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BAM 6, 554 (P394367)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 554 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394367 |
| 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 1 | ||
| 1' | ha#-ha-[a ...] | Ḫaḫā ... |
| 2' | _gu7-gu7_ [...] | he will eat .... |
| 3' | _DISZ na_ ki-s,ir-tu2 _[mur-mesz_ ...] | If a man suffers from kishirtu-disease: .... |
| 4' | 1/2(disz) _sila3 pa_ {gesz}bi-ni 1/2(disz) _sila3_ [...] | 1/2 qû of pomegranate saplings, 1/2 qu? ... |
| 5' | ina _kasz-sag_ tara-bak ina _tug2 sur_-ri# [...] | You stir it into a paste in prime-quality beer, you wrap it in a loose cloth .... |
| 6' | _gazi{sar} sud2_ ina _kasz-sag_ ba-lu pa-[tan ...] | You knead kasû-tamarind, you mix it in prime-quality beer without dining ... |
| 7' | _DISZ na min {u2}har-har sud2_ ina _kasz-sag_ ba-lu pa-tan# [...] | If ditto: you knead harhar-plant, you put it in prime-quality beer without dining ... |
| 8' | _DISZ na min {u2}nu-luh-ha sud2_ ina _kasz-sag_ tara-muk [...] | If a man is ditto: you dry and crush nuḫurtu-plant, you mix it in prime-quality beer ... |
| 9' | ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ba-lu pa-tan [...] | on the throne-dais without exit ... |
| 10' | _DISZ na_ ki-s,ir-te _mur-mesz gig_ ana di-ik-szi [ana ...] | If a man suffers from constriction of the lung, he is ill with dikši-disease, ... . |
| 11' | 1/2(disz) _sila3 {szim}gur2-gur2 1/2(disz) sila3 {szim}li 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 gig_ [...] | 1/2 qû of gurgur-aromatic, 1/2 sila of burāšu-juniper, 3/4 sila wheat ... |
| 12' | _tesz2-bi gaz sim_ ina _kasz-sag_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak ina [...] | You crush together (and) you stir them into a paste in prime-quality beer with a small copper pot. In ... |
| 13' | _DISZ ki-min_ {gesz}e-re-na _{gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}dap-ra-nu [...] | If ditto: cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper |
| 14' | _{szim}gam-ma {szim}gir2 {szim}gig_ {szim#}[x ...] | gamma-aromatic, ṣumlalû-plant, gypsum, ...-plant |
| 15' | ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ tara-bak ina [...] | You stir with a small copper pot in ... |
| 16' | _DISZ ki-min_ {gesz}si-hu {gesz}ar2-ga-nu {gesz}x [...] | If ditto: sihu-tree, agānu-wood, ...-wood |
| 17' | {u2}ak-tam _uh2-mesz#-[{d}]id2# {u2}diri_ [...] | nīnû-plant, ēriš-liquorice, ...-plant |
| 18' | _ki imgaga_ ina _kasz-[sag]_ ina _{uruda}[szen-tur_ tara-bak ...] | You stir it into a paste in prime-quality beer with a small copper pot ... |
| 19' | _DISZ ki-min pa_ {gesz}szu-nim [...] | If ditto, the face of a cypress ... |
| 20' | _pa_ {u2}a-zal-li _u2#_ [...] | ... azallu-plant |
| 21' | _gazi{sar#}_ [...] | ... mustard |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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