SpTU 4, 154 (P348747)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 4, 154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348747 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] nuhurtu-asafoetida |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] maštakal-plant, tamarisk |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [...] he eats [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] date, isqūqu-flour |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [...] (gloss: new break). |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | You anoint [...] 1/2 qû of opopanax. You cool down [...]. You insert (it) into his anus. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ballukku-aromatic substance on the surface |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | He drinks regularly [...] aromatic substance (gloss: new break). |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | He drinks [...] kurunu-beer. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | He drinks [...]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] shekels (gloss: new break) those 10 shekels |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | he eats regularly [...]. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 15'15'–o 17'17' | You mix up [...] tīyatu-plant, [...] ballukku-aromatic substance, kukuru-wood, suādu-plant, [...] pith of grass (and) dates. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'–o 19'19' | You spinkle [...] (and) butter. You put (it) into his anus. [...]. (This is) the tested treatment [...]. |
| Obverse [19:22] o 20'20'– | [...], ballukku-aromatic substance, white hellebore, fox-vine, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | (traces) |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] you insert [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | You press out [...] with a skin. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | You cook [...] ..., juniper, ṣumlalû-plant, [...]. You pour oil on the surface. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | You insert [...] into his anus. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | (traces) |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] kukuru-wood |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] sagapenum |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | You boil down [...] (for) 3 days. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | You insert [...] in his anus and he will recover. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] ... colocynth (gloss: new break) |
| Reverse [14:19] r 15'15'–r 19'19' | (traces) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] {⸢u₂⸣}NU.⸢LUH⸣.HA | |
| 3' | [... {u₂]}IN.NU.UŠ ŠINIG | |
| 4' | [...] GU₇ | |
| 5' | [... ZU₂].LUM.MA ZI₃.KUM | |
| 6' | [...] {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 7' | [...] 1/2 SILA₃ HAB ŠEŠ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢SED⸣ ana DUR₂-šu₂ DUB{ak} | |
| 9' | [...] {⸢šim⸣}MUG ana IGI | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢ŠIM⸣ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} NAG-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢KURUN⸣.NA NAG | |
| 12' | [...] NAG | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢GIN₂⸣ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} 10 GIN₂ BI | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢GU₇⸣-MEŠ | |
| 15' | [...] {u₂}KU.NU.LUH.HA | |
| 16' | [...] {⸢šim⸣}MUG {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}MAN.DU | |
| 17' | [... I₃].UDU KI.KAL ZU₂.LUM.MA HI.HI | |
| 18' | [... I₃].⸢NUN⸣.NA SU₃ ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR-ma | |
| 19' | [...] bul-ṭu lat-ku | |
| 20' | [...] {⸢šim⸣}MUG {u₂}KUR.KUR {giš}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {giš}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x MEŠ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DUB{ak⸣} [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ina KUŠ SUR{ri} | |
| 4' | [...] x TI IM U U₄ ⸢TU₄⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢HA⸣ {šim}LI {šim}GAM.MA | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ŠEG₆⸣{šal} I₃.GIŠ ana IGI ŠUB{di} | |
| 7' | [...] ana ⸢DUR₂⸣-šu₂ DUB{ak} | |
| 8' | [...] x x (x) GIG | |
| 9' | [...] x x NU | |
| 10' | [...] {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ | |
| 11' | [...] ba-ri-ra-tu₄ | |
| 12' | [...] U₄ 3-KAM tara-bak | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢DUR₂⸣-šu₂ DUB{ak}ma DIN | |
| 14' | [...] x {u₂}KUŠ₈.LAGAB {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 15' | [...] GIG | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢GA⸣ | |
| 17' | [...] x | |
| 18' | [...] x | |
| 19' | [...] x | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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