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BAM 6, 538 (P394434)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 538 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394434 |
| 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 | _DISZ na zu2-mesz_-szu2 _gig musz-dim2-gurun-na#_ [...] | If a man’s teeth are sick: mushdim-guruna-plant .... |
| 2 | _babbar?_ sza2 _sza3_-szu2 _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ni [...] | (If) it is white(?), whose inside is a tuft of red wool: ... . |
| 3 | _suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2 suhusz {u2}kur-ra#_ [...] | The foundation of a man’s namtar tree, the foundation of mountain plants |
| 4 | _{u2}babbar illu {szim}buluh a-gesztin-na_ [...] | white plant, a well, baluhhu-aromatic, grapevine |
| 5 | u2-pu-un-tu2 ina _ugu zu2_-szu2 x [...] | ... on top of his tooth ... ... |
| 6 | x [...] | |
| 7 | _im-sahar-na4-kur-ra_ x [...] | Imsahar-nakurra ... |
| 8 | _{szim}buluh zu2-lum#-[ma_ ...] | baluhhu-aromatic (a kind of juniper) |
| 9 | _pa {u2}sikil_ [...] | ... juniper |
| 10 | {u2}i-x [...] | ... plant |
| 11 | _im#-sahar#_ [...] | The earth ... |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | x [...] | |
| 14 | u2#? [...] | ... plants(?) |
| 15 | u2#? [...] | ... plants(?) |
| 16 | [...] | |
| 17 | [...] | |
| 18 | [...] | |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | x x [...] | |
| 23 | [szu]-ru#-usz {gesz}x [...] | a ... tree |
| 24 | [x] _kum2#_ ik-kas,3#-[s,i ...] | ... the cold became cold ... |
| 25 | _DISZ ki-min u4 1(disz)-kam2_ tu masz [...] | If ditto, on the 1st day: ... ... |
| 26 | _DISZ ki-min zi3 sahar munu6?_ [...] | If ditto: flour, dust from a sahar-vegetable . . |
| 27 | _dub_-raq [...] | You strew .... |
| 28 | _DISZ na zu2_-szu2 _gu7_-[szu2 ...] | If a man's tooth hurts him ... |
| 29 | _DISZ ki-min bil-za-za_ [...] | If ditto: bilzaza-disease .... |
| 30 | _DISZ ki-min bil-za-za_ [...] | If ditto: bilzaza-disease .... |
| 31 | _DISZ ki-min_ {szim#}[x ...] | If ditto: ...-aromatic |
| 32 | 2(disz) _sila3_ [...] | 2 qû ... |
| 33 | x [...] | |
| 40' | [... _gar]_-an# | ... you set up. |
| 41' | [...] _gar#_-an | ... you set up. |
| 42' | [...] _gar#_-an | ... you set up. |
| 43' | [...] x ina-esz | ... he will recover. |
| 44' | [...] MUNUS | ... woman |
| 45' | [...] TIN#? | ... ... |
| 46' | [...] x ina-ah | ... will become poor. |
| 47' | [... ina]-ah | ... he will get better. |
| 48' | [...] _ti_ | ... life |
| 49' | [...] _ti#_ | ... life |
| 50' | [...] _ti#_ | ... life |
| 51' | [...] _ti#_ | ... life |
| 52' | [... _ti]-la_ | ... life |
| 53' | [...] _du8_ | ... is split. |
| 54' | [...] _gar_-an | ... you set up. |
| 55' | [...] MUNUS# | ... a woman |
| 56' | [... _gar]_-an | ... you set up. |
| 57' | [...] MUNUS# | ... a woman |
| 58' | [...] _ti#_ | ... life |
| 59' | [...] x | |
| 63' | x [...] | |
| 64' | _DISZ na zu2_-szu2 [...] | If a man’s tooth ... |
| 65' | _nigin i3-gesz musz#-[dim2-gurun-na]_ | total: oil of the muszdimguruna plant |
| 66' | _tur#?_ [...] | ... small? ... |
| 67' | _DISZ ki-min bar sze#?_ [...] | If ditto, the liver of barley? ... |
| 68' | _DISZ ki-min#_ [...] | If ditto .... |
| 69' | ina x [...] | in ... |
| 70' | _DISZ ki#-min#_ [...] | If ditto .... |
| 71' | _DISZ ki-min_ [...] | If ditto .... |
| 72' | ina _dur2#?_-szu2 [...] | in its ... ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 39' | x [...] | |
| 40' | _DISZ ki-min sum{sar#?} [...] | If ditto, the šūmu-plant |
| 41' | i-di-ka [...] isz#-tu na#-ah#? [...] | Your strength ... from the naḫ ... |
| 42' | ba-lit-tu2 ni#? [x x x] _{sig2}aka3_ szu x [...] | “Balittu-priestess’ ... wool ... ... |
| 43' | _DISZ ki-min musz-dim2-[gurun-na_ x] sza2# _i3-udu_-szu2 [...] | If ditto: mushdim-gurunnu-plant ... of his sheep ... |
| 44' | _{na4}ka-gi-na#_ [x x x] ina#? _szuku_-szu2 [...] | kagina stone ... in his hand |
| 45' | _DISZ ki-min_ tam-szil _gaz_ si x [x x] x-di-im a-szar _{na4}ad#-[bar_ ...] | If ditto: you pound šalānu-plant, ...-dim-stone where lapis lazuli |
| 46' | pu-s,a bur-ru-mat ba x [x x] _ugu# zu2_-szu2 _gar_-an [...] | You put ... on top of his tooth .... |
| 47' | _gin7 a_ sza ana _ugu zu2_-szu2 [x] x ta-tab-bal#-ma#? tam-szi-i _en# ti# nu# mar#?_ x [x x] | Like the water that you pour over his tooth, you scatter it and you do not ... the sea. |
| 48' | _DISZ ki-min_ szu-ru-usz _{gesz}nam-tar nita2#_ x na ad da x a sza2 ana _ugu zu2_-szu2 _gig_ x | If ditto: he is constantly afflicted by namtar-tree, a man's ... ... that is on his body: ... |
| 49' | _DISZ ki-min_ hu-um-bi-bi-ti tu-pa-s,a# _{sig2}aka3 nigin_ ina _i3 luh_ ana _sza3 gesztu_-szu2 sza2 _zu2_-szu2 _gig szub#_ | If ditto: you dry (and) crush ḫumbibītu-plant, you wrap it in a tuft of wool in filtered oil, you put it into his ears and he will get better. |
| 50' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}gamun-ge6_ ta#-sak3 ana _ugu zu2_-szu2 _gar_-an#? | If DITTO, you pound black cumin, you put it on his tooth |
| 51' | _DISZ ki-min {u2}kur-kur_ ta#-sak3 ana _ugu zu2_-szu2 _szesz2#_ [x] | If ditto: you pound nīnû-plant, you anoint him with it over his tooth. |
| 52' | _en2_ da-nu-ma da-nu da-nu pu-hur _an_-e da-nu pu-hur _ki_-ti _ki_-tu4 ib-ta-ni tul#?-[tu] | Incantation: “Anu, Anu! Anu, the assembly of heaven and Anu. The assembly of earth and earth he created. |
| 53' | _ki_-tu4 ib-ta-ni bu-'-sza2-nu sza2 bu-'-sza2-ni dan-an _dab_-su _gin7 ur-mah_ nap-sza2-tu2 i-s,a#-[bat] | The earth trembled, the bu'shanu-demon seized him, like a lion seized the life. |
| 54' | ki-ma _ur-bar-ra_ i#-s,a-bat lu-'-a | Like a dog he seizes a lion |
| 55' | is,-bat ap-pu nu-ru-ub ap-[pi x] _uzu mur_ ina bi-rit _zu2-mesz_-szu2 na-da-at _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 | he seized the apsû-disease, the nurab api, the ... of the lung between his teeth, the allowance of his throne |
| 56' | sak-la? im-ti-szi a-lak#?-[ta-szu2 up]-pu#?-tu2 im-ti-szi re-bit _iri_-szu2 | He took the sakla-vessel, he took his road, and took the uppity of his city. |
| 57' | me-tu4 la i-sa-ha-ra# isz#?-tu? _ki_-tim {d}ku3-bu la e]-ni#?-qu# _ubur#_ sza2 _ama_-szu2 | the dead shall not return. From the earth Kubu shall not be absent. The breast of his mother |
| 58' | bu-sza-a-nu a-a# _[gur_-ma a-na s,ib]-ti#-szu2 | may he not return the cattle to its owners. |
| 59' | _e2-gal_ x a# [...] | Palace ... ... |
| 60' | _en2_ ul [...] | Incantation: “It is not ... |
| 61' | _en2#_ x [...] | Incantation: ... .... |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 34' | ru [...] | ... ... |
| 35' | tak-ku#-[us-su ...] | His takkû-vessel ... |
| 36' | mi na#? [...] | “What ...? |
| 37' | _man_ szum x [...] | king of the world ... ... |
| 38' | ta kul x [...] | What ...? |
| 39' | a-na _sza3 zu2?_ [...] | into a tooth(?) |
| 40' | lup-pu-ut _zu2#?-[mesz_ ...] | “Leader of the limbs? ..., |
| 41' | pa#-szu2 an-na-a#? [...] | His nose is ... in heaven |
| 42' | na-ah-pi-i _gin7#_ [...] | ... like a flood ... |
| 43' | _ka-inim-ma zu2-gig_ [...] | Wording of a spell for sore . |
| 44' | _en2 zu2-gig zu2-gig#_ [...] | Incantation: “The sore, the sore ... |
| 45' | _gig# zu2 zu2#?_ [...] | (If) a sore's tooth ... . |
| 46' | [x x] x [...] | |
| 47' | [...] | |
| 48' | [...] | |
| 49' | x x [...] | |
| 50' | [...] | |
| 51' | sza2 x [...] | who ... |
| 52' | _en2_ [x x] x x [...] | Incantation: ... ... |
| 53' | gesz [x] x ha si# x [...] | ... ... |
| 54' | i [x] isz#? hu x [...] | ... ... |
| 55' | i [x] x isz la asz2 x [...] | ... not ... ... |
| 56' | _ka-[inim]-ma zu2-gig-ga_ [...] | Wording of a spell for sores ... |
| 57' | _en2_ x-szu2# ana _ugu_-szu2 _szid_-nu [...] | Incantation: You recite his ... over it .... |
| 58' | _en2 {d}utu_ asz-szum _zu2-gu10_ sza2 ik#-kal# [...] | Incantation: O Šamaš, because of my body, which eats ... |
| 59' | sza2 ki-is-pa-at _ak_ si-bu-szu u3 me-e# [...] | of the kispātu-festival, ... his sibû-offering and water ... |
| 60' | _zu2_ ne2-hu [x] ka-a-sza2 am-hur ak-ta#-[x ...] | slow breathing ... I received, ... |
| 61' | _gin7_ a-sza2-szu2 x [...] x-a-a-szi _tu6#-[en2]_ | Like his heart ... .... Incantation formula. |
| 62' | _ka-inim-ma zu2#-[gig_ ...] | Wording of a spell for sore . |
| 63' | ina sze-ri3 3(disz)-szu2# [...] | In the morning, three times ... |
| 64' | _en2 ta_ da-nim x [...] | Incantation: From Anu ... .... |
| 65' | _eri-du10_ ib-nu-u gi x [...] | Eridu created ... ... |
| 66' | ki-ma _mul_ ni-bu-u2 _igi#?_ [...] | Like a rising star, before? ... |
| 67' | ni-zi-iq-[tu ...] | “Fear-of-fear ..., |
| 68' | _ka-inim-ma zu2-gig_ gesz? [...] | Incantation for a seizure of the tooth(?) |
| 69' | e-ma ku-pa-tin-ni [...] | Wherever ... |
| 70' | ana _ugu zu2_-szu2 _gar_-ma [...] | is located on top of his tooth and .... |
| 71' | _en2_ da-nu ul#? [...] | Incantation: “Anu is not |
| 72' | isz-tu da-nim x [...] | From Anu ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 31' | [...] ib#-na#-a#? [...] | ... he built ... |
| 32' | [...] x ki ana _igi_ {d}e2-a il#-la#-ka# x x x | ... he goes before Ea |
| 33' | [...] x ta-da-na ana _mun_ zu-ki-ia | ... ... you give. For salt of my teeth |
| 34' | [...] a# _{gesz}haszhur_ | ... apple juice |
| 35' | [...] x a _{gesz}haszhur_ | ... apple |
| 36' | [...] x asz2 hi szu szi pan-ni | ... ... before me. |
| 37' | [...] x uk su sa ku sa si szu2 | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) .... |
| 38' | [...] sa#? _lagab munu6_ | ... sa, lagab-soapwort |
| 39' | [...] _ugu# ka_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you place over his mouth. |
| 40' | _en2#_ a#-ri#-ki# [x x x] ni-ba-ri-ki | Incantation: “Your arms, your ..., your legs! |
| 41' | _{gesz}ig uzu {gesz}sag-kul giri3-pad-ra2#??_ [x x i?]-ter#?-ru-ba _giri3-pad-ra2_ isz-szi | The door, the meat, the bolt, the footstool ... entered and the foot-stool took |
| 42' | isz-szu-uk _uzu_ [ih-s,u? x] _giri3-pad-ra2_ | he seized. The flesh ... on the toes |
| 43' | a-na _zu2-mesz_-szu2 it-ta-di ik#? [x x it-ta?]-di# _izi_ | to his corpses he went, ... went, fire |
| 44' | man-nu lu-usz-pur a-na {d}asal#-[lu2-hi_ ...] | Who should I send to Asalluhi? |
| 45' | lu-sze-bi-lam-ma szam-me _ti-la#?_ [...] | Let me send to me, so that the herbs of life .... |
| 46' | _tu6_ ul ia-at-tu [...] | The incantation is not mine ... |
| 47' | szi-pat {d}da-mu [x x] _{d#}nin#-kar#-ra#-[ak]_ | the design of Damu, Ninkarrak |
| 48' | {d}gu-la _ti-la_-ma _[nig2-ba_-ki _te]_-i# _tu6-en2_ | O Gula, live and your property is well. Incantation formula. |
| 49' | _ka-inim-ma zu2-gig-ga-kam2_ [x] _du3#-du3-bi nu-kesz2_ | It is the wording of a spell for headache. Its ritual: ... it is not sealed. |
| 50' | _DISZ na_ gi-mir _zu2-mesz_-szu2 i-na-asz2 _[dub] 1(disz)#-kam2 DISZ na zu2-mesz_-szu2 _gig_ | If a man’s teeth hurt him: it is the 1st tablet. |
| 51' | _e2-gal {disz}an-szar2-du3-a man szu2 man kur an-szar2{ki} sza _{d}muati#_ [u] {d}tasz-me-tu4 _gesztu-min_ ra-pa-asz2-tu4 isz-ru-ku-usz | The palace of Esarhaddon, king of the universe, lord of the land of Assyria, which Nabû and Tašmētu had bestowed upon him. |
| 52' | e-hu-uz-zu _gesztu-min_ ma-mir-tu4 ni#-siq t,up-szar-ru-ti | He acquired for himself magnificent wisdom, the pinnacle of scholarship. |
| 53' | sza ina _lugal_-ni a-lik mah-ri-ia mim-ma szip-ru szu-a-tu la e-hu-uz-zu | Which none of the kings who came before me had learned, |
| 54' | bul-t,i _ta ugu_-hi _en umbin_ liq-ti _bar-mesz_ ta-hi-zu nak-la | Prescriptions from head to foot, gleanings from extraneous materials, |
| 55' | a-zu-gal-lu-tu2 _{d}nin-urta_ u {d}gu-la ma-la ba-asz2-mu | the great medical knowledge of Ninurta and Gula as much as there is |
| 56' | ina t,up-pa-a-ni asz2-t,ur as-niq _igi-kar2_-ma | I wrote on tablets, checked, collated, and |
| 57' | a-na ta-mar-ti szi-ta-as-si-ia qe2#-reb# _e2-gal_ u2-kin | I established in the palace for my reading and recitation. |
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