SpTU 2, 050 (P348655)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348655 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | You cook lapis lazuli, ašgigû-stone, ...-stone, antimony, dāmātu-paste [...] (and) ... equally in šīrīsu-beer. Afterwards, you cook (them) in milk. You ... the dāmātu-paste (and) .... You ... the būšānu-plant, after them all. You dissolve in ...-oil and wax. (This is) the tested ointment for the birratu-disease. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | You ... together 2 girû (1/24 shekel) of dāmātu-paste, 2 girû of kurrukummu, 1 girû of white-plant (and) 1 girû of algae. You compact blood of male and female partridge. You anoint his eyes with the ointment for the birratu-disease (and with) ditto (the ointment of) the tābīlu-disease. On the fourth day, when he becomes feverish, you pour milk on his eyes. After the milk (has been poured), you anoint his eyes dry with ashar-stone. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | You dry in the shade 1/2 shekel of bat's guano, 1/2 shekel of white-plant, 15 grains of mēsallu-salt (and) a būšānu-plant. You dissolve (them). You pound (them) in filtered oil if (it is during) summer (or) in butter if (it is during) winter. You anoint the tested 'ointment of Hammu-rabi'. When you have done it, (the patient) should not consume brewer's beer, he should regularly anoint (his eye and) stay in darkness. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515– | (If) a person's eyes become dimmed: you pound together, in ordinary oil, 1/2 shekels of white-plant, 2 shekels of bat's guano, 15 grains of alum, 15 grains of mēsallu-salt, 1/8 (shekel) of pith of kanaktu-tree (and then) you anoint his eyes. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [...] eyes become dimmed and contain tear(s): you pound white-plant, honey (and) nīnû-plant in oil (and then) you anoint. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | (If) a person's eyes become dimmed: you pound myrrh, white-plant, guano of bat in butter (and then) you anoint his eyes. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | (If) a person's eyes continually contain tear(s): you knead milled cress in milk (and then) you bandage his eyes. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | (If) a person's eyes are troubled: you heat up together honey, butter (and) filtered fine quality oil, (then) you filter (and) pour (it) into his eyes. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | (If) a person's tongue is ill: you mix kalgukku-paste (and) old copper in butter (and then) you anoint him. Tested for the mouth. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | You boil lead in wheat-water. You pound. You pour it (the treatment) with a spatula of reed. It is good for widening the eyes. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| obverse | ||
| 1 | _{na4}za-gin3 {na4}asz-gi3-gi3 {na4}ugu-asz-gi3-gi3 {na4}szim-bi-zi-da im-sig7-sig7_ | |
| 2 | [{na4}pu]-us-ma-tu4 mal2-ma-lisz ina szi?-ri-szu! _szeg6_-szal _egir_ ina _ga_ _szeg6_-szal | |
| 3 | _im-sig7-sig7 {na4}pu-us-mat _szum_-ah _luh_-si _egir_ gab-bi-szu2-nu | |
| 4 | _szum_-ah ina _i3 egir_ u _duh-lal3_ tu-la-ma te-qit la-tik2-tu4 sza2 bir-rat | |
| 5 | 2(disz) _gir2_-e im-sig7-sig7 2(disz) gir2_-e kur-ru-ku-um-mu _gir2_-u2 _u2 babbar_ | |
| 6 | _gir2_-u2 _ka_ tam-tim _disz_-nisz _szum_-ah ina _mud2 buru4-habrud-da{muszen} nita2_ u _munus_ | |
| 7 | _ta_ si-ih-hu te-qit sza2 bir-rat _igi-min ki-min_ ta-bi-lu _igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | |
| 8 | ina _u4_-mu 4(disz)-szu2 _ga_ ina _kum2_-mi-szu2 a-na _igi-min_-szu2 _szub_-di _egir bi_ | |
| 9 | {na4}as-har ta-bi-lu _igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | |
| 10 | 1/2(disz) _gin2 u5 argab{muszen} 1/2(disz) gin2 u2 babbar 1(u) 5(disz) sze mun_ eme-sal-lim | |
| 11 | _{u2}si-<sa2>_ ina _gissu had2-ra2_ tu-lam szum-ma _kum2-mesz_ ina _i3_ hal-s,a | |
| 12 | szum-ma _en-te-na_ ina _i3-nun sud2 mar-mar u4_ 4(disz) sza2 {m}ha-mu-ra-bi | |
| 13 | la-tik2-tu2 e-nu-ma _du3_-szu2 _kasz {lu2}kurun-na_ la i-szi | |
| 14 | li-te-qi2 ina _ge6 ge6_ li-sip | |
| 15 | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 i-bar-ru-ra 1/2(disz) gin2 u2 babbar 2(disz) gin2 u5 argab{muszen}_ | |
| 16 | 1(u) 5(disz) sze_ {na4}gab-u2 _1(u) 5(disz) sze mun_ eme-sal-lim bit-qa _i3-udu {szim}gig_ | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _[disz]_-nisz ina _i3_ gu-un-nu _sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | |
| 2 | _[DISZ na] igi-min_-szu2 i-bar-ru-ra u a-szi u2-kal-la _u2 babbar lal3_ | |
| 3 | _[{u2}]kur-ra_ ina _i3 sud2 mar_ | |
| 4 | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 i-bar-ru-ra _szim-szesz u2 babbar u5 argab{muszen}_ | |
| 5 | ina _i3-nun-na sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | |
| 6 | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 a-szi u2-kal-la sah-le10 t,e4-ne2-e-tu2 ina _ga sila11_-asz / _igi-min_-szu2 _la2_-id | |
| 7 | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _lu3-lu3_-ha _lal3 i3-nun-na i3-sag_ : hal-s,a _disz_-nisz _kum2-kum2_-am ta-sza2-hal ana _igi-min_-szu2 _szub_ | |
| 9 | _DISZ na eme_-szu2 _gig im-kal-la-gug uruda sumun_ ina _i3-nun-na hi-hi_ | |
| 10 | _szesz2_-su sza _inim_ lat-ku | |
| 11 | _a-gar5_ ina _a-mesz sze-gig-ba_ ta-sal-laq _sud2_ ina _gub mud2_ sza2 gi-ru-szu2 | |
| 12 | a-na _dagal esz igi-min sig5_ | |
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