SpTU 1, 063 (P348484)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348484 |
| 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
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| unidentified [0:1] unidentified 1'unidentified 1'–unidentified 1'unidentified 1' | kukuru-tree, juniper ... [...] ... [...] |
| unidentified [1:2] unidentified 2'2'–unidentified 2'2' | linseed, grass, seeds of samēdu-plant, ṣaṣumtu-plant |
| unidentified [2:3] unidentified 3'3'–unidentified 3'3' | aromatic substance from the ballukku-tree, parched grain, opopanax, malt, mustard, cress, šumuttu-plant |
| unidentified [3:4] unidentified 4'4'–unidentified 4'4' | mint, nīnû-plant, saffron, black cumin, thyme, nuhurtu-asafoetida |
| unidentified [4:5] unidentified 5'5'–unidentified 5'5' | sieved, ..., flour of nuhurtu-asafoetida, life-plant, azallû-plant |
| unidentified [5:6] unidentified 6'6'–unidentified 6'6' | fox-vine, salicornia, dates, salt, colocynth. |
| unidentified [6:7] unidentified 7'7'–unidentified 7'7' | You cook all these 32 plants in 1 sūtu (and) 1 qû of mundu-water |
| unidentified [7:8] unidentified 8'8'–unidentified 8'8' | until it reduces to 1 akalu (and then) you pour oil on the surface. It is good for heat stroke, flatulence and the kidneys. |
| unidentified [8:9] unidentified 9'9'–unidentified 9'9' | If a person's kidneys hurt him, you cook 1 qû of milled peas in water |
| unidentified [9:10] unidentified 10'10'–unidentified 10'10' | [...] ... you filter (and then) you pour oil on the surface ... [...] ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ x [x] _numun#_ [...] | |
| 2 | _numun gada sullim{sar} numun kur-zi_ s,a-s,u-tu2 x x [...] | |
| 3 | x _sze-bar-sa-a lagab munu4 gazi{sar}_ sah-le2-e _sumun-dar_ | |
| 4 | ur2-ne2-e _kur-ra hur-sag_ zi-bu-u _har-har nu-luh#_ | |
| 5 | _buru5# gaba#-ri dur2-nu-luh-ha u2 nam-din a-zal-la2#_ | |
| 6 | _gesztin ka5-a naga si zu2-lum-ma mun ukusz2-hab_ | |
| 7 | _pap# 3(u) 2(disz) u2-me szesz-me_ ina 1(disz) _ban2 1(disz) sila3 a nig2-ar3-ra szeg6_-szal | |
| 8 | _en_ ana x _gur i3_ ana _igi szub_ ana _tab u4-da tumu_ u _bir-me_ sig5_-iq | |
| 9 | _DISZ na bir-me#_-szu2 _gu7-me_-szu2 1(disz) _sila3 gu2-gal_ sa-an-du-tu2 ina _a szeg6_-szal | |
| 10 | [...] s,i? ri ta-sza2-hal? _i3_ ana _igi szub_ x [x x] 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)-szu2# | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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