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AMT pl. 091 05 (P394243)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 091 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394243 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] x _gar_-an _gu2-nig2-ar3-ra_ x x _pa {gesz}asal2 sud2_ ina _kasz nag_ | You put ... ..., you knead gunigarru-plant ... you smear it on a piece of poplar wood, you boil it down in beer. |
| 2' | [...] _musz#-dim2-gurun-na giri3-min_-szi-na _sag-du_-szi-na _kud-kud_-sam?-ma? ina? nir masz szi _szub_ | ... mushdimguruna snakes, their feet, their heads, and they fell into a niru-demon. |
| 3' | [...] GA _ansze disz_-nisz _hi-hi u4 7(disz)-kam2 u4 1(u)-kam2 en_ u2-zak-ki-u _nag-mesz_ | ... milk from a donkey, disbursed on the 7th and 10th days, until they cleared away, drinking water |
| 4' | [...] _kusz#?_-szu2-nu ina _{na4}na sud2_ ina ku-ru-un _dida hi-hi nag-mesz_ | ... you rub their skin with a stone, you mix it in kukru-aromatic, you anoint him repeatedly (with the mixture), |
| 5' | [... {u2}tar]-musz8#? _{u2}kur-kur sud2_ ina _kasz nag {gesz}gesztin ka5-a pa_ {gesz}bi-ni _sud2_ ina _kasz nag_ | You knead tarmuš-plant (and) kurkur-plant in beer, you smear (the mixture) on a piece of pressed wine, (and then) you pound bindu-juniper in beer. |
| 6' | [...] x kal _bar_-szu2-nu _sig7_-su-nu _sud2_ | ... ... all of them, their skin is yellow: he will die. |
| 7' | [...] ina _kasz_ tara-bak ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _nag_ | ... you stir it in beer, you leave it out overnight under the stars, and then he drinks it. |
| 8' | [...] x x x ud ni-kip-tu2 _sud2_ ina _kasz nag_ | ... ... you pound nikiptu-plant, you drizzle it in beer. |
| 9' | [...] ina _mul4_ tusz-bat | ... sits in the star. |
| 10' | [...] _nag_ | ... you drink. |
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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