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SpTU 1, 049 (P348470)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348470 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ na szu-gidim-ma dab_-su [x] _mud2 musz ge6_ | If a man has been seized by a ghost: ... blood, measured. Night |
| 2 | _mud2_ ku-szu-u2 HA : _bil-za#-za# [x] {d}1(u) 5(disz) _e_ [x] | mud (means) kušû-disease. : bilza-za ... Ishtar ... |
| 3 | _bil-za-za_ : mu-s,a-'-ra#-ni : pu-ru-un-za#-[hu] | bil-za-za means "shrine"; kurun-zahu means "purunzahhu." |
| 4 | pu-ru-un-za-hu : x x [x x] hu : pa-szit-tu2 x [x] MESZ# | “Purunzaḫu-disease" means ... ..., ... is a synonym of ... |
| 5 | pa-szi-t,at zu-mur : x SZUL sza2 iq-bu-u2 | […] “The one who is afflicted by a throbbing ta[te’s] ..., who said {f} |
| 6 | MUL.SZUL : {d}da-mu# : {d}gu-la | MUL.ŠUL (means) : Damu; : Gula |
| 7 | _sig2 ur-gi7 ge6 : en2?_ [x x] ki-ma# [x] kal-bi {d}1(u) 5(disz) | wool of a black dog Incantation(?) ... like ... of Ishtar |
| 8 | ib x ia : mu [x] x [x x] ma#?-rat {d}[3(u)] | ... : year: “..., the daughter of Sin, |
| 9 | _sza3_-bu-u2 {d}1(u) 5(disz) x [x x x x] ka s,ab [...] | The heart of Ištar ... |
| 10 | {d}na-na-a _nin#?_ [...] | Nanaya the mistress(?) |
| 11 | ka-szip2 u be lu? [...] | bewitched and ... |
| 12 | BE ka-ba-at : za#? x [x] sza2 [x x x] x x x a?-szu2 | The 'station' is present. : ... of ... ... |
| 13 | i-ri-qu sza2 [x x] x [x x] is,?-s,a/bat/su sza2-su?-u2-szu2 | They seized the ... that ... seized him. |
| 14 | szal-szisz ka-szip u be [x x x x] x ip-szu-ru : _ka-mesz_-szu2 | Thirdly, he is bewitched and ... has opened : his mouths |
| 15 | a-na x ka#? [x x] la [x x x] ra ba? asz2 _szu-gidim-ma_ | ... a ghost |
| 16 | x a? x [x x] ma? [x x] : _gu4_ : al-pi : _gu4_ : e-t,em-mu | ... ... means "ox"; ox means "fish"; |
| 17 | x x x [x x x] bi [x] bu : ki-ma su-ti-ti | ... ... like the Suteans |
| 18 | x x x x x [x x] x x x bu qa du u3 la-mu-u2-in-ni | ... ... and let me see |
| 19 | x x x x [x x] x x x ki na#? a? za? in ni | ... ..., |
| 20 | x x x [x x] _sza3_-bu-u2 _gidim_ sza3-sza2? _gidim mu-ne_ | ... the heart of a ghost, the heart(?) of an ominous ghost |
| 21 | x x x [x x] _an_-e x x ur x [...] | ... heaven ... ... |
| 22 | [x x] ur x x ub [...] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza2# _{kur}su#-bir4#{ki} szu-u2 i-qab-bu-u2 [...] | He is of Subartu. They say ... |
| 2 | a-na 2(U) _kusz3_ ku-dur-ru u2-kad-dar : _hur_ [...] | to 20 cubits he will tie. : ... .... |
| 3 | _ur_ : na-ka-su : _szab_ : na-ka-su [...] | UR means "to break," shab means "break," ... |
| 4 | ta ma-hi-ir _gazi{sar} : me-e _gazi{sar} : ninda2# [x x] x | “From above, gazīsar (means) : water ... : bread ... |
| 5 | il-lu-ru : _gurun : nunuz_ ha-ah-hu-ru sza2 _[e?]_-u2 | illūru means : grain, i.e., “flax of the ḫaḫuru-plant, which is ... |
| 6 | ina _sza3_ sza2 _{mul}uga{muszen} : {d}en-lil2 : {d}en-lil2 en ki_-ti3 | in the constellation of the Eagle : Enlil : Ellil, lord of the earth |
| 7 | u _gidim_ szu-u2 : _[kur]-gi{muszen} : kur_ : sza2-du-u2 | and that ghost : the kurgi bird : kur (means): mountain. |
| 8 | _gi_ : a-la-du [: _{d}]kur-gal : {d}en-lil2_ sza2-du-u2 ra-bu-u2 | reed (means): alādu-plant. : Kurgal means: Enlil, the great mountain. |
| 9 | hi-bisz-tu4 : _gur2-gur2_ [sza2] hup#-pe-e iq-ta-bu-ni | ḫištu-disease (means) : he said of huppâ-confection. |
| 10 | _{szim}gug2-gug2 : hi-bisz#-tu4 : _{szim}gur2-gur2_ | guggug-aromatic (a kind of sulphur) : ḫištu-disease : mint |
| 11 | _DISZ na_ ina _dab_-it _szu-gidim-ma gesztu-min_-szu2 i3-szag-gu-ma | If a man, when he is seized by a ghost, his ears roar, and |
| 12 | _gesztu-min_-szu2 isz-ta-na#-as#-sa-a : _szu-gidim-ma_ | his ears constantly ring. : Šugidima |
| 13 | _{gi-di-im}gidim : gidim#_ [pe]-tu-u2 _gesztu-min : bar_ : pe-tu-u2 | “Gidimmû (means) : ghost. : Geštu-min (is a synonym of): bar (also means): ghost |
| 14 | _bur3{bu-ur}_ : uz-nu : e-t,em#-me : qa-bu-u2 t,e3-e-me | bur3būr means : uznu, i.e., eṭemmu means "to speak a report." |
| 15 | _e_ : qa-bu-u2 : _KA{di-im-ma}-HI : t,e3-e-me | E (means) : to speak. : KA-IM-MA (also means) |
| 16 | _gidim_ mur-tap-pi-du : [e]-t,em#-mu se-gu-u2 | Ghost of Urtappidu : ghost of Segû. |
| 17 | sza2 e-t,em-ma-szu2 la paq-[du] : _dib{di-ib}-ra-ah_ : ra-pa-du | Whose ghost is not entrusted (means) : to pass by. : To pass by |
| 18 | _dib-ra-ah_ : ri-pit-tu2 | “Dibraḫ (= Šumma Ālu XIV unknown) means |
| 19 | s,a-a-tu2 u szu-ut _ka_ sza2 _[DISZ] na szu-gidim-ma dab_-su | If a man is seized by a ghost |
| 20 | mal2-su-tu {m}{d}1(gesz2)-ik#-s,ur _{lu2}masz-masz ban3-da_ | the eldest son of Ištar-ikṣur, chief exorcist |
| 21 | ana _an-ta-szub-[ba] zi_-ah u _bur2_ | For an antasuba-illness, he will be ill and will die. |
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