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BAM 5, 493 (P394480)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 493 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394480 |
| 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' | _{u2}kur-kur pesz10-{d#}[id2_ ...] | The kurkur plant of the Euphrates River |
| 2' | _DISZ na sag-du_-su _gir2#-[gir2_-su ...] | If a man's head is swollen: .... |
| 3' | _szu-si-mesz_-szu2 u2#-[zaq-qa-ta-szu2 ...] | his horns he smote him ... |
| 4' | ni-kip-tu2 _ka [a-ab-ba_ ...] | The nikiptu-demon at the mouth of the sea . . |
| 5' | _DISZ na szu gidim-ma#_ [...] | If a man ... hand of a ghost .... |
| 6' | _{u2}an-ki-nu#-[di_ ...] | Ankinudu-plant |
| 7' | _DISZ na sa-mesz sag#-[ki_-szu2 ...] | If a man’s temples are swollen: .... |
| 8' | u _igi-min_-szu2# [...] | and his eyes ... |
| 9' | _DISZ na sa# [...] | If a man .... |
| 10' | i#-s,a#-[nun-du ...] | he will keep watch ... |
| 11' | _DISZ na#_ [...] | If a man .... |
| 12' | _igi#-[mesz_-szu2? ...] | his eyes ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _i3_ u? [...] | oil and ... |
| 2 | _ka-inim#-[ma_ ...] | Incantation formula: ... |
| 3 | _du3-du3#-bi#_ [...] | Its ritual: ... |
| 4 | x x _sza3-mesz#?_ [...] | ... the heart(?) |
| 5 | _en2 me ku3#_ [...] | Incantation: Pure divine powers . . |
| 6 | me# [sze]-ra#? [...] | The divine powers of ... in the morning |
| 7 | _ka-inim#-[ma_ ...] | Incantation formula: ... |
| 8 | _du3-du3#-bi#_ [...] | Its ritual: ... |
| 9 | e-ma _kesz2_ [...] | wherever he ... |
| 10 | 2(u)# 5(disz)#? _ka#-[inim-ma_ ...] | 25? words of ... |
| 11 | _DISZ na#_ x [...] | If a man ... .... |
| 12 | _{na4}musz#-[gir2?_ ...] | a serpentine |
| 13 | _en2_ x x [...] | Incantation: ... .... |
| 14 | _DISZ#? na#?_ x [...] | If a man ... .... |
| 15 | _gin7_ rib#?-[ki? ...] | Like a ribki ... |
| 16 | _en2_ 7(disz)#?-szu2#? [...] | Incantation: 7(?) times . |
| 17 | _DISZ na_ [...] | If a man .... |
| 18 | u2 [...] | ... plants |
| 19 | _du3_ x [...] | built ... ... |
| 20 | _DISZ# na#_ [...] | If a man .... |
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)
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