In Remedies
Mouth and tongue ailments (STT 1, 096)
Short Neo-Assyrian tablet from Sultantepe on illnesses of the mouth and tongue.
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| Designation | STT 1, 096 |
|---|---|
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenience | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Findspot | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
| CDLI no. | P338416 |
| Source | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative — CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) |
| Lines | 28 (28 with machine English) |
| Font | Assurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian), by Sylvie Vanséveren |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| obverse | |||
| 1 | _DISZ na ka_ kar-sze gig#-[ma] du#-ga-nu _dab-mesz_-su# ana _ti_-szu2 | 𒁹 𒈾 𒅗 𒋼𒀀𒅊 𒍼· 𒁲𒂵𒉡 𒁳·𒆸 𒁹 𒁲𒊒 | If a man's mouth is bitter and he is ill for his life. |
| 2 | 1/2(disz) _gin2 {szim}gur2-gur2 1/2(disz) gin2 {szim#}bi-<zi-da> 5/6(disz) {u2}nu-luh-ha 2/3(disz) {u2}har-har_ | · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒄥 · 𒍤𒀀 ··· · ·𒈛𒄩 · ·𒄯 | 1/2 shekel of gurgur-plant, 1/2 shekel of bizida-plant, 5/6 nulua-plant, 2/3 arar-plant |
| 3 | 1/3(disz) _suhusz nam-tar nita2 5(disz)# u2#-hi-a szesz disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _gesztin sur_ lu ina _kasz-sag_ | · · 𒉆𒋻 𒍑 · 𒌋𒄭𒁕 · 𒁹· 𒋤 𒀸 · 𒋩 𒇲 𒀸 ·𒊕 | 1/3 (mana wool for) the foundation of the namtar-demon, 5 (mana wool for) the brother of Nisz-ni, may he eat it with wine. |
| 4 | _nu_ pa-tan _gu7-mesz_-su-ma _ti_-ut, | 𒉡 𒁁𒆗 𒅥·𒆸𒈠 𒁲· | he will not return to his place and he will recover. |
| 5 | _DISZ na_ du#-[ga-nu] la# gu-uh-hu _tuku_-szi _na bi ka_ kar-sze _gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 | 𒁹 𒈾 𒁲·· 𒆷 𒄖𒄴𒊑 𒌇· 𒈾 𒁉 𒅗 𒋼𒀀𒅊 𒍼 𒁹 𒁲𒊒 | If a man is ill with a swollen tongue: that man will have no shame. That man's mouth will become ill for his life. |
| 6 | _{u2}man-[du] x [x] {u2}nu-luh#-ha {u2}har-har suhusz# {gesz}nam-tar nita2_ | ·· × · ·𒈛𒄩 ·𒄯 · ·𒋻 𒍑 | ...-plant, nulua-plant, arar-plant, foundations of the namtar-tree |
| 7 | _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2#}igi-nisz 7(disz) u2 ka#_ kar-sze _gig#_ mal#{la}-ma-lisz tu#-szam-s,a | ·𒅆 ·· · 𒌋 · 𒋼𒀀𒅊 · ·𒈠· 𒂅·· | You wipe clean the incense-plant and the 7 plant(s) of the quay. |
| 8 | _disz_-nisz _sud2#_ ina _gesztin sur_ lu ina# [kasz]-sag gu7-mesz_-su _ti_-ut, | 𒁹· · 𒀸 · 𒋩 𒇲 𒀸 ·𒊕 𒅥·𒆸 𒁲· | You libate beer and libate it with first-rate beer. |
| 9 | _DISZ na_ du-ga-nu _dab_-su _sag sza3#_-szu2# u2-s,a-rap-szu2 _nu_ pa-tan u2-ga-asz2 | 𒁹 𒈾 𒁲𒂵𒉡 𒁳𒆸 𒊕 ·𒊒 𒌋·𒊐𒊒 𒉡 𒁁𒆗 𒌋𒂵𒀸 | If a man's ear is swollen: his heart will release him; he will not return. |
| 10 | _na# bi# ka_ kar-sze _gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}tar-musz8 _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz {u2}sikil_ | 𒈾 𒁉 𒅗 𒋼𒀀𒅊 𒍼 𒁹 𒁲𒊒 ·· ·𒅆 ·· · | That man, the mouth of the kare-plant is sick for his life: tarmuu-plant, turban-plant, agate, sikillu-plant |
| 11 | _{u2}kur-kur {u2}har-har gazi{sar} suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2 gu2-tur_ qa-lu-a | ·𒆳 ·𒄯 · · ·𒋻 𒍑 𒄘𒌉 𒋡𒇲𒁕 | the lands, arar, arar, a foundation, a namtar-tree, a small-sheep |
| 12 | 9(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz-sag nag u2-hi-a sesz_ ina _igi ki-na2_-szu2 _gu7_ | · 𒌋𒄭𒁕 · 𒁹· 𒋤 𒀸 ·𒊕 𒅘 𒌋𒄭𒁕 · 𒀸 𒅆 𒆠𒈾𒊒 𒅥 | Nine uhia-plants: the brother of Nisz, he will eat uhia-plant in first-class beer and uhia-plants, and he will eat it before his bed. |
| 13 | x _gu2-tur_ qa-la-a ga2-li sag ik-ta-na-li bah-[ra] | × 𒄘𒌉 𒋡𒆷𒁕 𒂵𒇷 𒊕 𒅅𒁕𒈾𒇷 𒄷· | ......,...,...,...,...,... |
| reverse | |||
| 1 | _[{u2}]sikil# {u2}gesztin! ka5-a gazi{sar} {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}sze-li babbar_ | · · 𒅗𒁕 · ·𒄥 · ·𒇷 𒌓 | You mix sikillu-plant, wine, ka'a-plant, juniper, juniper, ellu-juniper, white ellu-plant |
| 2 | 1(u)# 5(disz)# _u2-hi-a szesz_ mal-ma-lisz _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz-sag nu_ pa-tan _gu7_-ma _ti_-ut, | · · 𒌋𒄭𒁕 · 𒂷𒈠· 𒁹· 𒋤 𒀸 ·𒊕 𒉡 𒁁𒆗 𒅥𒈠 𒁲· | 15 uhiya-plants, the brother, as many as there were, nishu-plants in first-class beer, not removed, and he will recover. |
| 3 | _DISZ na_ tu-ga-nu _gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 {u2#}ak-tam _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}tar-musz | 𒁹 𒈾 𒂅𒂵𒉡 𒍼 𒁹 𒁲𒊒 ·𒌓 ·𒅆 ·· ·· | If a man is ill for his life: aktam-plant, eye-plant, tarmu-plant |
| 4 | _{u2}kur-kur {u2}du3-sig {u2}kur-gi#-rin#-na {u2}gamun-ge6 u2 babbar# szim#-szesz | ·𒆳 ·𒅗 ·𒄀𒆸𒈾 ·𒄀 𒌋 𒌓 ·· | kurkur-plant, tin, kurgirinnu-plant, cumin, white plant, aromatics |
| 5 | _im-sahar-na4#-kur-ra im ku3-sig17 im sa5_ sah-le2-na _illu [li]-dur_ | 𒅎𒅖𒈾𒆳𒅆 𒅎 𒆬𒅗 𒅎 𒋛𒀀 𒆤𒇷𒈾 𒀀𒆗 ·𒄙 | In the... of the mountain clay, gold clay, red clay, the flood will come. |
| 6 | 1(u)#? 5(disz)#? _u2#-[hi]-a# szesz_ mal-ma-lisz _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz-sag_ ina _i3_ hal-s,i _nu_ pa-tan _gu7_-ma _ti_-ut, | · · 𒌋·𒁕 · 𒂷𒈠· 𒁹· 𒋤 𒀸 ·𒊕 𒀸 𒉌 𒄬· 𒉡 𒁁𒆗 𒅥𒈠 𒁲· | 15? uhiya-plants, the brother, greatly; Nishnish, with first-class beer, with oil of halsu-aromatic; he should not pass by, and he will recover. |
| 7 | _DISZ na ka_ kar-szi _gig sag sza3_-szu2 u2-ha#-mat-su u2-s,ar-rap-su u2-zaq-qat-szu2 | 𒁹 𒈾 𒅗 𒋼𒀀· 𒍼 𒊕 ·𒊒 𒌋𒄩𒆳𒆸 𒌋·𒊐𒆸 𒌋𒍠𒋗𒊒 | If a man's mouth is swollen: he will die and his heart will be destroyed. He will devastate him. |
| 8 | u _gu7-mesz_-su kasz _na# bi#_ tugax(TUG2)-ni _ki gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 2/3(disz) _ma-na i3-udu_ | 𒌋 𒅥·𒆸 · 𒈾 · ·𒉌 𒆠 𒍼 𒁹 𒁲𒊒 · 𒈠𒈾 𒉌𒇻 | and he eats him beer: that...-garment, with illness, for his life 2/3 mina of sheep |
| 9 | _ellag2 udu-nita2# 2/3(disz) ma-na_ qi2#-lip _zu2-lum-ma_ [x] _gin2# {szim}gur2#-gur2# 6(disz)# gin2# {szim}bal_ | 𒆸 𒇻𒍑 · 𒈠𒈾 𒆥𒈜 𒀸𒈝𒈠 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒄥 · 𒍤𒀀 · | ellag-plant, ram, 2/3 mina of qilipu-plant, dates, x shekels of gurgur-plant, 6 shekels of bal-plant |
| 10 | _5(disz) gin2 szim#-szesz 5(disz) gin2 {szim}li 5(disz) gin2 x [x] 5(disz) gin2# {szim}hab 5(disz) gin2_ | · 𒍤𒀀 ·· · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 × · · 𒍤𒀀 · · 𒍤𒀀 | 5 shekels of myrrh, 5 shekels of myrrh, 5 shekels of..., 5 shekels of abu-aromatic, 5 shekels |
| 11 | _{szim#}buluh 5(disz) gin2 illu {szim}buluh disz_-nisz sud2 ki# 1(disz) ma-na u2-hi-a 1/2(disz) ma-<na> 6(disz) gin2 4(asz)-tu2 | · · 𒍤𒀀 𒀀𒆗 · 𒁹· 𒋤 𒆠 · 𒈠𒈾 𒌋𒄭𒁕 · 𒈠· · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒂅 | 5 shekels of alkali-plant, the river level of alkali-plant, from 1 mina of uia, 1/2 mina 6 shekels 4 each, |
| 12 | _i3#-udu# ellag2 udu-nita2 1/2 ma-na 6(disz) gin2# 4(asz)-tu2 qi-lip2 zu2#-lum-ma! disz_-nisz tu#-sam-mah | 𒉌𒇻 𒆸 𒇻𒍑 𒑏 𒈠𒈾 · 𒍤𒀀 ·𒂅 𒆥𒈜 𒀸𒈝𒈠 𒁹· 𒂅𒌑𒈤 | a kind of oil, a kind of oil, a kind of sheep: 1/2 mina 6 shekels 4 shekels, dried dates of Ishnish, |
| 13 | [ina] _kusz#-edin na_ ma-la _sza3-szu2 _a-ra-me_ tu-szam#-s,a _sag sza3_-szu2 | · ·𒂔 𒈾 𒈠𒆷 ·𒊒 𒁕𒅆𒅗 𒂅·· 𒊕 ·𒊒 | In a leather bag, you wipe clean all its midst with water. |
| 14 | _[gaba]_-su# u _dur2_-szu2 _la2_-ma bah-ra _gu7_ bah-ra _nag#? u4 5(disz)-kam2 szesz_ | ·𒆸 𒌋 𒄙𒊒 𒆷𒈠 𒄷𒅆 𒅥 𒄷𒅆 𒅘 𒌓 ·𒄰 · | his chest and his hips fall, and he eats..., eats... on the 5th day. |
| 15 | _[du3-du3]-usz#-ma _ti_-ut, | ··𒍑𒈠 𒁲· | does, and he will recover. |