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AMT pl. 032 05 (K 02443) + (P394437)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 032 05 (K 02443) + |
|---|---|
| ID | P394437 |
| 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 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢EN₂⸣ [...] | Incantation: |
| 3' | iš-⸢tu⸣ [...] | The second ... |
| 4' | ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | The ešû-priest |
| 5' | ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [...] | The maššakku-priest |
| 6' | x [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | x ⸢di ki šu⸣ x x x [...] | ... hand ... |
| 2' | ana A ŠUB ina NINDU UŠ₂-er ina mar-ha-ṣi ⸢bah-ru-su tara-has-su⸣ x [...] | You pour it into water. In a loaf you make a strewn-offering. You set it up in a bowl (and) you recite the incantation bahrusu. |
| 3' | KA A.AB.BA DIŠ-niš ta-haš-šal KI I₃.GIŠ EŠ-su-ma ina bu ⸢ʾu⸣ [...] | “If the mouth of the sea is swollen, you rub him with oil, and in the bu-plant |
| 4' | bah-ra GU₇-MEŠ bah-ra NAG-MEŠ bah-ru ina UGU-hi-šu₂ te-qi₂ [...] | (If) he eats, drinks (and) drinks a curse: curse will be upon him. |
| 5' | DIŠ LU₂ ⸢ša⸣-aš-ša₂-⸢ṭu₃⸣ {d}UTU GIG UD.30.KAM₂ 7 u 7 pu-ud-ri {giš}⸢ki⸣ [...] | If a man suffers from Šamaš's illness: on the 30th day 7 and 7 offerings of E-coli |
| 6' | u₃ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ tu-qat-tar-šu₂ UD.7.KAM₂ KAŠ₃ tu-sal-lah-šu-⸢ma⸣ [...] | You libate beer on the 7th day and ... |
| 7' | DIŠ NA ši-⸢ig⸣-ga-tu GIG {šim}GIG {šim}ŠEŠ {šim}BULUH {šim}⸢HAB⸣ [...] | If a man suffers from šīgu-disease: kukru-aromatic, sulphur, ḫašû-plant |
| 8' | I₃.UDU ELLAG₂ GUD DUH.LAL₃ ZU₂.⸢LUM.MA.DILMUN⸣{ki} ⸢ina KAŠ ta-sak ina KUŠ SUR⸣ [LAL-su-ma TI] | You knead fat from the kidney of an ox, honey (and) ēru-plant in beer, you smear it on a piece of leather, you bandage him with it, and then he will recover. |
| 9' | ⸢DIŠ KI⸣ [MIN ZU₂.LUM].⸢MA.DILMUN{ki⸣} ina KAŠ ta-sak₃ DIDA SIG ZI₃ MUNU₆ ZI₃.KUM ZI₃ ZIZ₂.A.AN [x x x x] | You knead ēšu-plant in beer, you pound fine flour, malt flour, saḫlû-cress (and) žāru-flour. |
| 10' | ⸢DIŠ KI MIN {giš⸣}MES.GAM₃ HAD₂.A GAZ SIM ina KAŠ tara-bak ina KUŠ SUR LAL-[su-ma TI] | If DITTO, you dry, crush (and) sieve ēšammu-plant, you boil it down in beer, you knead it in a leather (bag), you bandage him with it, and then he will recover. |
| 11' | ana šig-ga-ti šup-⸢šu-hi⸣ U₂ BABBAR {šim}BULUH ILLU {šim}BULUH ILLU LI.DUR [x x x] | For viggātu-disease, šup’e23-plant, white plant, baluḫh&bu-aromatic, resin of lupin |
| 12' | PA {u₂}UKUŠ₂.HAB NUMUN GADA U₂ MAŠ.TAB.BA NUMUN {šim}LI {šim}MAN.DU NAGA.SI NAGA.SI ⸢PIŠ₁₀⸣.{[d}ID₂] | PA of ēru-plant, seed of linen, maštabû-plant seed of juniper, šandu-aromatic, horned alkali, epsilon (a kind of sedge) |
| 13' | A.GAR.GAR MAŠ.⸢DA₃⸣ ZU₂.LUM.MA.DILMUN{ki} DUH.LAL₃ I₃.UDU ELLAG₂ NIG₂.LAL ⸢šig⸣-[ga-ti] | irrigated orchards, dates, honey, fat from the kidneys, reed bundles |
| 14' | ana šig-ga-ti šup-šu-hi U₂ BABBAR ILLU LI.DUR ILLU {šim}BULUH PA {u₂}UKUŠ₂.HAB ⸢NUMUN⸣ [GADA] | For viggātu-disease: white plant, resin of a reed bundle, resin from baluhhu-plant, leaf from ēru-tree (‘colocynth’), linen |
| 15' | NUMUN {u₂}lap-ti {šim}ŠEŠ {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ NAGA.SI NAGA.SI PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ A.GAR.GAR MAŠ.⸢DA₃⸣ | seeds of laptu-plant, šūzu-plant (and) kukru-aromatic, horned alkali, niphû-stone, river meadow, ēru-tree |
| 16' | ZU₂.LUM.MA.DILMUN{ki} DUH.LAL₃ I₃.UDU ELLAG₂ NIG₂.LAL šig-ga-ti | Dilmun dates, honey, fat from the kidney, šiggātu-flour |
| 17' | {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}LI {u₂}ak-tam NUMUN GADA GAZI{sar} LAGAB MUNU₆ ZI₃ GIG ZI₃.KUM | kukru-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, baktam-plant, linen seed, mustard, alum, malt flour, wheat flour, kum-flour |
| 18' | ina DIDA na-aš-pi DIŠ-niš SUD₂ SUR-ri LAL an-nu-u NIG₂.LAL šig-ga-ti | You pound našpu-salt in beer, you smear (it) on a piece of bread, (and) you bandage him with it. This is a viggātu-gift |
| 19' | I₃.UDU ⸢ELLAG₂ UDU.NITA₂⸣ DUH.LAL₃ {šim}BULUH ILLU {šim}BULUH {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ ILLU LI.DUR {šim}ŠEŠ | fat from the kidney of a sheep, honey, baluhhu-plant, salt, kukru-aromatic, resin from šūzû-tree |
| 20' | {giš}EREN.SUMUN I₃.GIŠ {⸢šim⸣}ŠEŠ {giš}EREN {šim}HAB an-nu-u NIG₂.LAL šig-ga-ti ša₂ EN.TE.EN.NA | cedar, sesame oil, ešû-plant, cedar (and) ṭūru-juniper: this is the compensation of the winter. |
| 21' | {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ I₃.UDU ELLAG₂ UDU.[NITA₂] {⸢šim}BULUH⸣ ILLU {šim}BULUH ILLU LI.DUR {giš}EREN.SUMUN | kukru-aromatic, fat from the kidney of a sheep, ešû-plant, resin from baluhhu-plant (and) resin from old cedar |
| 22' | I₃ ŠIM SUMUN MUD₂ {giš}⸢EREN⸣ {[šim}HAB an]-⸢nu-u⸣ NIG₂.LAL šig-ga-ti | oil of old juniper, blood from erēnu-tree ('cedar'), annum-nû-plant ('terebinth') (and) šiggatu-disease |
| 23' | GAZI{sar} NUMUN GADA NUMUN {giš}[...] ⸢GU₂⸣.TUR ⸢ZI₃⸣ GIG.BA | kasû-tamarind, linen seed, seeds of ...-wood, ēšu-eṣur-plant, flour of a sick person |
| 24' | tar-muš₈ NIG₂.LAL x [...] x x ki | Tarmuš |
| 25' | DIŠ NA bur-ka-šu₂ ⸢mun⸣-[ga DIRI ...] | If a man is full of burkašu-disease: emunu-ega-plant |
| 26' | DUB.2.KAM₂ [...] | Second tablet of |
| 27' | ⸢E₂.GAL {m⸣}[AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA ...] | Palace of Aštar-ban-apli |
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