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BAM 6, 542 (P394442)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 542 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394442 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | _[DISZ] na#_ ma-har _{d}utu a ku3-ga szub-szub en2_ an-ni-ta 3(disz)-szu2# [...] | If a man falls in front of Šamaš in pure water: this incantation 3 times . . |
| 2 | e#-ma _szid_-u2 _lagab munu6 zu2_-szu2 _diri_-ma ana _ugu_ gul-gul#-[li x x x] | If a pig's intestines are full of malt and ... on top of the gulgullu. |
| 3 | gul-gul-lu _gig zu2-gu10_ tab-li 7(disz)-szu2 _du11-ga#_-[ma _ti]_ | You speak seven times about the destruction of my tooth, the disease of the tooth, and he will recover. |
| 4 | _en2_ szi-it-ta-ag-ru-ma _{gesz}ig uzu {gesz}sag-kul giri3-pad-ra2_ isz-tu a-a-nu tul#-[tu4 isz-tu] | Incantation: “The door, the meat, the bolt, and the footstool have been removed from the father. |
| 5 | _giri3-pad-ra2 ugu_-ka it-ta-bak _izi : ugu sag-du_ it-ta-bak im#?-[tu2?] | He has smashed the foot-bite on your head, he has burnt the head. |
| 6 | man-nu lu-usz-pur ana _dumu-nita_ sza2 _kur-ra {d}marduk_ li-lap-pi-tu4 tul#-[tu4?] | Whom should I send? To the son of the mountain, Marduk, may he smite (them). |
| 7 | tul#-tu4 ki-ma szik-ke-e lit-ta-s,i s,er-ra-nisz _tu6-en2#_ | May the tultu-demon go out like a šikkê-disease, and may it be released. Incantation formula. |
| 8 | _du3-du3-bi_ la-asz2-ha sza2 _im-ki-gar du3_ ana _kiszib-mesz_ | Its ritual: a lašhu-vessel of imkigar-stone made for the seals. |
| 9 | _zu2#-mesz_-szu2 asz2-na-an tu-rat-ta _ki zu2_-szu2 | his teeth are a turattu-container with his tooth |
| 10 | _gig# ti ziz2-an-na ge6_ ti-ret-ti _i3-gesz zu2_-szu2 _diri_ ana _sza3_ la-asz2-hi _mu2_-ah _en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 | (If) he is ill with tīšû-plant: night of the treasury, sesame oil, his teeth are dark: he will be deprived of sleep. You recite the incantation three times. |
| 11 | [x] x x _habrud?_ sza2 _{d}utu-szu2-a gar_-an ina _tumu in-bul5-bul5 usz2_-hi# | ... a torch? of Šamašshua was placed; in the wind it was blowing; death. |
| 12 | [x] x _szid {na4}szuba_ u _{na4}ka-gi-na ka2_-szu2 ta-bar-ram# | You open his gate with ... of šuba stone and kagina stone. |
| 13 | [x x] x _e2-mah ibila e2-mah ibila gal_ u sza2 {d}5(u) at-ta-ma | you are the ... of the Emaḫ, the eldest son, the great heir, and of Ea. |
| 14 | [x x x tu]-ri#-dam-ma ina _murub4 an_-e _ki {mul}mar-gid2-da gub_-az | ... turns and stands in the middle of heaven opposite the Wagon: |
| 15 | [...] ik#?-kal#-an-ni li-is-ku-ta at-ta-ma | ... held me back(?). You are the one who holds me back |
| 16 | [...] x szu2#? _uzu mur nu nag tu6-en2_ | ... ..., he should not eat fatty tissue?. Incantation formula. |
| 17 | _[du3-du3-bi_ ... sza2 _im-ki-gar du3]_-usz ana _kiszib-mesz zu2-mesz_-szu2 _ziz2-an-na_ tu-rat-ta | Its ritual: ... of the imkīgar-stone you make. For his teeth you tie a turban. |
| 18 | [... _ziz2-an]-na# ge6#_ te-ret-ti _lal2#_ u _i3# bara2#-ga zu2_-szu2 _diri_ | ... black emmer, honey and ghee, his tongue was covered. |
| 19 | [... ana _habrud]_ sza2# {d}utu-szu2-a gar_-an# | You set up ... for the torch of Šamaš-šēziba. |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [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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