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BAM 5, 421 (P365343)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 421 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365343 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] ; _[u2_ sza2]-mi# [...] | ... ... my name ... |
| 2' | [...] ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | ... plants of the heavens ... |
| 3' | [...] x ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | ... ... plants of the heavens ... |
| 4' | [{u2}tar]-musz ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | tarmuš-plant, plant of the heavens |
| 5' | [...] nu ; _u2_ sza2-mi a sza# [...] | ... ... plant of the heavens, water of ... |
| 6' | [{u2}hal-tap]-pa-nu ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | ḫaltappānu-plant |
| 7' | [...] x szu ; sza [...] | ... ... |
| 8' | [{u2}qul-qu]-la-nu ; za [...] | “Qulqulanu-plant ... |
| 9' | _[{u2}lag] a-sza3 ; u2_ sza2-mi [...] | a plant from a field of šammu-plant |
| 10' | [...] x zu ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | ... ... plants of the heavens ... |
| 11' | [{u2}sah]-le#-e ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | saḫlû (‘cress’) (a kind of grass) |
| 12' | [...] mu ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | ... year: “plant of the heavens ...… |
| 13' | _[{u2}lag] a#-sza3 ; u2_ sza2-[mi ...] | a plant in a field, grass of the heavens ... |
| 14' | [... _a]-sza3 ; u2_ sza2#-[mi ...] | ... the field and the plants of heaven ... |
| 15' | [...] ; _u2_ [...] | ... ... plants ... |
| 16' | [...] ; _u2#_ [...] | ... ... plants ... |
| 17' | [...] ; [...] | ... ... |
| 18' | [...] ; [...] | ... ... |
| 19' | [...] ; _[u2_ sza2]-mi# [...] | ... ... my name ... |
| 20' | [...] ; _u2_ sza2-mi ur-ba#-[ti?] | ... ... the plants of the Urbatu? |
| 21' | _[{u2}igi]_-lim ; _u2_ sza2-mi e x [...] | a plant of šammu-plant ... |
| 22' | _[{u2}igi]-nisz# ; u2_ sza2-mi ra-sa-ni# | a plant of šamu-plant |
| 23' | [...] x ; _u2_ sza2-mi _uzu-mesz_ tab-ku-ti | ... ... herbs, vegetables, roast meat |
| 24' | [...] ; _u2_ sza2-mi _gig_ hi-dar _muszen_ | ... ...: illness of the sick person, famine of the bird. |
| 25' | [...] ; _u2#_ sza2-mi _munus nu u3-tu_ | ... he will not give birth to a woman with a dream. |
| 26' | [...] x [...] ; _u2#_ sza2-mi _e3_-e _tar_ | ... ... the plants of the heavens will come out. |
| 27' | {u2#}qut-ra-[tu?] ; _[u2]_ sza2#-mi _munus_ szal-pu-ti | Qutrātu-plant, that plant (is for) a pregnant woman |
| 28' | _{u2}gesztin ka5#-[a] ; [u2]_ sza2#-mi szi-bit,2 _tumu_ | roasted grapes, šamû-plant |
| 29' | _{u2}ab2-[duh ; u2_ sza2]-mi# _min_ | abduḫ-plant, šammu-plant |
| 30' | _{u2}gesztin ka5-a# ; [u2_ sza2-mi] _izi# sza3_-bi _zi_ | a fox-vine, a plant of šammu-plant, fire inside it, |
| 31' | _{u2}ga_-a-nu ; _u2#_ [sza2]-mi# _min_ | kasû-plant |
| 32' | _{u2}gesztin ka5-a ; u2_ sza2-mi _tun3#-mesz#_ | pressed grapes, aromatic plants |
| 33' | _{u2}haszhur# gesz-gi ; u2_ sza2-mi _[min]_ | ḫašhur-plant, reed, šammu-plant |
| 34' | {u2}kul-la#-at# _{szim}szesz ; u2_ sza2-mi _[min]_ | kullātu-plant, myrrh(murru) and šamû-plant |
| 35' | _{u2}igi_-lim ; _u2_ sza2-mi _[min]_ | a plant of šamu-plant, ditto. |
| 36' | _{u2}sza2-ga-bi2-gal-zu ; u2_ sza2-mi _min_ | šagabigalzu-plant, plant of the heavens, ditto. |
| 37' | {u2}tar-musz ; _u2_ sza2-mi _min_ | tarmuš-plant, an aromatic plant, ditto. |
| 38' | _{u2}lag a-sza3 ; u2_ sza2-mi szi-qi2 _tar_-si | a grass-fed lag plant in a field, šammu-plant, juniper |
| 39' | [{u2}]tak-da-na-nu ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | takdānu-plant |
| 40' | [{u2}a]-ra#-an-tu2 ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | arānu-plant |
| 41' | [...] sza tu2 ; _u2_ sza2-mi [...] | ... of ... the plants of the heavens ... |
| 42' | [{u2}lag] a#-sza3 ; u2_ sza2-mi [...] | a plant from a field ... juniper |
| 43' | [...] ; _u2_ sza2-[mi ...] | ... ... the plants of the heavens ... |
Sources & licences
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