red-yellow: hand of the lilû-demon. |
| Obverse [41:42] o 42'42'–o 42'42' | [...] that-of-seizing afflicts him repeatedly, when it has affected [him] he rubs [...] his face [...]: it will be burdensome for him; ditto the lurker-demon of the river [...]. |
| Obverse [42:44] o 43'43'–o 44'44' | [...] that-of-his-seizing comes close (to him), when it has overwhelmed him, he wrings his hands [...], he stretches out his feet, he trembles a lot and he is tired, he looks at his seizer: hand of the binder-demon. |
| Obverse [44:47] o 45'45'–o 47'47' | [If during] the middle watch, [that]-of-seizing afflicts him repeatedly, when it has affected him his hands and his [feet] are cold, he is continually much darkened, he repeatedly open [...], his face is red and yellow-green, he continually throws down the hips: hand of the arad lilî-demon; it will be long and he will die [...] the lilû-demon for a woman, the lilītu-demon for a man. |
| Obverse [47:49] o 48'48'–o 49'49' | [...] it affects him [in] his sleep and he looks at [his seizer], (unconsciousness) pours over him [and] he forgets himself, as [...] he is terrified, he will continually get up [...] criminal [...] the lilû-demon for a woman; he will continually get up. |
| Obverse [49:50] o 50'50'–o 50'50' | [...] his forehead (and) eyes are pressed down [...] hurts him: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse [50:51] o 51'51'–o 51'51' | [...] ... [...] hurt him, his chest [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] jump [...] ... calm, his hands and feet [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] his temples are pulsating ... [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] ... and shakes until it seizes him [...] ... his seizure in ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] his ... continually hurt(s) him so that he does not sleep: hand of a ghost. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [...] when he is sitting his eyes wink, his lip is loosened, [...] flows from his mouth, his hand, foot and torso [on] the left side convulse like a slaughtered sheep: "falling sickness". If, when it seized [him ...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [... it has affected] him he continually shouts "my belly, my belly!", he opens [and] closes his eyes: he has the liʾbu-fever [...] the tips of his fingers and toes are cold, you make this patient speak [...] the lilû-demon. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | [...] it has affected him, he continually shouts "my belly, my belly!", he opens and [closes] his eyes, he [has] the liʾbu-fever [...] the tips of his fingers and toes become cold, he sees the illness that seized him, he talks to himself [and] he repeatedly changes himself: hand of the lilû-demon of laʾbu-disease. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [...] sleep pours on him, his fingers and toes kick: the "falling sickness" [seized] him in a waste field or a corner. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] tremble, make circulare movements and his face twitches: "falling sickness"; it will be burdensome for him in the middle of the day. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] cause stinging pain to him and his face twitches: "falling sickness", it will be burdensome for him in the middle of the day. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | [...] he repeatedly opens his eyes [...] he speaks and repeatedly changes himself: hand of the lilû-demon [...] of his god. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [...] are calm, his mouth is affected and he cannot speak; hand of a ghost of a murderer : hand of the ghost of a burnt (person). |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [...] a healthy person are calm and silent but he does not consume anything: hand of the ghost of a murderer : of a burnt (person). |
| Reverse [20:22] r 2121–r 2222 | [...] he continually shouts, he cries out, saliva flows from his mouth and his neck is twisted to the left: "falling sickness". |
| Reverse [21:23] r 2222–r 2323 | [...] he repeatedly puts on (and) throws off his garment, he strongly ... [...] and he no longer [...] beer [...] he does [not] sleep: hand of Ištar, he will recover. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | [...] he makes his eyes protrude: his beater stands in his head, he will die. |
| Reverse [24:26] r 2525–r 2626 | [If] he continually trembles, he makes his eyes protrude: his beater stands in his head and he will die. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 2626–r 2626 | [...] continouously cause pain, he speaks a lot and trembles [...] ...: the lilītu-demon for a man; it will leave. |
| Reverse [26:28] r 2727–r 2828 | (If) he is continually frightened by his disease and his loins [...] and the ardat lilî-demon ... he is touched and bennu-illness (gloss: he continually trembles in his bed). |
| Reverse [28:30] r 2929–r 3030 | (If) he is continually afraid: hand of Ištar of Arbela. |
| Reverse [29:31] r 3030–r 3131 | (If) a lamentation shouts at him and he always answers it (and) when he shouts he says: "who are you?": he is touched by a muttellu-bird and bound to it, it stands in his head; he will die. |
| Reverse [31:32] r 3232–r 3232 | (If) a lamentation shouts at him and he always answers it, he stands up and kneels: the demon of desolation seized him. |
| Reverse [32:34] r 3333–r 3434 | (If) a lamentation shouts at him, when it shouts at him he always answers it, he writhes, he stands up and he is dizzy, he stands up and kneels: his illness will leave him; a roving demon seized him. |
| Reverse [34:36] r 3535–r 3636 | "(If) (a person) is struck by facial stroke (and) it paralyses his torso: affliction by stroke", |
| Reverse [35:37] r 3636–r 3737 | 59 lines, tablet 1: "(If) a fall fell on him". |
| Reverse [36:37] r 3737–r 3737 | [Tablet 25 "When] an āšipu comes to a patient's house", Ailment. |
| Reverse [37:38] r 3838–r 3838 | [...] ... [...] and checked |
| Reverse [38:39] r 3939–r 3939 | [...] ...-ereš |
| Reverse [39:40] r 4040–r 4040 | [...] young [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| r | ||
| 40 | [...] BAN₃.DA | |
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