SpTU 1, 046 (P348467)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348467 |
| 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 |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | (If) a person's tongue is swollen and fills his mouth, you dry, crush (and) sieve foliage of tamarisk, foliage of adāru-tree, foliage of fox-vine (and) hound's tongue. You knead with mustard juice. You anoint the top of his tongue with butter. You put (the treatment) on the top of his tongue and he will recover. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | (If) a person's eyes, neck and lips are repeatedly affected by paralysis and they burn him like fire, this man, the demon of the lavatory seized him. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 88–o 1515 | To cure him, you pound muṣu-stone, anzahhu-stone, black frit, magnetite, parzillu-stone, zalāqu-stone, lurpânu-stone, šīpu-paste, kalgukku-paste, šunû-tree, glasswort, lulūtu. You mix in cedar resin, olive oil and filtered oil. You anoint him the morning, at noon and the evening. You wrap (the treatment) in leather (and) you put it on his neck and he will recover. |
| Obverse [15:21] o 1616– | (If) a person, a stroke (affects) his face, his eye winks, he stares day and night, does not sleep (and) cannot stop rubbing his face with honey and butter: let him repeatedly eat maštakal-plant on an empty stomach and he will recover. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Incantation: "(incomprehensible incantation)". (That is) the incantation formula. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Incantation: "If a demon has seized the mouth of a man". |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | Its ritual: he throws earth from the crossroads into water from a well and washes his mouth (and) repeatedly recites the incantation. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | (If) ditto: let him regularly wipe his mouth with cress, nīnû-plant, alum, aktam-plant (and) white hellebore and let him regularly wash his mouth with water from a well. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | Against an affliction of stroke that afflicts his mouth, he throws earth from the crossroads into water from a well and he regularly bathes and he will recover. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ na eme_-szu2 eb-t,e-et-ma _ka_-szu2 _si-a_-at | |
| 2 | _pa {gesz}szinig pa {gesz}ildag pa {gesz}gesztin ka5-a_ | |
| 3 | _{u2}eme ur-gi7 had2-ra2 gaz sim_ ina _a gazi{sar}_ | |
| 4 | _sila11_-asz _ugu eme_-szu2 _i3-nun-na szesz2_ | |
| 5 | ina _ugu eme_-szu2 _gar_-ma ina-esz | |
| 6 | _DISZ na igi-mesz_-szu2 _gu2_-su u _nundum_-su szim-mat _tuku-mesz_-a | |
| 7 | u3 ki-ma _izi_ i-ha-am-ma-t,a-szu2 | |
| 8 | _na bi maszkim_ mu-sa-a-ti _dab_-suana _tin_-szu2 | |
| 9 | _na4_ mu-s,a _{na4}an-zah {na4}an-zah-ge6_ | |
| 10 | _{na4}kur_-nu _dab {na4}an-bar {na4}zalag2_ lu-ur-pa-ni | |
| 11 | szi-i-pa {im}kal-gug {gesz}sze-na2-a_ | |
| 12 | _naga si_ lu-lu-tu2{mesz} _sud2_ ina _mud2 {gesz}erin_ | |
| 13 | _i3-gesz_ sir-di u _i3-gesz bara2-ga hi-hi#_ | |
| 14 | sze-ra _an-izi_ u _an-usan szesz2_-su | |
| 15 | ina _kusz du3-du3_-pi2 ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an-ma _tin_ | |
| 16 | _DISZ na_ mi-szit-tu2 pa-ni i-szu2 _igi_-szu2 i-s,ap-par | |
| 17 | ur-ra u mu-sza2 ur-ta!(GA)-at-tu2 la it-ta-na-a-al | |
| 18 | ina _lal3 i3-nun-na igi-mesz_-szu2 musz-szu-da | |
| 19 | la i-kal-li _{u2}in3-usz2_ ba-lu | |
| 20 | pa-tan _gu7-gu7_-ma _tin_-ut, | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _en2_ ul-hi-szi-in _min_ an-ni-ni-esz2 qu-ma-a | |
| 2 | ki-sze3 nam-gi3-si-sa2 mu-bi na-an-gi-si-si | |
| 3 | hu-ub-bi#-en la-hu-ub-bi-en | |
| 4 | hu#-bi-en-hu-ub-bi-en : gi-si-ir szu-'-kul-lu | |
| 5 | [sa]-ra-an-[ni] ku-ul-pa-nu mu-usz-ka-tab-ba | |
| 6 | ku-uk-ka-ad-dal _tu6# [en2]_ | |
| 7 | _ka inim-ma_ szum-ma _maszkim ka lu2_ us,-s,ab-[bi-it?] | |
| 8 | _du3-du3-bi sahar sila lim2-ma_ ana _a pu2 szub_-ma _ka_-szu2 _luh_ | |
| 9 | u _en2_ im-ta-na-an-ni | |
| 10 | _DISZ kimin_ sah-le2-e _{u2}kur-ra na4_ ga-bu-u2 | |
| 11 | {u2}ak-tam _{u2}kur-kur ka_-szu2 ka-a-a-nam-ma | |
| 12 | lik-tap-[par] u _a pu2 ka_-szu2 lim-sze-es-si | |
| 13 | ana _kin#?_ mi-sziut-tu4 sza2 _ka_-szu2 _dab-dab_-tu4 | |
| 14 | _sahar sila lim2-ma_ [ana] _a pu2 szub_-ma ka-a-a-nam | |
| 15 | ir-ta-na-muk-ma _tin_ | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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