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BAM 5, 497 (P393731)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 497 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393731 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] {na4#}gug# {na4#}za#-gin3#_ sza2#-da#-a#? | ... carnelian and lapis lazuli |
| 2' | [...] _ka#-keszda_ e-ma _kesz2 en2 szid_-nu | ... you tie knots wherever you tie, you recite the incantation. |
| 3' | [...] x ta-pa-sza2-asz2-ma _sig2_ a-lik-tu2 ik-kal-lu | ... you perform ... and the wool of the marches will be gathered. |
| 4' | [...] x x x x _sag-du_-su _sed {na4}nir2_ | ... ... his head is soothed with nir stone |
| 5' | [... _{sig2}he]-me-da sig2 babbar nu-nu e3 {u2}lu2_-a-nu tala-pap | ... hemmeda-wool, white wool that is not torn out, you scatter the man's plants. |
| 6' | [...] _szid#_-nu ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2 pesz10-{d}id2 sar_-szu2 | ... you bind ... on his temple, you tie the knot of Ištar-id to his temple. |
| 7' | [...] x na _gal2_-szi a-na _dab du10-ga_-ti szu-le-e | ... ... there is ... for a good capture. |
| 8' | [...] qut-ra sza2 _sag nindu_ ana _ugu mar lal2_-su-ma _sig2_ e-la-a | ... a lump from the head of a pig on top of his honey and the wool goes up. |
| 9' | [...] x x x _i3-nun hi-hi ugu_-szu2 _esz_ ina sa-ar-'a sza2 s,e-e-ni _lal2_-ma _ti_ | ... ... you anoint him with ghee, you bandage him with it in a paste from the steppe, and then he will recover. |
| 10' | [x x x _x]-mesz_-szu2 _ti_-qe2 _ugu_-szu2 _esz_ ina lig-me-e sza _e2-gar8 sud2_ | You take ... of his ... and you rub it on top of it. You wipe it clean with the cloth of the wall. |
| 11' | [x x x] szar#-tum e-la-a _en lal2_-mid _en2_ ki-a-am _szid_-nu | … the king, my lord, will be like honey.” Incantation formula. |
| 12' | _[en2_ x x]-ri ki-ni-ib ki-ni-ib | Incantation: “O ..., be at peace, become at peace! |
| 13' | [ki-ni]-ib szi-ha-ma szi-ha-ma _tu6 enuru{+e2-nu-ru}_ | Reconcile, examine, examine the incantation of Enuru. |
| 14' | [x x x x] _dab_-it _{szim}hab illu {szim}buluh {u2}kur-gi-rin2-na_ ana _igi de3 szub_ | ... seized ..., ḫašû-aromatic, alum, kurgirinnu-juniper in front of him fell. |
| 15' | [x na]-hi-ri-szu2 _sar_ qut-ra ana _giri17_-szu2 u na-hi-ri-szu2 _ku4_-ub | x of his nostrils, a sar of qutru-frit into his nose and his nostrills entered. |
| 16' | x-szu2 _i3_ hal-s,a ina _{gi}sag-kud_ a-na na-hi-ri-szu2 _bun2_-ma _ti_ | ... filtered oil in a reed bundle into his nostrils and he will recover. |
| 17' | _DISZ na_ a-szu-u2 u ru-tu _dab_-su 1(u) _gin2_ sah-le2-e kab-ra-ti ina _a-mesz sud2_ | If a man is seized by ašû-disease and epilepsy: you dry and crush 10 shekels of broad cress in water. |
| 18' | ina _a-mesz hi-hi#! ku6-mesz_ tur-ar2 _bar_-szu2-nu u2-nu-ut _sza3_-szu2-nu ta-tab-bal tu-sza2-bal | You stir them into a paste with water from a fish pond, you scatter their livers and the contents of their intestines. |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] x _zalag-ga_ | ... will be bright. |
| 2 | [...] x du | ... going |
| 3 | [...] x | |
| 18 | [...] _sa5_ | ... is red. |
| 19 | [...] ag | ... ... |
| 20 | [...] bu#? | ... bu(?) |
| 21 | [...] x | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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