SpTU 5, 253 (P348840)
Medical, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348840 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] ... you cook in (it) and [...] juice of ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] ... you smash sesame. You bind with a band. [...] 3 akalu of namruqqu-plant in wine [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | you [...] in a container of good urine ... [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | In a second container of urine you soften when ... (gloss: break) ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | [...] ... you dry up. You peel the sesame. You [...] ... of the husk. You put [...] (and) you pound. You mix (and) press together their powder inside. You mix together ... [...] and then [...] 2 shekels of nīnû-flour, 2 shekels of aktam-flour, 1 shekel of [...] ... 1 shekel kukuru-flour, 1 shekel of pounded šunû-wood, 1 shekel of maštakal-flour [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [...] you pour inside [...] ... ass's milk. In a container of oil ... [...] and you bury it. You remove it and when it is loosened, in these fringes [...] in milk [...]. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 13'13'–o 18'18' | [...] ... you mix together butter, resin, cedar sap (and) ṭūru-plant and put (them) in a container. You decoct in resin [...]. You remove and you crush in oil that you turn and you crush lard [...] whose fringe you observe. On the third day since it was packed in its surface [...] you gave him earlier [...]. You gave him [...] ... on the 5th day since the concoction which [...] from his surface. You remove as many ingredients (as there are) from (it) and 4 days [...] ... per day, you mix alum into (it), ... [...]. |
| Obverse [18:22] o 19'19'–o 22'22' | [...] ... and she is spotted with spots on her womb: 4 qû one-third [...] ... and 15 shekels of milled peas, 2/3 mina of flesh, afterwards you cook ... [...] until it reduces to 2 qû. You put on top 4 akalu of lard, 1 akalu of oil of average quality. You pour (the ingredients) which (are) cold, and thus (is) its treatment for spots. |
| Obverse [22:24] o 23'23'–o 24'24' | You pour inside 3 qû one-third of barley-beer, 1 shekel of cress, alum, 2 shekels of ..., 1/2 qû ... [...]. You press down inside [...] 2 shekels of opopanax. You coat the surface with 3 akalu of fat, 3 akalu of oil of average quality. The fifth (or) sixth ... [...] ... [...] .... |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | (If) a woman is spotted with spots on her womb: you pour 1 shekel of ..., ... shekel(s) of sesame ... [...]. You press down [...] opopanax (and) 1/2 shekel of cedar sap in fish oil. You sink lard of ... [...]. You sprinkle the lard [...]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | (If) ditto (a woman is spotted with spots on her womb): you throw white early-bearing palm-tree wood into a container. You crush (it) unboiled [...]. You dry (it). You dry resin in a sukku and you pound (it) with a mortar. You constantly mix (it). You pound inside. [...] in the presence of a hole, do not remove it, which is good (for) flatulence (and) spots. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | (If) ditto (a woman is spotted with spots on her womb): you cook 5 shekels of milled peas, 2 shekels of asafoetida and 2 shekels of ballukku-substance from the flatland in 3 qû and one-third of old beer of barley until it reduces to 1 1/2 qû (and then) you scatter inside (it) 2 shekels of opopanax. You pour inside 4 akalu of lard (and) 2 akalu of oil of average quality. (This is) its treatment. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | (If) ditto (a woman is spotted with spots on her womb): you cook 5 shekels of milled peas, 5 shekels of a wole reed, ground up, 1/2 qû of old beer 1 qû and one-third of old barley-beer until it is reduced to 7 akalu. you press down 3 akalu of oil of average quality, 3 akalu of lard (and) 1 shekel of opopanax. You coat its surface. You remove 4 akalu. You dry. You pour 1/2 akalu of beer on top and .... You remove 3 akalu (from) 1 shekel of kušru-plant. You dry. You pour on the top 2 akalu of kurunnu-beer of old barley-beer. (This is) its treatment. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | You cook 6 shekels of kukuru-substance, 3 shekels of ballukku-substance, 3 shekels of asafoetida in 3 qû and one-third of old barley-beer until it reduces to 1 qû. Its treatment (is) 2 shekels of cumin in the lotion that you have cooked. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | You remove 1/2 akalu from each them (the treatments). You dry. [...] 3 shekels of opopanax, 5 akalu of barley oil, 5 akalu of lard [...]. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | You cook reed, aromatic substance and 2 myrrh in 5 qû one-third of old barley-beer until [...] it reduces. You coat the surface with oil. Oil (is) in place of water. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | You pour and cook ... qû of first-class oil, 3 qû ... old barley-beer until [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | opopanax [...], ... flour, barley flour, ballukku-substance from the flatland, flour, white hellebore flour, aktam-plant flour, flour of ... [...] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [...] you pour inside [...] parched asafoetida [...], old ... flour. [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢TA⸣ x ⸢RA⸣ x x x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x SAR KUM₂ ME ina ŠA₃ ŠEG₆{šal}ma A ša₂ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x x [...] TA KA [...] IGI [...] x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ ta-hap-pap ina KEŠ₂ tara-kas₂ 3 NINDA nam-ruq ina ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [i]-⸢na⸣ u₂-de-e ša₂ KAŠ₃ taq-ne₂-e-ti te₁₀(DI)ṣe-e-pir ta-[...] | |
| 6' | [i]-⸢na⸣ u₂-de-e 2{i} ša₂ KAŠ₃ ta-na-rab₄ ki-i LU {{ hi-pi₂ }} UT x [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-x-mi HAD₂.DU ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ ta-kap-par LU BAR DUH.<ŠE>.GIŠ.I₃ tal-da-[...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GAR⸣{an} SUD₂ si-ik-ta-šu₂-nu ina ŠA₃ a-ha-a-miš HI.HI ta-ṣa-hat x [...] | |
| 9' | [... a]-ha-miš HI.HI-ma 2 GIN₂ ZI₃ {u₂}KUR.RA 2 GIN₂ ZI₃ {u₂}ak-tam 1 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x-nu-u₂ 1 GIN₂ ZI₃ {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ 1 GIN₂ ZI₃ šu-nu-u₂ 1 GIN₂ ZI₃ ⸢IN⸣.[NU.UŠ ...] | |
| 11' | [...]-x-ta-šu₂ GA EME₃ ana ŠA₃ ŠUB{di} ina u₂-de-e ša₂ I₃.GIŠ x x [...] | |
| 12' | [...]-⸢ma⸣ te-qeb-bir-šu₂ E₁₁-ma ki-i paṭ-ra-at ina SI-MEŠ an-na-a-tu₂ x [...]; ina GA [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x I₃.NUN ILLU UŠ₂ EREN {šim}HAB 1{niš} HI.HI-ma ina u₂-de-e GAR{an} ina ⸢UŠ₂⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | ⸢tu⸣-rab-bak IL₂-ma ina I₃.GIŠ ša₂ tu-sah₂-hi-ru u I₃.ŠAH tu-da-⸢aq⸣-[qaq ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ša₂ qa-an-ni-šu₂ tam-ma-ru ina 3{i} u₄-mu ša₂ ina IGI-šu₂ i-kam-mi-su [...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢mah⸣-ri-i SUM-su ina 5 u₄-mu TA ŠA₃ ri-bi-ku ša₂ TA(ŠA) qaq-qar-šu₂ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] x-ne₂-e SUM-nu-šu₂ ma-la maš-ši-ti TA ŠA₃ IL₂-ma 4 u₄-[mu ...] | |
| 18' | [...]-u₂-tu₂ ša₂ U₄ {na₄}gab-u ana ŠA₃ HI.HI x [...] | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢HI⸣ SAH-ma ti-ik-pi ina ARHUŠ-ša₂ i-tak-kip 4 SILA₃ šal-ša₂-⸢a⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 20' | [...] x u 15 GIN₂ GU₂.GAL sa-an-du-tu₂ 2/3 MA.NA UZU EGIR ma-hi-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ x [...] | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢ŠEG₆{šal-u₂} EN⸣ a-na 2 SILA₃ GUR 4 NINDA I₃.ŠAH 1 NINDA I₃ gu-un-nu ana UGU GAR ša₂ tak-ṣa-⸢a⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 22' | ŠUB-ma DU₃-su ša₂ ti-ik-pi | |
| 23' | 3 SILA₃ šal-ša₂-a-tu₂ ša₂ KAŠ ŠE SUMUN 1 GIN₂ sah-le₂-e ana ŠA₃ ŠUB {⸢na₄}gab-u₂⸣ 2 GIN₂ ŠA₂ NA 1/2 SILA₃⸣ MA [...] | |
| 24' | 2 GIN₂ {šim}HAB ana ŠA₃ ta-se-hi 3 NINDA I₃.UDU 3 NINDA I₃ gu-un-nu ana IGI ŠUB 5{šu₂} 6{šu₂} x x [...]; ŠA₂ DU₃ [...] x IS LI IT | |
| r | ||
| 1 | MUNUS ti-ik-pi ina ARHUŠ-ša₂ i-tak-kip 1 ⸢GIN₂⸣ x x ⸢ŠUB{di⸣} x ⸢GIN₂ ŠE.GIŠ⸣.I₃ x [...] | |
| 2 | {šim}HAB 1/2 GIN₂ UŠ₂ {giš}EREN ina I₃ KU₆ te-se-eh-hi I₃.ŠAH ša₂ TU x x x [...]; tu-ṭa-bi I₃.ŠAH SU₃ [...] | |
| 3 | {<|KI.MIN|(MUNUS)>} ti-ik-pi ina ARHUŠ-ša₂ i-tak-kip hu-um-mu-ṭu pe-ṣu-u₂ ana u₂-de-e ⸢ŠUB{di⸣} la ba-šal te-⸢pe⸣-[eṣ ...] | |
| 4 | HAD₂.DU ina suk-ku UŠ₂ HAD₂(SIG).DU-ma ina ur-ṣa SUD₂ gi-na-a HI la ba-šal ina ŠA₃ tu-sak [...] | |
| 5 | ana IGI hur-ri la IL₂-šu₂ ša₂ TU₁₅ u ti-ik-pi SIG₅ | |
| 6 | {<|KI.MIN|(MUNUS)>} ti-ik-pi ina ARHUŠ-ša₂ i-tak-kip 5 GIN₂ GU₂.GAL sa-an-du-tu 2 GIN₂ {u₂}NU.LUH.HA u 2 GIN₂ {šim}MUG sa-⸢pan⸣ | |
| 7 | ina 3 SILA₃ šal-ša₂-a-tu₂ ša₂ KAŠ ŠE SUMUN ⸢ŠEG₆⸣{šal} EN a-na 1 1/2 SILA₃ GUR 2 GIN₂ {šim}HAB ana ŠA₃ ta-hap-pu | |
| 8 | 4 NINDA I₃.ŠAH 2 NINDA I₃ gu-un-nu ana ŠA₃ ŠUB DU₃-su | |
| 9 | {<|KI.MIN|(MUNUS)>} ti-ik-pi ina ARHUŠ-ša₂ i-tak-kip 5 GIN₂ GU₂.GAL sa-an-du-tu 5 GIN₂ GI SILIM sad-du 1/2 SILA₃ KAŠ(KAŠ₃) SUMUN | |
| 10 | 1 SILA₃ šal-[ša₂-a-tu₂] ša₂ KAŠ ŠE SUMUN ŠEG₆{šal} a-⸢di⸣ a-na 7 NINDA GUR 3 NINDA I₃ gu-un-nu 3 NINDA I₃.ŠAH | |
| 11 | 1 GIN₂ {šim}HAB ⸢ina ŠA₃⸣ ta-se-hi ana IGI ŠUB 4 NINDA IL₂ <HAD₂>.DU ša₂ UGU 1/2 NINDA KAŠ ŠUB-ma BE MA ⸢UL⸣ | |
| 12 | 1 GIN₂ ku-uz-zu₃-ru 3 NINDA IL₂ <HAD₂>.DU 2 NINDA ku-ru-nu ša₂ KAŠ ŠE SUMUN ana ⸢UGU⸣ ŠUB-ma DU₃-su | |
| 13 | 6 GIN₂ GUR₂.GUR₂ 3 GIN₂ MUG 3 GIN₂ NU.LUH.HA ina 3 SILA₃ šal-ša₂-a-tu₂ ša₂ KAŠ ŠE SUMUN ŠEG₆{⸢šal} EN⸣ | |
| 14 | a-na 1 SILA₃ GUR 2 GIN₂ ka-mun ina mar-haṣ ša₂ tu-šab-ši-lu ⸢DU₃⸣-[su] | |
| 15 | ana ŠA₃-TA-ša₂ 1/2 ⸢NINDA IL₂⸣ <HAD₂>.⸢DU⸣ 3 GIN₂ {šim}HAB 5 NINDA I₃ ŠE.BAR{tu₂} 5 NINDA I₃.⸢ŠAH⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | ⸢ŠU.KIN⸣ ŠIM u 2 SES-ME ina 5 SILA₃ šal-ša₂-a-tu₂ ša₂ KAŠ ŠE SUMUN ŠEG₆{šal} EN [...] | |
| 17 | GUR I₃.GIŠ ana IGI ŠUB ku-um A-MEŠ I₃ | |
| 18 | x ⸢SILA₃⸣ I₃ reš-ti 3 SILA₃ x x MI KAŠ ŠE SUMUN ŠUB ŠEG₆{šal} EN a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 19 | [...] {⸢šim⸣}HAB ZI₃ EŠ ZI₃ ŠE.BAR ZI₃ MUG sa-⸢pan⸣ ZI₃ KUR.KUR ZI₃ ak-tam ZI₃ x [...] | |
| 20 | [...] NU.⸢LUH⸣.HA qa-li-tu₄ ZI₃ [x]-tu₂ ⸢RI⸣ SUMUN ana ŠA₃ ŠUB [...] | |
| 21 | [...] x x (x) [...] | |
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