SpTU 4, 153 (P348746)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 4, 153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348746 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | (If) a woman's bleeding continually flows and does not cease: to block (it) you give her alum, kalgukku-paste, [...] for softening. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Afterwards you give her (this) for softening and closing up. Afterwards you give her this ingredient [...] and kalgukku-paste. You roast alum. You make kalgukku-paste from out of ... [...]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | These plants, as many as he recommended to you, she takes 1 each. When dampness ... [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | White hellebore, māštu-plant, sippirû-fruit, ṣumlalû-plant: 4 plants that are recommended for ingredients. [...] for closing up, she .... |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Afterwards she takes what softening. Afterwards you give her these ingredients. Afterwards [...] ingredients of alum and kalgukka-paste. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | maštakal-plant (and) sippirû-fruit are recommended for the cooling of a pregnant woman. You give it to a woman who has given birth and whose bleeding does not cease. [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | You give it to a pregnant woman whose blood is continually visible in her 3rd (or) 4th month. : You give it on a favourable day [...]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | Her flesh cools down in the belly and the blood is stopped. : [...] the plants that soften [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | When you select ... kanaktu-resin and šupuhru-cedar that is after the wood ingredients ... [...] alum [...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Kanaktu-resin softens up, šupuhru-cedar sweeps away. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | If you give her (all) at one time, however much she takes, you mix (it) all and give (it) to her. The old tree-trunk flour which is recommended should not be from a date-palm [...] from a poplar [...]. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | A new large bowl or a porous potsherd from the mouth of a kiln is very good. It softens, cools down and ... [...]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | Ram's eye (and) ram's horn that he roasted in fire are very good. Their ashes ... [...].... Ram's eye and ram's horn are one ingredient. Seed of tamarisk, alum and kalgukku-paste ... [...]. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | ... that is recommended as a potion for blocking a woman's blood. (traces). |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | You give her each ... (gloss: break) .... (traces). |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | She ate ... [...] .... (For) : a woman who is in labour for 1 day, 2 days [...]: you pound and strew parched grain. On the surface [...] .... [...] not ... [...]. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | (If) the month of her delivery approaches and not ... [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] flour of rock-partridge and cumin ... [...] ... [...] woman ... together with the potions [...] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | You give her to drink [...] fox-vine and maštakal-plant and then you make her move. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | Afterwards you give her the ingredients of flour of rock-partridge [...] cumin. Flour of rock-partridge and cumin greatly open. |
| Obverse [24:26] o 2525–o 2626 | If you give her ... [...] it will make her waters (i.e., amniotic fluids) suppurate and her baby will die. label+ o 26 - o 27 You pound and sieve fox-vine, maštakal-plant and hound's-tongue [...], each one of 1 akalu, in new barley beer then you do not take (it) during the night. In the morning, you will not make her waters suppurate. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | You give her unceasingly to drink and you make her move. Whatever she drinks, whether fish or garlic [...], you strew it. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | During the second day, 1 akalu of parched grain, 1 akalu of filtered oil which is not hot, with 1 qû of crushed dates, [...] without mustard which is crushed from the opening of a mash tub and you give her to drink and make her move. |
| Obverse [29:31] o 3030–o 3131 | Either ... [...] or ... flour on top ?crushed ... |
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)
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| o | ||
| 1 | MUNUS UŠ₂-MEŠ-šu₂ DU-MEŠ-ma la ip-par-ra-su ana pa-ra-si {na₄}gab-u₂ IM.KAL.⸢GUG⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢ša₂⸣ lu-ub-bu-ku SUM-ši EGIR ša₂ lu-ub-bu-ku u UŠ₂{e} SUM-su EGIR maš-šit an-⸢nit⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | u IM.KAL.GUG SUM-su {na₄}gab-u₂ tu-qal-la IM.KAL.GUG lib₃-bu x [...] | |
| 4 | DU₃{uš} U₂-MEŠ an-nu-tu ma-la iq-bak-ka 1-TA.AM₃ ina-aš-ši ki-i ru-ṭib-ti I x [...] | |
| 5 | {u₂}KUR.KUR {u₂}MAŠ.TAB.BA {u₂}sim-ber-ri {šim}GAM.MA 4 U₂-MEŠ ša₂ ana maš-ši-ti E{u₂} ša₂ UŠ₂{e} ŠI I x [...] | |
| 6 | EGIR ša₂ lu-ub-bu-ku IL₂{u₂} EGIR maš-šit an-nit SUM-su EGIR maš-šit ša₂ {na₄}gab-u u IM.KAL.GUG [...] | |
| 7 | {u₂}IN₆.UŠ₂ sim-bar ana tak-ṣa-a-tu₂ ša₂ {munus}PEŠ₄ E{u₂} MUNUS ša₂(ŠU₂) U₃.TU-ma UŠ₂-MEŠ-šu₂ la ip-par-ra-su SUM-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ana(ŠA₂) {munus}PEŠ₄ ša₂ 3 4 ITI-MEŠ-šu₂ UŠ₂ i-ta-nam-ma-ru SUM-su ina u₄-mu ŠE.GA(BAD) SUM-su ina ⸢u₄-mu⸣ x [...] | |
| 9 | SUM-su ina ŠA₃ UZU-šu₂ SED{u₂} u UŠ₂ ik-kal-lu-u₂ U₂-MEŠ ša₂ u₂-lab-bak-[u₂ ...] | |
| 10 | ⸢i⸣-nu-ma {šim}GIG u EREN.BAD ša₂ EGIR maš-šit i-ṣi ta-ta-nam-mar DIŠ BE IS x [... {na₄]}⸢gab-u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | {šim}GIG u₂-lab-bak EREN.BAD ub-bal ILLU IN₆.UŠ GIR₃.PAD.DU UDU.NITA₂ ina IZI tur-ar₂ ŠIKA NUNUZ GA.[NU₁₁{mušen} ...] | |
| 12 | KA tam-ti₃ ZI₃ {giš}UR₃ SUMUN 1-TA.AM₃ SUM-su ki-i 1-TA.AM₃ SUM-šu₂ ma-la il-te-niq-[qe₂] | |
| 13 | gab-bi tu-sam-mah-ma SUM-su ZI₃ {giš}UR₃ SUMUN ša₂ E{u₂} ul ša₂ {giš}GIŠIMMAR [x] ša₂ {giš}⸢ASAL₂⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | {dug}UTUL₂ GIBIL u ŠIKA SAHAR₂ ša₂ KA UDUN ma-aʾ-diš DU₁₀.GA u₂-lab-bak u₂-kaṣ₃-ṣa u UB [...] | |
| 15 | IGI UDU.NITA₂ SI UDU.NITA₂ ša₂ ina IZI iq-lu-u₂ ma-aʾ-diš DU₁₀.GA ṭi-ik-me-en-na-šu₂-nu x x ŠU₂ x [...] | |
| 16 | x (x) IGI UDU SI UDU 1{et} maš-šit NUMUN ŠINIG {na₄}gab-u₂ u IM.KAL.⸢GUG⸣ x [...] | |
| 17 | x NU LU ša₂ ana maš-qit ša₂ UŠ₂ MUNUS KU₅{si} E{u₂} GAR x [...] DUB [...] | |
| 18 | x x x {{ hi-pi₂ }} x (x) NA₄ 1-TA.AM₃ SUM-su DIŠ ŠU₂ x [...] x x [...] | |
| 19 | x x x [...] x i-ku-la MUNUS ša₂ 1 u₄-mu 2 u₄-mu i-hi-lu [...] ⸢ZI₃.ŠE.SA⸣.A [...] | |
| 20 | x x SUD₂-ma DUB-šu₂ ZI₃.ŠE.SA.A ana IGI PA x [...] ul KUR ŠA₂ [...] | |
| 21 | ITI ša₂ U₃.TU-šu₂ iq-ri-ba-am-ma la U₂ [...] x ṢI MA A [...] | |
| 22 | ZI₃ BURU₅{ur₅.}HABRUD.DA{mušen} BURU₅{ur₅.}HABRUD.DA{mušen} u {u₂}ka-mun x [...] x [...] MUNUS x x SU a-di maš-qa-a-[ti ...] | |
| 23 | {u₂}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {u₂}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A u {u₂}IN₆.UŠ₂ NAG-šu₂-ma tu-ša₂-[as]-⸢ge⸣-eš {lu₂}lil-lid-su i-qer₅-ri-ba-am-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 24 | {munus}PEŠ₄ iš-tam-mar-u₂-ma i-qab-bak-ka um-ma U₃.TU.DA qe₂-ru-ub EGIR maš-šit ša₂ ZI₃ BURU₅{[ur₅.}HABRUD.DA{mušen} BURU₅{[ur₅.}HABRUD.DA{mušen} (x)] | |
| 25 | {u₂}ka-mun SUM-su ZI₃ BURU₅{ur₅.}HABRUD.DA{mušen} BURU₅{ur₅.}HABRUD.DA{mušen} u {u₂}ka-mun ma-aʾ-diš i-pet₂-ti ki-i x (x) [...] | |
| 26 | SUM-ši A-MEŠ-ša₂ u₂-ša₂-ra-qam-ma {lu₂}lil-lid-su i-ma-at {u₂}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {u₂}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {u₂}IN₆.UŠ₂ u {u₂}EME.UR.[GI₇ {u₂}EME.UR.[GI₇ ...] | |
| 27 | 1-TA.AM₃ NINDA-HI.A ina KAŠ ŠE.BAR eš-šu₂ SUD₂-ma ta-ša₂-hal-ma ina <GE₆> ul DAB(KU){bat} ina še-ri₃ A-MEŠ-šu₂ NU tu₂-ša₂-ra-⸢qam⸣-[ma] | |
| 28 | da₂-ri-šam-ma NAG-šu₂ u tu-ša₂-as-ge-eš mim-ma ša₂ i-ka-lu lu-u₂ KU₆ lu-u₂ SUM{⸢sar⸣} [...] | |
| 29 | DUB-šu₂ ina 2{i} u₄-mu 1 NINDA ZI₃.ŠE.SA.A 1 NINDA I₃ hal-ṣa la KUM₂ KI 1 SILA₃ GAZ{lu} ZU₂.LUM.MA [...] | |
| 30 | ša₂ la GAZI{sar} ša₂ KA {dug}NIG₂.DUR₂.BUR₃ pa-aṣ-ma NAG-šu₂ u tu-ša₂-as-ge-eš lu-u₂ LI I LI [...] | |
| 31 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ ana ZI₃ ana UGU pa-aṣ LI ŠE ET MA LIT RI x ŠU₂ x A NA x U₂ TU₂ RI x x MA | |
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