SpTU 3, 106 (P348710)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348710 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | (traces) |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [...] ...-aromatic substance ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...] is like millet [...]. It is good for ears which continually contain pus. ... [...]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [...] whose appearance is like a pine-tree. Its cones [...]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | The plant whose appearance is like cress. Its seeds are like cress seeds [...] is good for (putting) the belly in good condition. You pound (it). In ... [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | The plant whose appearance is like exudation of ašāgu-plant. Its seeds are like lettuce seeds. Its name is sweet plant. [...]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | The plant whose appearance is like cucumber. Its growth is red. Its name is "imhur-lim". [...] for all illnesses. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | The plant whose appearance is like sunflower. Its seeds are like šigguštu-plant. imhur-ešrā [...]. It is good for long-lasting illnesses. You dry, you pound (and) [...] in front of the patient. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | The plant whose appearance is like colocynth. Its seeds are like šigguštu-plant. [...] ardadillu-plant. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | The plant whose appearance is like the form of a bristle. It is full of .... Its name is "elkulla". [...] for the eyes that ... [...]. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | The plant whose appearance is like black wooden spill and ... [...]. It is good for eradication of affliction of a ghost [...]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | The plant whose appearance is like the form of a hašhūru-plant. [...] from extraction of the sea where plant and reed [...] do not exist. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | It emerges on the surface of the water. [...] on top of it. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'–o 19'19' | Its name is ašqulālu-plant. [...] for illness of frost, heat stroke and sorcery. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 19'19'–o 20'20' | The plant whose appearance is like the form of hound's-tongue plant. Alternatively, the plant whose appearance is like turnip and continually seeks [...]. It grows in an irrigated field. Wherever you pull it out, its root [...] |
| Obverse [20:22] o 21'21'–o 22'22' | it curves. liddanānu-plant (gloss: new break) ... [...]. |
| Obverse [21:23] o 22'22'– | The plant whose appearance is like turnip. Its seeds are like seed of šigūšu-barley. Myrrh ... (gloss: break). Its seeds are good for putting the belly in good condition. You pound [...]. He drinks (it) in water without dining. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Camomile, ašdānu-plant (gloss: new break) [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | A rush-plant that bears wool: Its name is kadānu-plant. (gloss: new break). You crush. You put (the plant) into his anus. [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | You mix field-drum-plant (and) ašdānu-plant in fat. You put (the treatment) into his anus. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | You mix myrrh (and) juniper, the 2 plants, in fat. You make a acorn-shaped suppository. You put it into his anus. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | You cook myrrh and plant against šaššaṭu-disease in beer. ... [...]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | ...-plant: yellow-green ...-plant is its name. būšānu-plant ... [...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | ...-plant: šašuntu-plant is its name. ...-plant [...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | būšānu-plant, tamarisk ... cutting [...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Henbane, supālu-juniper [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | supālu-juniper, kamantu-plant [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Two plants, foliage of ... [...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | you dry ... [...]. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Two plants, foliage of [...]. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | kid's ear-plant [...]. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | asafoetida [...]. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | ...-plant [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | ...-plant [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x SU x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢TI⸣ {šim}MA x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GIM⸣ {u₂}duh-ni [...] | |
| 4' | ana GEŠTU-MIN ša₂ LUGUD ŠUB{a} SIG₅ x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] GAR-šu₂ GIM {giš}U₃.SUH₅ ti-ri-in-na-ti-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 6' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM ZA₃.HI.LI NUMUN-šu₂ <GIM> NUMUN ZA₃.HI.LI [...] | |
| 7' | ana ŠA₃ SI.SA₂ SIG₅ SUD₂ ina x [...] | |
| 8' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM u₂-paṭ(IGI) {u₂}KIŠI₁₆ NUMUN-šu₂ GIM NUMUN HI.IS{sar} U₂ mat-qu MU-⸢NI⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM {<u₂>}UKUŠ₂.LA₂ E₃-su ru-uš-šat {u₂}IGI-lim MU-NI ana GIG ⸢DU₃⸣.[A.BI ...] | |
| 10' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM U₂.{d}UTU U₂.{d}UTU NUMUN-šu₂ GIM ši-gu-uš-ti {u₂}IGI.20 [...] | |
| 11' | ana GIG la-az-zi SIG₅ HAD₂.DU SUD₂ ana IGI ⸢GIG⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM {u₂}ti-ig-il-le-e NUMUN-šu₂ GIM ši-gu-uš-ti {u₂}AŠ.TAL₂.TAL₂ [...] | |
| 13' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM ši-kin za-ap-pi x-da SA₅ {u₂}el-kul-la MU-NI ana IGI-MIN ša₂ x [...] | |
| 14' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM ši-kin giš-gir-ri GE₆ u₃ UGU KU ZU {u₂}x [...] | |
| 15' | ana DAB GIDIM ZI-šu₂ ⸢SIG₅⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM ši-kin {giš}HAŠHUR ina ni-sih₂ A.AB.BA KI U₂ u GI [...] | |
| 17' | la₃ GAL₂-MEŠ ina IGI A-MEŠ E₃ ina muh-hi-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | {u₂}LAL MU-NI ana GIG šu-ru-pe-e TAB.U₄.DA TAB.U₄.DA u ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM ši-kin {u₂}EME.UR.GI₇ {u₂}EME.UR.GI₇ MIN U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM {u₂}LU.UB₂{sar} u₃ [...] | |
| 20' | iš-te-ne₂-ʾe ina A.ŠA₃ mi-ik-ri E₃ e-ma ZI-šu₂ šu-ru-⸢us⸣-[su ...] | |
| 21' | i-kap-pap {u₂}lid-da-[na-nu] {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} x [...] | |
| 22' | U₂ GAR-šu₂ GIM {u₂}LU.UB₂{sar} NUMUN-šu₂ GIM NUMUN {u₂}ŠE.MUŠ₅{sar} {u₂}SES x {{ hi-pi₂ }} NUMUN-šu₂ ana ŠA₃ SI.SA₂ SIG₅ ⸢SUD₂⸣ [...]; ina A-MEŠ la₃ pa-tan NAG(GU₇) | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {u₂}LAG.A.ŠA₃.GA {u₂}LAG.A.ŠA₃.GA {u₂}DUR₂.[GIG] {{ hi-pi₂ eš-⸢šu₂⸣ }} [...] | |
| 2 | U₂ pap-pa(SA-)a-nu SIG₂-MEŠ IL₂ {u₂}ka-da-nu MU-NI {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} tu-pa-ṣa ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR{[an} ...] | |
| 3 | {u₂}tim-bu-ut-ti₃ A.ŠA₃ {u₂}<<A>>.DUR₂.GIG ina I₃.UDU HI.HI ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR{⸢an⸣} | |
| 4 | {u₂}{šim}SES {šim}LI(SAR) U₂ 2 ina I₃.UDU HI.HI il-la-nu DU₃{uš} ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR{[an]} | |
| 5 | {u₂}{šim}SES U₂ ša₂-aš₂-ša₂-ṭi ina KAŠ SEG₆.GA₂ x [...] | |
| 6 | {u₂}MA {u₂}KAL SIG₇ MU-NI {u₂}bu-uʾ-⸢ša₂-nu⸣ x x x x [...] | |
| 7 | {u₂}KAL {u₂}ṣa-ṣu-un-tu₂ MU-NI {u₂}x [...] | |
| 8 | {u₂}HAB {u₂}ŠINIG ⸢TI⸣ KU₅{si} [...] | |
| 9 | {u₂}ŠAKIR {u₂}su-pa-lu [...] | |
| 10 | {u₂}su-pa-lu {u₂}kam-[man-tu₄ ...] | |
| 11 | KAM MEŠ x [...] | |
| 12 | U₂ 2 PA-MEŠ x [...] | |
| 13 | HAD₂.DU x [...] | |
| 14 | U₂ 2 ⸢PA⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | {u₂}UR₂.⸢TAL₂⸣.[TAL₂ {u₂}UR₂.⸢TAL₂⸣.[TAL₂ ...] | |
| 16 | {u₂}NU.⸢LUH⸣.[HA ...] | |
| 17 | {u₂}x [...] | |
| 18 | {u₂}x [...] | |
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