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BAM 6, 513 (P394520)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 513 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394520 |
| 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]_ x x x x [...] | If ... .... |
| 2' | _UD_-ma _du3_-szu2# [...] | Every day his ritual .... |
| 3' | {u2}ak-tam _sud2_ ina _kasz szeg6_ x [...] | nīnû-plant, you heat it up in beer, ... ... |
| 4' | _babbar-hi{sar}_ ta-sak3 _lal_ {gesz}si-ha {gesz}ar#-[ga-nu ...] | You pound white plant, honey, sīḫu-wood, argānu-wood |
| 5' | _i3-udu ellag2# sa5_ ina _u4-da szub_ i#-na#? [...] | You cast red sheep fat on a day, in ... .... |
| 6' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _gig_-ma u3 _dul {szim}sze#-li#?_ [...] | If a man’s eyes are sick and he is covered with šelīmu-juniper |
| 7' | ina _a-mesz luh_-si _la2_-id _gurun {u2}ukusz-lagab u2# [babbar_ ...] | You dry (and) crush (them) in filtered water. You smear (the mixture) on a piece of bread, alum and white plant. |
| 8' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _gig_-ma _u4-mesz_ ma-'-du-ti _nu bad#_ [...] | If a man's eyes are sick and he cannot sleep for many days .... |
| 9' | _sar_-ab ina _u4_-me 3(disz)-szu2 _nig2-sila11-ga2_ tu-kas,3-s,a _numun#_ [...] | You strew incense three times daily. Seed ... |
| 10' | _dilim2 a-bar2_ ta-sak3 _igi-min_-szu2 [...] | You pound alum, you daub his eyes ... |
| 11' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 ta-bi-la12 _gig sum-sikil-la#_ u2-hasz-sza2 ina _kasz nag i3-gesz_ ana _sza3#_ [...] | If a man’s eyes are swollen: he will get sick with sulphur, he drinks it in beer, ... oil inside .... |
| 12' | _zi3 na4 zu2#-lum#-ma#_ tur#-ar2# _sud2#_ ina# _a# gazi#{sar#} ta#-la-asz tu-kap-pat la#-[a-am ...] | You crush and sift flour of alum (and) you knead it in juice from gazelle jar, you bandage him with it, and then ... |
| 13' | _bil-za-za sig7#_ [...] _zi2_-su# ina _i3#-[nun_ ...] | yellow bilzazuli ... his flour in butter ... |
| 14' | 5(disz) _gazi zi3_ [...] _gin2# za3-hi-li#_ ina# _[a] gazi#{sar} sila11#_-[asz ...] | 5 shekels of ghee, flour, ... shekel of zaḫilu-flour in juice from gazelle ... |
| 15' | _en2#?_ [...] x x i-ru-pu# [e-gu-ma] | Incantation?: “... ... they entered, they stand up and |
| 16' | [... e]-li#? A# [...] | ... above? ... |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [...] | |
| 19' | [...] | |
| 20' | [...] | |
| 21' | [...] _sza3#? igi#?-min#?_-szu2# [...] | ... his eyes ... |
| 22' | [...] _szurun# udu#_ ina _ga {munus}u2-zug2#_ [...] | ... the shepherd's prebend on the breast of the pregnant woman ... |
| 23' | [...] _suhusz#? u2#_ ra#-pa#-di# ina _gir2 zabar#_ [...] | ... the base of the 'finger' of the grass with a bronze sword ... |
| 24' | [...] _sig2# babbar# nigin#_-mi#? tara#-kas3# _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2 ki-lal2-tan#? [...] | ... you wrap it in a white wool, you tie it around his temples, ... a knot? |
| 25' | [...] _e3_-ma#? _igi-min_-szu2 te#?-[qi2] | ... comes out and you take his eyes. |
| 26' | [... szu]-un#-nu-'a _numun {gesz}nig2-gan2#-gan2 lal3-kur-ra sahar ku3-sig17 hi-hi#_ [...] | ... šunnû-plant, seed from a field of lalkur-tree, dust of gold, ... |
| 27' | [1(disz) _gin2 u5] argab#{muszen} 1/2(disz) gazi u2 babbar# igi 6(disz)-gal2-la mun_ eme-sal-lim# ina#? []...] | 1 shekel of u5-plant (and) half a gazelle, white plant, 1/6 (shekel) of emesallu-salt in ... |
| 28' | _[u2 babbar ta]-bi#?-la12 ana# _sza3# igi#-min#_-szu2# _mar_-ru _szim-bi-sig7-sig7_ ina _i3#-[nun_ ...] | You sprinkle white plant, you put it into his eyes, you mix red-purple juniper in ghee, ... |
| 29' | _[sze10 eme-szid]_ ina _i3#-udu# giri3#-pad#-ra2# lugud2#-da sud2_ la pa-tan [...] | You pound emesid-plant in fat from a suckling sheep, without dining ... |
| 30' | [...] _sud2# igi#-[min_-szu2] _mar# u5# argab#{muszen} ina _i3-nun sud2#_ [...] | ... he rubs his eyes with a baltu-plant, a bat guano in ghee ... |
| 31' | [...] _szim#-bi-sig7-sig7#_ ina _i3#-nun# sud2 mar : {u2#}in#-nu#-usz#_ {u2}tar-musz8 mal-ma-lisz _hi-hi_ ina# [...] | ... red-purple juniper in ghee, : you mix innuš-plant (and) tarmusz-plant in equal amounts in ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [... _igi-min_-szu2] _mar_ | ... his eyes are dark: |
| 2' | [... ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2] ta#-zar#-ri | ... you pour into his eyes. |
| 3' | [... _za3-hi]-li#{sar#} u2_ a-szi-i | ... zaḫili-plant, ašî-plant |
| 4' | [...] x ina um-ma-tu ina _a gazi{sar} luh_ | ... ... in the morning, in juice from gazelle(?) you wash. |
| 5' | [... ta-bi]-la12# ta-t,e-ep-pi | ... you will weigh out, you will measure out. |
| 6' | [...] x u# _i3#-gesz# sud2# te#-te#-ne2-eq-qí | ... ... and you rub it with oil. |
| 7' | [...] x [x] _sud2# mar#-mesz_ | ... ... there will be frost. |
| 8' | [... _u2 babbar_ ta]-bi#-la12 ana# _sza3# igi#-min#_-szu2# _mu2#_-ah | ... white plant, you pour it into his eyes. |
| 9' | [... {u2}eme]-ur#-gi7 {u2}in6-usz2_ ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ina _gesztin nag#?_ | You mix emesu-urgi-plant (and) maštakal-plant in flour and wine |
| 10' | [... {na4}]as#-har ina _i3-nun sud2_ te-qi2# | You knead ashar-stone in ghee (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 11' | [...] x-szu2# pa-na pa-ni _gar_-an tara-kas2 | ... you put his ... face towards the face. You set out. |
| 12' | [...] _{na4#}as-har ina _i3-nun sud2 mar_ | ... you dry and crush ashar-stone in ghee |
| 13' | [... _u5] argab#{muszen} mun_ eme-sal-lim _{u2}kur-ra_ | ... plant of a raven, salt of emesallu-plant, mountain plant |
| 14' | [... _u2-hi]-a#_ an-nu-ti _disz_-nisz ta-mar-raq ina _zi2 udu-nita2?_ | ... these plants you will rub together. On the day of the slaughtering of the sheep |
| 15' | [...] _gazi#{sar}_ ta-sa-pan _igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | ... you crush garlic, you daub his eyes. |
| 16' | [...] ina# _lal3-kur-ra sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ an-nu-u szam-mi _u4 2(u)-kam2_ | ... you rub his eyes with mountain honey. This is a drug for 20 days. |
| 17' | [...] ki#?-i#-ri ba-la-t,i | ... life |
| 18' | [... ba-la]-t,i3 na#-ap-szi-ir | ... life is shattered. |
| 19' | [...] x _nu# u3-tu_ ak#-la2# me#-s,a ma-a-du _tu6 en2_ | ... ... does not give birth to ...: there will be plenty. Incantation formula. |
| 20' | [...] _mud2 diri-mesz_ | ... clouds were in the sky |
| 21' | [... 1(u) 4(disz)] _ka#-keszda# kesz2_ e-ma _keszda en2 szid_-nu ina _sag-ki_-szu2 tara-kas2 | ... you tie 14 knots. When you tie the knot, you recite the incantation. You tie it to his temple. |
| 22' | [... _a]-ga-asz2#-ga til-la a-ga-asz2-ga til-la tu6# en2#_ | ... finished, finished, incantation formula. |
| 23' | [...] _igi-min_-szu2 _mud2# diri#-mesz#_ | ... his eyes are full of blood. |
| 24' | [...] _sud2#_ ana# _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _szub#_ | ... he falls into his eyes ... |
| 25' | [... kun2]-na# u2#-hu#-ur#-sag#-gi#-na-ta | From the ... of the stable Uhursaggina |
| 26' | [... sze]-e#-ru sze-e-ra e-kal da-mu | ... morning, morning, he eats bread. |
| 27' | [... u2-qa-an]-na#-an _szub_-di {d}gu-la _tu6 ti-la_ en#-qu-ti | ... he sat down. Gula, incantation of life, enqutu-disease |
| 28' | [... tasz]-kun#? ba-lat, bu-ul-t,i2 _tu6 enuru{+e2-nu-ru}_ | ... you established? Life, well-being, incantation of Enuru |
| 29' | [...] _igi#-min#_-szu2 _mud2 diri-mesz_ | ... his eyes are full of blood. |
| 30' | [...] _sud2# [ina] _ga# ud5_ tara-bak _igi-min_-szu2 _la2#_ | ... you wrap a nanny-goat's hair in a cloth, you bandage his eyes. |
| 31' | [...] _sza3# igi-min_-szu2 _e3#_-a# | ... his eyes come out. |
| 32' | [... _{gesz}]szinig sig7#_-su# tu#-ha#-sa# | You crush his red tamarisk |
| 33' | [... _a2-gu2-zi]-ga_ ana _sza3_ hu-li-ia-am _sur_-at | ... the aguzīgû-demon is spread out into the huliyam-vessel. |
| 34' | [... {u2}]zi#-ba-a _illu urudu_ a-he-nu-u2 _sud2_ | ... alum, a copper flood, together it rains. |
| 35' | [... hu]-li#-ia#-am sza ta-asz2-hu-tu _dub_-ak | You write ... of my journey, which you have abandoned. |
| 36' | [... _igi-min]_-szu2 ina _szu-si bad_-te ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you place his eyes in the middle of the outer 'finger' into his eyes. |
| 37' | [... _igi]-min#_-szu2 ta-kar-ma _u4 9(disz)-kam2_ an-na-a _du3-mesz_ | ... you remove his eyes and on the 9th day they are made. |
| 38' | [...] _mun#_ eme-sal-lim ina _mud zabar#_ [ana _sza3 igi]-min#_-[szu2 _bun2]_ | ... you pour salt from emesallu-plant in bronze into his eyes. |
| 39' | [...] _sud2#?_ [...] | ... rain? ... |
| 40' | [...] _sud2#_ ina# _mud# zabar#_ [...] | ... a rainbow stretched in bronze ... |
| 41' | [...] _bar#-ra bar-bar igi husz igi husz-husz igi bar-ra husz#-[husz]_ | ... outside, outside, furious, fierce, outer, fierce |
| 42' | [...] _da#-a igi bar hul-a igi-min_ a-ba-tu _igi-min_ a-sza#-[tu] | ... ... the evil eye, ditto the eye, the eye of the womb, |
| 43' | [... szu]-har#-ra-te _igi-min gin7_ nik-si _udu-nita2# mud2# sze#-en#-a# | ... šuḫarātu-vessels, like eyes of a ram covered with blood, |
| 44' | [... a-la]-pa#-a _szub_-a ki-ma _dug a-gesztin0na szub#_-a# s,il-la | ... fall of alapâ-plant, fall of juniper like a pot of wine. |
| 45' | [... pi-ti]-iq#-tu4 pat-qat _ku4_-ub _{d}giri3_ ina be-ru-szi-na it-ta-di _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 | ... he was entrusted, he entered, and the footstool between them he sat on his throne. |
| 46' | [...] la na-pa-sze _en2_ ul ia#-at#-tu#-un# _en2_ {d}e-a u {d}asal-lu2-hi | ... I do not know. Incantation: I am Ea and Asalluhi |
| 47' | [... {d}gu]-la# _en2_ {d}nin-girima3 be-let szip-te {d}gu-la _ti_-ma _nig2-ba_-ki _ti tu6 en2_ | ... Gula Incantation: O Ningirima, mistress of the incantation of Gula Life and your property life Incantation. |
| 48' | [...] _igi gig-ga-a-kam2_ | ... has a sick eye. |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [... an-nu]-u2# sza# _sig2# babbar# dur# nu#-nu# 7(disz)# ka#-keszda# kesz2#_ e-ma _keszda en2 szid_-nu ina _igi_-szu2 _ti#-la#_-ti# _keszda#_-su# | This ... of white wool, the outer layer of the skin. You tie seven knots, whenever you tie a knot, you recite the incantation. In front of him, life is his knot. |
| 2 | _[en2 igi bar igi] bar#-bar igi bar-ra bar-bar igi husz igi husz igi bar-ra husz-husz_ | Incantation: “Look at me, look at me! See me, see me! Look at me furiously! See my furious face! See the furious eye! See your furious eyes! |
| 3 | _[igi bar na2-a igi] bar da-a igi bar hul-a igi-min_ a-ba-a-tu _igi#-min#_ a#-sza-tu _igi-min_ sza _mud diri_-a | The eye of the dream, the eye of Aya, the eyes of evil. The eyes of Abatu, the ears of Asâtu, and the pupils of the excrement. |
| 4 | [...] x 5(u) _na 5(u)_ sa-niq qa2-bu-u2 sza2 {d}gu-la | ... 50 na, 50 sa-niq, the command of Gula |
| 5 | 2(disz)#-ma# szi#-na#-ma# [ah]-ha-a-tu4 ina be2-ru-szi-na pa-rik _kur_-u2# man-na lu-usz-pur ana _dumu-munus_ {d}a-nim sza2 _an_-e | They are two, they are brothers. In their midst, who can send a message to the daughter of Anu of heaven? |
| 6 | lisz-sza2-ni? tal-li#-szi#-na _{na4}nir2 dug-mesz_-szi-na _{na4}za-gin3_ eb-bu li-sa-pa-a-ni _a-mesz a-ab-ba_ ta-ma-ti _dagal_-ti | Let them sprinkle the nir stones of their vessels with pure lapis lazuli. The waters of the sea, the wide sea |
| 7 | sza ha-risz-tu#? la#? u2-ri-du a-na _sza3_-bi mu-suk-ka-tu la _luh_-u qa-te-sza2 | Whose hands are not shattered by a harištu-demon, who does not fear the musukkatu-disease, |
| 8 | lim-la-ni-im-ma#? li#-ke-es,-s,a-a _kum2_ s,i-ri-ih-tu sza2 _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 | May it be favourable for me so that I may be pacified. The ṣirihtu-plant that is inside his eyes |
| 9 | _en2_ ul ia-at#-[tu-un] _en2# {d}4(u) u {d}asal-lu2-hi _en2# {d#}da#_-mu u {d}gu-la | Incantation: “I do not know, Incantations: O Ea and Asalluḫi, Incantsation: Damu and Gula |
| 10 | _en2_ {d}nin-girima3# [... szip]-te# {d#}gu#-la# _ti#-la#_-[ma _nig2-ba_]-ki#? _[ti]_-i# _tu6# en2#_ | Incantation: “Ningirima, ... the incantation of Gula, live, and your gift of life! Incantation formula. |
| 11 | _ka inim-ma_ [...] | The mouth of a word .... |
| 12 | _du3-du3-bi_ an-nu-u2 sza# [...] | This is what ... |
| 13 | _en2 igi bar igi bar-bar igi# [...] | Incantation: "Look at me, look at me!" ... |
| 14 | _igi-bar na2-a igi-bar#_ [...] | The inverse of the 'sunrise to moonset' is ... |
| 15 | _igi#-min# pur#-sit2# _mud2#_ [... tab]-ba#-a# am#-min3# tasz#-sza2#-a# | The eyes are swollen, the blood flows freely. |
| 16 | [...] tal#-tal-lu-u2 sza2 _{gesz}geszimmar_ | ... of date palm |
| 17 | [... _in-nu]_-szu2 al-si-ki-na al-ka-ni# | ... his sleep I call out to you, I call to you. |
| 18 | ul# al#-si#-[ki-na-szi ... it]-ba#-ki#-na#-szi# _im#-1(disz)# im#-2(disz)# im#-3(disz)#_ [...] | I did not call out to you, ... came to me, one, two, three ... |
| 19 | _ka inim-ma igi gig-ga-[x_ ...] | The mouth of a word ... bitterly ... |
| 20 | _du3-du3-bi sig2 sa5 sig2# babbar#_ [...] 7(disz)# u 7(disz) _ka-keszda kesz2_ e-ma _keszda en2 szid#_-[nu] | Its ritual: red wool, white wool ... 7 and 7 knots. Wherever you knot, you recite the incantation. |
| 21 | _dur sig2 sa5_ ina _igi_-szu2# _gig#_ [...] _dur# sig2# babbar_ ina _igi_-szu2 _ti-la keszda_-ma ina#-[esz] | If he sees a yellow-green halo in his eye: illness .... |
| 22 | _en2 igi bar igi bar-bar igi bar-ra# [bar-bar igi] hul# igi hul-hul igi bar-ra hul-hul# | Incantation: “Look, look, look! Look, look at! Look! Look evil, look evil, see evil! See evil! Look Evil! |
| 23 | szi-it-ta-szi-na _dumu-munus_ {d#}[x ...] ina# be#-ru-szi-na pi-tiq-tu4 pat-qat# | Their šittānu (is) the daughter of ... in their midst, a gift is given. |
| 24 | ul il-lak a-ha-tu a-na# [le]-et# a#-ha-ti-sza2 man-na lu-usz-pur a-na _dumu-munus_ {d}a-nim sza2 _an#_-e# | Who can I send to the daughter of Anu of the heavens? |
| 25 | lisz-sza2-ni kan-ni-szi-na _{na4}nir2# dug-mesz_-szi-na _{na4}za-gin3 duru5_ eb-bu | May their lips be full of nir-stone, their vessels of pure lapis lazuli |
| 26 | li-is-sa-pa-ni-im-ma# li-be-la-a _igi-min_ a-ba-ti | May he write to me, and may he rule the eyes of the people. |
| 27 | _igi-min_ a-sza2-ti# u3# dal-ha-a-ti _tu6# en2_ | The eyes of the asātu and the dalḫatu-demons. Incantation formula. |
| 28 | _ka# inim#-ma# igi gig-ga#-a#-kam2 : du3-du3-bi szu-bi-gin7-nam#_ | It is the mouth of a curse that sees a sick eye. Its ritual is like its hand. |
| 29 | _en2 igi bar igi bar-bar igi bar-ra bar-bar# igi suh3 igi suh3-suh3 igi bar-ra suh3-suh3#_ | Incantation: “Look at me, look at me! See me, see me! Watch me, watch me! Check out, check out! Check in, check in! |
| 30 | szi-it-ta i-nu a-ha-tu szi-[na]-ma ina be-ru-szi-na _kur_-u2 pa-rik#-[ma] | “That one, when they were together, was set up in their midst, and |
| 31 | _ugu_-nu-szi-na ki-s,ir-tu kas,3#-rat# _ki-ta_-nu-szi-na pi-tiq-tu2 pat-[qat] | On their backs, a knot is knotted. On their lowers, an omen is drawn. |
| 32 | a-a-u2 _im_-szi-na-a-ma a-a-u2 _nu im_-szi#-na#-[ma] | “Whither are they, who are they not? |
| 33 | a-a-u2 _im_ ti-bi-szi-na a-a-u2 la-a _im_ ti-bi#-[szi-na ...] | May there be no clay on their side, may there not be clay on them .... |
| 34 | sza#-ar pa-ni i-kil2 pa-ni s,u-lu-um#? pa#?-ni#? at#?-[ta] pu#-t,ur# [...] | You are the one who holds the face of the ṣulû-demon, you are responsible for the face(?) |
| 35 | _[ka inim]-ma# igi gig-ga-a-kam2#_ [...] | It is the mouth of a sick eye ... |
| 36 | [...] igi# bar#-bar# x [...] | ... looking at ... |
| 47' | [...] x | |
| 48' | _[du3-du3-bi_ ...] a#-he#-en#-na#-a# _nu#-nu_ | Its ritual: ... together they shall lie down. |
| 49' | [...] ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2_-su# | ... is tied to his temple. |
| 50' | _[en2_ ...] x _igi nu tuku_-a _tu6 en2_ | Incantation: “... ... has no eye—Incantation formula. |
| 51' | [... ina _sag-ki_-szu2?] sza2 _zag_ | ... on his right temple |
| 52' | _[en2_ ... ta-ma-ad]-ra#-asz2 ta-ma-ad-ra-asz2 _tu6 en2_ | Incantation: “... you will rub him, you will scrub him’ incantation. |
| 53' | _[du3-du3-bi_ ... ina _sag-ki_-szu2?] sza2 _gub3_ | Its ritual: ... on its left temple |
| 54' | [... _du3]-du3#-bi szu-bi-gin7-nam#_ | ... its building is like its hand. |
| 55' | _[en2_ ...] _gub#-ba-a gub-ba#-[a]_ | Incantation: '... stand, stand! |
| 56' | [... _ad]_-szu2#? i-sza2-as#-[si] | ... his father ... |
| 57' | [...] ti#-di# _tu6# [en2]_ | You recite the incantation ... tidi tu. |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] _sig2# sa5 sig2# babbar# disz#_-[nisz ...] | ... red wool, white wool ... |
| 2 | [...] _keszda en2 szid#_-nu# ina# [...] | You recite the incantation šidnu in ... |
| 3 | _[en2 i-gi] ti#-la a-ga ti-la i-gi kun2-na a#-[ga] kun2#-na#_ [...] | Incantation: “Look at me, live! Look at me! Turn around! Look around! Turn back! ... |
| 4 | _[ka] inim#-ma igi gig-ga-a-kam2# [:] du3-du3-bi#_ [...] | It is the mouth of a sick eye. Its ritual ... |
| 5 | _[en2 pa]-la# husz pa-la husz pa-la husz-bi# nig2#-[gi]-na#-bi i-gi pa-la husz#-bi# [tu6 en2]_ | Incantation: “Fearful, furious, fearful, fearsome, its fearsomeness is a reed-bearing thing, its angerousness is an awe-inspiring aura. Incantations. |
| 6 | _[ka inim-ma] igi# gig#-ga-a-kam2# du3#-du3-bi szu#-bi-asz#-[am3]_ | It is the mouth of a curse that sees a sick eye. |
| 7 | _[en2_ i]-ni et,-li _gig_-at# i#-ni# [{munus}]ki#-sikil gig_-at i-ni _gurusz_ u _{munus}ki-sikil_ man-nu u2#-[bal-lit,] | Incantation: “This young woman is sick, this maiden is sick. This young man and the maiden are sick. Who can cure it? |
| 8 | [ta]-szap#-par2 i-le-qu-ni-ku _sza3# ku3#_-ti _{gesz#}geszimmar#_ ina# pi#-i#-ka# te#-he#-pi# ina# _szu#_-ka# te#-pe#-til# | You send (word) and they will take you. The holy heart of date palms you break off in your mouth, in your hand you finish. |
| 9 | _[gurusz_ u] _ki#-sikil_ ina _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2-nu tu-ka-s,ar _igi gurusz_ u _ki-sikil_ i-bal-lu-ut, _tu6 en2#_ | You tie a man and a maiden to their temples. Before the man and the maiden will recover. Incantation formula. |
| 10 | _[ka] inim#-ma igi gig-ga-a-kam2 du3-du3-bi szu-bi-asz-bi-am3_ | It is the mouth of a sick eye. Its rituals are its handiwork. |
| 11 | _en2# an-na im ri-a igi lu2-ka gig-ga ba-an-gar_ | Incantation: “An, a cloud covered the face of a man, he was sick. |
| 12 | ina sza2-me-e sza2-a#-ru i-zi-qam-ma ina i-in _lu2_ si-im-me isz-ta-kan | In heaven, a rising storm rises and sets in the presence of a man: |
| 13 | _an#-ta su3-da-ta im ri-a igi lu2-ka gig-ga ba-an-gar_ : isz-tu _an_-e ru-qu-ti | From the distant heavens a cloud covered the eyes of a man. He was put in ill health. : From the remote heavens |
| 14 | _igi# gig#-ga gig-ga ba-an-gar_ | He has seen a sick eye, he has been ill. |
| 15 | [...] i#-ni mar-s,a-a-ti si-im-ma isz-ta-kan | “… he placed a ṣātu-symbol on the sick man’s body. |
| 16 | _[lu2]-bi# igi-bi lu3-lu3-a_ | Its man, before it, is a man |
| 17 | [sza2 _lu2_ szu]-a#-tu2# i-da-szu2 da-al#-ha# | of that man's companion is frightened |
| 16 | _igi#-bi# ba-an-suh3#-suh3# | Its eyes were swollen. |
| 17 | [sza2 i]-na#-szu2# a-sza2-a | who with him, the field |
| 18 | _lu2-u18-lu-bi ni2-te-a-ni-sze3 er2 gig i3-szesz2-szesz2#_ | This man weeps bitterly because of himself. |
| 19 | _lu2_ szu-u2 ina ra-ma-ni-szu2 mar-s,i-isz i-bak#-[ki] | That man, with his own strength, he will kill you quickly. |
| 20 | _lu2-bi tu-ra-a-ni {d}engur-ke4 igi# im#-ma#-an#?-[si3]_ | This man looked at Engur |
| 21 | sza2 _lu2_ szu2-a-tu4 mu-ru-us-su _{d}min_ i#-mur#-ma# | of that man, his companion, ditto, saw, and |
| 22 | _gazi{sar} kum-ma3 szu# u3-me-ti_ | kumma-beer, hand of a lion |
| 23 | ka-si-i hasz-lu-ti le-qe2-ma | [Take] the kasû-flour, the ḫašlūtu-plant, and |
| 24 | _tu6-tu6 abzu-ta u3-me-ni-si3_ | incantations from the Abzu he filled. |
| 25 | szi-pat ap-si-i i-di-ma | the apsû-demon knew, and |
| 26 | _igi lu2-ka u3-me-ni-keszda_ | before a man he shall tie. |
| 27 | i-ni a-me-li ru-kus-ma | “This man is furious and |
| 28 | _{d}engur lu2 szu ku3-ga-na# igi# lu2#-ba-ka szu tag]-ga#-ni-ta | Engur, when he holds the man’s hand in front of the man, |
| 29 | _{d}min_ ina _szu_-sza2# [...] la#-ba#-ti-sza2 | Ditto by her hand ... her insubmissiveness |
| 30 | _im igi lu2-ka# [... ba-ra]-an#-e3_ | The tablet before a man ... came out. |
| 31 | sza2-a-ru3 sza2 i#-[in ... lit]-ta#-s,i | May the šaŋaru-demon who sees ... go out. |
| 32 | _ka# inim#-[ma ... x]-a#-kam2_ | It is the mouth of a word ... ... |
| 33 | [... szu-har-ri-a]-tu4# | ... šuharrûtu |
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