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SpTU 1, 044 (P348465)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348465 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 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) |
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| 1 | _DISZ na_ na-pisz _kir4_-szu2 _dugud_ s,i-in-[na-ah] ti-ru hi-mit, _u4-[da_ ...] | If a man’s cheeks are full of mucus, shinnahu-spurge, tiru-disease, hiccups of the day .... |
| 2 | ina sze-ri3 _nu_ pa-tan _{u2}kur-ra ka_-szu2 ta-[kap]-par# _na4_ gab-u ana na-hi-ri#-szu2# x [...] | In the morning, you wipe his mouth with the plant of the mountain. You pour all the stone into his nostrils ... |
| 3 | _eme_-szu2 _lal3-kur-ra_ u2-na-at,-t,a ina _a {u2}ukusz2 {u2}eme ur-gi7 {gesz}szinig ra_-su [...] | his tongue with mountain honey he washes with water from a dog’s tongue plant (and) a tamarisk his neck |
| 4 | _pa {gesz}szinig {szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2 pa_ {gesz}su-szi# _disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _i3-udu# [hi]-hi_ ina _kusz sur_-ri _[gaba_-su] _la2_-ma ina-esz | You crush šīnu-juniper, lupin, kukru-aromatic (and) sušû-wood together, you stir them into a paste in fat, you wrap it in a leather bag, you bandage his chest, and then he will get better. |
| 5 | _DISZ na ninda gu7 kasz nag_-ma na-pisz _kir4_-szu2 _dugud gi-gid2 mur-mesz gig {u2}kur-ra im-sahar-na4-kur-ra_ | If a man eats bread, drinks beer, and then his cheeks are full of lumps from a reed stalk, he is sick with mucus (and) imsaḫlû-plant |
| 6 | [pâszu] ta#-kap-par ana na-hi-ri-szu2 _szub_-di _{gesz}gesztin sur-ra eme_-<szu2> _lal3-kur-ra_ u2-na-at,-t,a | You wipe his mouth clean. You throw it into his nostrils. He drinks a libation of wine, his tongue (and) a mountain honey. |
| 7 | [x x] _{u2}ukusz2 {gesz}szinig_ ina _a-mesz szeg6_-szal _ra_-su _{szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}gam-ma_ | šukû-plant (and) tamarisk in water to cool his blood: lupin, mint, cumin |
| 8 | [x x] {szim}hab illu {szim}buluh pa {gesz}szinig pa {gesz}haszhur pa {gesz}ge6-par3# disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ | ... ḫašû-aromatic, illu-plant, buluḥh&batu-juniper, šinig-tree, apple tree, fruit tree, ‘sea turtle’, mušēzib-plant |
| 9 | [ina _a hi]-hi gur_-ma _had2-ra gaz sim_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ina _kusz sur-ra gaba_-su _la2_-id2# | You boil down suluppu-plant in filtered water and you anoint his chest with it. |
| 10 | [...] x _ka_-szu2 x {u2}ur2-ne2-e _i3 {gesz}erin_ ana na-hi-ri-szu2 _szub_-di _{szim}li {szim}[gur2]-gur2#_ | ... his mouth ... burāšu-plant, oil of cedar you pour into his nostrils: juniper, mint |
| 11 | [x x] _{szim#}hab_ [x] x x ina _a hi-hi gur_-ma _had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ina _kusz sur-ra sag-du_-su _sar_-ab _la2_-ma ina-esz | You knead ..., ḫašû-aromatic, ... in filtered water and you put it on as a bandage. You shave his head with fat from a sheep's fat in a leather bag, you bandage his head, and then he will recover. |
| 12 | [...] _dugud lal3 babbar_ u2-na-s,ab-ma _ti_-ut, | ... he sucks fat and white honey and then he will recover. |
| 13 | [...] x SZIM? GISZ? SZA3 SZA3 _gub3_ sza2 _ka_-szu2 _diri_-ma u2-kal u2-tab-ba-kam-ma _egir_-szu2 _ka_-szu2 _i3-gesz diri_-ma u2-tab-ba-kam-ma ina-[esz] | ... ... the inside of the middle part of the left side of his mouth is dark and he holds it, and afterwards his mouth contains oil, and then he keeps on drinking it and will get better. |
| 14 | [...] x x [x] _{u2}a-zal-la2 e3 sud2 im-sahar-na4-kur-ra sud2 disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ [...] | ... azallu-plant came out, sud, imsaḫar-nakurru-aromatic, sud. Miš, ... |
| 15 | [...] u2-kal _egir_-szu2 _i3-gesz ka_-szu2 [...] | ... holds. After that, sesame oil ... his mouth. |
| 16 | [...] _gin_-ku bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-su _gazi{sar}_ ina _a-mesz [...] | ... blew; būšanu-disease seized him; mustard in water ... |
| 17 | [... _{u2}]kur-ra U2 NIG2 GIR? NU#? szim-bi-ku3-gi im-sahar-na4-kur-ra u2 [babbar_ ...] | ... mountain plants, plant(s) without a foot, šimbi-kugi-juniper, imsaḫarnakurru-plant, white plant |
| 18 | [...] hu#-um-bi-s,a-a-ti [sza2 _nig2]-sila11-ga2 ugu pa_-szu2 [...] | ... the ḫumbishatu-diseases of my nigsilaŋa ritual against his face ... |
| 19 | [...] _e3_-ni _u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti# [ana] _ugu ka__szu2 _la2_-[ma ina-esz] | ... emerges: these drugs will be added to his mouth and he will get better. |
| 20 | _DISZ [na_ ap]-pa-szu2 u _ka_-szu2 bu-'-sza2-nu _dab#_-it _{tug2}gada_ ta-s,ap-pir _lal3 sud [im]-sahar-[na4-kur-ra_ ...] | If a man’s nose and mouth are seized by būšanu-disease: you smear on a linen garment, you knead honey, saḫlû-cress, ... |
| 21 | tu-la#-am ana na-hi-ri-szu2 ta-[sa]-an-ni! _{u2}kur-ra im-sahar-[na4-kur]-ra# sud2 {tug2}[gada_ ...] | You recite (this) to his nostrils. You rub him with a mountain plant (and) a saḫarnû-stone. The linen garment |
| 22 | tu#-la-am _kir4_-szu2 u _ka_-szu2 _en mud2 igi_ ta-kar _u4 [3(disz) kam]_ an-nam _du3_-usz [...] | You rub his nose and mouth, until you see the blood: for three days you make this .... |
| 23 | _{u2}hab sig7_-su tu-pa-s,a _a-mesz ti_-qe2 2(disz) _gin2 i3-gesz_ ana _sza3#_-szu2#-nu _hi-hi nu_ pa-tan tu-sza-'-[ra-szu-ma ina-esz] | You purify its yellow plant. You take water. You pour 2 shekels of oil into them. You stir it on an empty stomach, and then he will get better. |
| 24 | _u2 babbar_ ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan _nag kimin_ x x {u2}ak-tam _sud2_ ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan [...] | You boil white plant in beer on an empty stomach, you shave (and) bandage him with it. You boil ... nīnû-mint, supālu-plant, you boil it down in beer without dining ... |
| 25 | _kimin bar musz_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ ina _i3_ u _kasz_ [...] | If a snake is surrounded by a halo: rain in oil and beer .... |
| 26 | _DISZ na_ ap-pa-szu2 _ka_-szu2 bu-'#-sza2#-nu _dab#_-it#-ma _sza3-me_-szu2 nap-hu _illu li-tar_ [...] | If a man's nose and mouth are seized by bu'shû-disease and his heart is full of blood: the flood will return .... |
| 27 | _{u2}kur-ra sud2#_ ina _i3_ u _kasz nag_-ma ina-esz _{im}kal-gug sud2_ ina _i3_ u _kasz nag#_ [...] | You knead kurru-plant, you boil it down in oil and beer, and then he will get better. You boil kalgukku-aromatic ('spurge') in water and beer ... |
| 28 | _[im-sahar]-na4-kur-ra_ <ta-sak3> ina _lal3 i3_ u _kasz nag#_ [...] | You pound imsaharnû-stone, you ... in honey, oil and beer ... |
| 29 | _DISZ [na_ ap-pa]-szu2 bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-ma na-hi-ra-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu2 _gig-mesz diri-mesz {tug2}gada_ [...] | If a man’s nose is seized by būšāku-disease and his nostrils hurt him, he suffers from severe illness: a linen garment .... |
| 30 | [x x] _im-sahar-na4-kur-ra_ tu-la-am ana _ka#? mur_-szu2#? DIM4?-ma ina _{gi}sag-kud mu2#_ [...] | You pound ... of imsaharnû-stone (and) you pour it into his mouth and in a reed bundle ... |
| 31 | _[im]-kal-gug sud2_ ta-za-ru-ma ina-esz : _bar {gesz}nu-ur2-[ma] sud2_ ta-za-ru-ma ina-esz : _a_ x [...] ta-za-ru-ma ina-[esz] | You fumigate him with imkalgug-plant, and then he will recover. : You rub him with a piece of pomegranate (and then) he should recover. |
| 32 | _szim#-mesz sud2_ ta-za-ru-ma ina-esz : szum4-ma ina na-hi-ri-szu2 in-ni-is,-s,i# [...] | You fumigate him with sudaqqu-juniper, and then he will get better. : If he gets better in his nostrils .... |
| 33 | _[bar] musz_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ na-hi-ri-szu2 tu-kap-par 1(disz)-szu2 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana na-hi-ri-szu2 [...] | You scatter a snake's nest. You wipe his nostrils clean. Once, twice, three times to his nose ... |
| 34 | _DISZ na_ na-hi-ri-szu2 um-s,a-at hi-li it-tab-li _na4_ gab-u2 _{szim}szesz u2 babbar disz_-nisz [...] ana _ugu mar_-[ma ina-esz] | If a man’s nostrils are swollen and full of radiance: you mix all the stones, myrrh and white plant together ... on top of the patient and he will get better. |
| 35 | _DISZ na bi-lu_ na-hi-ri-szu2 _dab_-tu _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}ur2-ne2-e _gazi{sar} u2 babbar_ [...] | If a man is seized by bīlu-disease of his nostrils: kurru-plant, burāšu-juniper, gazelle and white plant .... |
| 36 | _im-sahar-na4-kur-ra disz_-nisz _sud2 {tug2}gada_ ta-s,ap-pir _lal3 sud u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti3 tu-lam# [...] | Imsaḫar-nakurra: You shave (and) bandage (his head). You knead honey from the sud of these plants. ... |
| 37 | [x] _ti-la gar-gar_-an _naga si_ te-be2-er _{u2}kur-ra disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _i3-kur-ra hi-hi_ [...] | You put ... a life-giving omen. You sprinkle a sulphur-stone. You scatter the mountain plant. You mix it in the mountain-plant. ... |
| 38 | [ta-ak]-ta#-na-ar _a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma kum2-mesz_ gi-na-a ana _kir4_-szu2 _szub-szub_ [...] | You pour water from a pomegranate (and) fragrant ginû-plant into his nose. |
| 39 | [tu-ub-ta]-na#-har _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}si-i3-[hu] ina _izi sar_-szu2 {u2}ur2-ne2-e ina _i3_ [...] ana na-hi#-[ri-szu2 ...] | You scatter mountain plants, sīḫu-plant in fire, burāšu-juniper in oil ... to his nostrils ... |
| 40 | [DISZ na bu-'-sza2]-nu _gig 1(disz) sze szim-ku7-ku7 1(disz) [sze] {szim}li 1(disz) sze#?_ [...] | If a man suffers from buʾšānu-disease: 1 grain of sweet juniper, 1 barley of lupin, 1 grain ... |
| 41 | [... _im-sahar]-na4#-kur-ra bar musz#_ [tur]-ar2# _sud2_ [...] | ... the outer part of the halo was small, it thundered ... |
| 42 | [...] _dab_-ma _nu du8 7(disz) sze ukusz2#_ [...] | ... he will seize it and will not recover. 7 grains of chickpeas ... |
| 43 | [...] _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _i3_ [...] | ... he drinks it, in oil ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] _bi#-lu_ s,ab-tu _{u2}kur-ra u2_ [...] | ... a slave, seized by a mountain plant ... |
| 2 | [...] {u2}ur2-ne2-e ina _i3 {gesz}erin#_ [...] | ... burāšu-plant in oil from cedar ... |
| 3 | [... bu-'-sza2]-nu _dab_-it {u2}ak-tam _sud2_ ana _kir4_-[szu2 ...] | ... buʾšānu-disease, seized a niphtha-plant, he threw it into his nose ... |
| 4 | [...] i _ugu kir4_-szu2 [...] | ... on top of his nose ... |
| 5 | [...] _dab#_-su U2 MA? RU _na4_ gab-u2 U2 [...] | ... seized him, ... stone, all of it ... |
| 6 | [...] x NA4 HAR pu-s,a-s,u NA4 SI NAM KAD2 RU [...] | ... stone, ring, stone of horn ... |
| 7 | [...] x _gaz sim zu2-mesz_ en-sze-e-tu2 sza2 x [...] ina sze-e?-ri#? [...] | ... ... kills ..., the enshetu-plant of ... in the morning? ... |
| 8 | [DISZ na] bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-su 2(disz) _gin2 u2 babbar_ ina _kasz nag_ : x [...] | If bu'shanu-disease afflicts him: you boil 2 shekels of white plant in beer : ... .... |
| 9 | [DISZ kimin_ {u2}]ak-tam ina _i3_ [...] _nag# : DISZ kimin_ [...] | If a sore ... aktam-plant in oil ... you drizzle (it) : If sores ... |
| 10 | [DISZ kimin]_ {u2}zi-ba-a ina _i3_ u _kasz nag : DISZ kimin_ [...] | If zibû-plant in oil and beer : If ... |
| 11 | [DISZ kimin] na4_ gab-u2 _sud2_ ina _gesztin nag : DISZ kimin#_ [...] | Alternatively, you knead all of the stone in wine : Alternatively .... |
| 12 | _en2 bu-'-sza2-nu da-an _dab_-su _gim ur-[mah_ ...] | Incantation: "A strong bu'shanu-demon seizes him like a lion . ." |
| 13 | _gim ur-bar-ra_ is,-s,a-bat nu-ur-za is,-s,a#-[bat ...] | Like a dog, he has seized your limbs, ... . |
| 14 | ina _gi-gid2 mur#-mesz_ it-ta-di _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 s,i#-[i ...] | (If) he slips through the cracks of the lung, his throne will become weak . |
| 15 | _gim usz2_ szu-ud-du-u2 a-lak-ti u ni-id _sza3_-[bi ...] | like a dead person, a wanderer of the road and a stranger of the heart ... |
| 16 | at-ta e ta-tur# ana s,ib-ti-ka _en2 <ul> iu-ut-tu#-[un ...] | You, have turned back to your life! Incantation: “How long ...? |
| 17 | _en2_ {d}da-mu u {d}gu-la _en2 {d}nin#-[girimx_ ...] | Incantation: O Damu and Gula, incantation of Ningirim |
| 18 | _en2_ {d}gu-la be-let _ti-la_ {d}gu-[la ... _tu6 en2]_ | Incantation: O Gula, mistress of life, Gula |
| 19 | _ka inim-ma_ bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-su : _du3-du3-bi {u2}hab# [...] | “The mouth of an incantation is seized by buʾšānu-disease (Baʿlu-šuma-iddina) : its ritual procedures ... ḫabu-plant |
| 20 | _DISZ kimin _{u2}kur-ra_ ina _i3_ u _kasz nag_-ma ina-esz : DISZ kimin_ [...] | If a person, like a mountain plant, drinks it in oil and beer, and then he will get better. : If ... |
| 21 | _DISZ kimin na4_ gab-u2 ina _lal3 hi-hi_ u2-na-s,ab : DISZ kimin_ [...] | If all of the stones are covered in honey: : If all the stones .... |
| 22 | _en2_ da-an sza2 bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-su _gim ur-mah sag-du_ is,#-[bat _gim ur-bar-ra_ ...] | Incantation: "The strong one who seized Bu'shanu is like a lion seized the head, like an eagle ...." |
| 23 | is,-bat _ka_ is,-bat _eme_ ina bi#-rit _zu2-mesz_ it-ta-di _{gesz}[gu-za_-szu2 ...] | He seized the mouth, he seized a tongue in between the teeth, with his throne |
| 24 | _gim dumu lukur_ la i-bu-ra _gim_ ni-id _sza3_-bi# la is,-bat x [... _tu6 en2]_ | Like a nadītu who has not bowed down, like a snake that has not grasped its inside ... .... Incantation formula. |
| 25 | _ka inim-ma_ bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-su : _du3-du3-bi {im}kal-gug_ [...] | “The mouth of an incantation is seized by buʾšānu-disease. : Its ritual: kalgug-stone ... |
| 26 | _en2_ bu-'-sza2-nu a-mir _gim ur-mah_ ana la? sza2 _ur-mah_ sza2 bu-'#-[sza2-nu ...] | Incantation: “Burshanu is like a lion, it is not like the lion of Burshanu ... |
| 27 | nap-sza2-ri is,-bat ki-i min-di-ni is,-s,a-bat la-he-e nu#-[ur]-za# nar-[ba-ti ...] | He seized the life, like a second one he seized a laḫû-demon, a narbātu-disease ... |
| 28 | mi? lu-usz-pur ana _dumu-munus-me_ {d}a-nu sza2 _an_-e lisz-sza2-nim-ma tal-li-szi-na [...] | What should I send to the daughters of Anu of the heavens? May they be reconciled with me so that you may go with them. |
| 29 | lih-ba-nim _a-mesz a-ab-ba_ tam-ti3 _dagal_-ti3 a-szar ur-ru-ul-ti [...] | May the waters of the sea, the wide sea, where the distant ... |
| 30 | u-suk-ka-tu4 la im-su-u lu-ba-re-e-szu2 is,-s,ur hur-ri la id-lu-' la x [...] | (Sum) The usukkatu priestess, the one who does not have ... (Akk) His ubārātu priestesses, who do not have the ḫurru priesthood |
| 31 | la id-lu-' _ur-gi7 ge6_ lid-da-a ana pi-szu2-ma _zi_-ah sza2 _ka_-szu2 um-mu sik-ka-tu4 la-ba-t,u u bu-'-sza2-nu _tu6 en2_ | May a black lion not give birth to a dog. According to his mouth, a seizure of his mouth is a result of suckling pigs and bu'shanu-disease. Incantation formula. |
| 32 | _ka inim-ma_ bu-'-sza2-nu _dab_-su ana bul-lu-t,u sza2 bu-'-sza2-nu _du3-a-bi szid_-nu | The mouth of the words of būshanu seized him. For the healing of bu'sanu he performed it. |
| 33 | _du3-du3-bi na4_ gab-u2 {u2}ni-na-a _sud2_ ina _lal3 hi-hi en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3_-bi _szid_-nu _ka_-szu2 tak-ta-na-par ina-esz | Its ritual: you crush all the stone, the ninû-plant, you stir it in honey. You recite the incantation seven times into it, (and) you wipe his mouth clean. He will get better. |
| 34 | _DISZ kimin {u2}kur-ra_ sah-le2-e _na4_ ga-bi-i _gazi{sar} {u2}hab {gesz}ri-ri-geszimmar har_ pu s,a t,a _la {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_ | If a man has been seized by saḫlû-cress, cress, gabbītu-stone, sagapenum, briri-šuma-juniper, a ring of puṣa-thornbush (and) not pomegranate. |
| 35 | u _{szim}szesz uzu masz-da3 {gesz}gesztin-had2-a {u2}masz-tab-ba 1(u) 2(disz) u2-hi-a had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ina _zi3-sze-sa-a hi-hi_ | and mašdānu-aromatic, tin-hada-juniper, masztabba-plant, 12 plants (and) sulphur, resin of a cedar, in sesame flour |
| 36 | _ki ka_-szu2 tu-t,ap-pi-ma he-pi2 esz-szu t,e3-pu sza2 _ka la2 ka_ | You remove it from his mouth, and the new break of the mouth |
| 37 | _DISZ na zu2-mesz-tu2 mu-nu u bu-'-sza2-nu he-pi2 esz-szu AL ina _dal-ba-an-na zu2-mesz_-szu2 | If a man’s teeth are full of mūštu-disease, niphtha, and buʾšanu-spurge: he will recover. |
| 38 | _mud2 e3-mesz_-ni _na4_ ga-bu-u2 _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}zi-bu-u2 _disz_-nisz _sud2_ | when the blood came out, gabû-stone, kurru-plant, zibūt šud-plant |
| 39 | _szu-si_-ka mu-sza2-t,u _nigin_-mi _i3-szah E sud_ x [x x x] tu#-lam | Your 'finger' is swollen, it is surrounded by a halo of oil. ... ... you will see. |
| 40 | _zu2_-szu2 _en mud2 e3-mesz_-ni ta-kar [... _ti]_-ut, | If his body is full of blood: you discard ...; you will live. |
| 41 | _DISZ na eme_-szu2 eb,-te-et-ma [...] | If a man’s tongue is swollen and .... |
| 42 | 9(disz)-u2 pir-su _DISZ na ugu_-szu2 _kum2_ u2-kal bul-t,u [...] | 9 pirsu-disease: If a man’s cranium holds heat: healing .... |
| 43 | _dub {m}{d}utu-mu dumu_ sza2 {m}na-din _dumu lu2-kid-bar-{d}[nin-urta]_ | Tablet of Šamaš-iddin, son of Nadin, descendant of Lu-kidbar-Ninurta |
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