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BAM 6, 510 (P394523)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 510 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394523 |
| 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) |
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| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | _[ku3]-gan u5# argab#{muszen#} i3#-udu giri3-pad-da lugud2-da_ sza _[udu . . . sud2_ . . .] | silvergan-plant, uḫubūlu-bird oil, sheep fat, giripada-seed, lugudu-salt of sheep ... ... |
| 2' | _szim#-bi-ku3-gi sud2_ ina _{gi#}[sag-kud_ ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _bun2]_ | You knead šimbi-kugi-juniper, you put it inside his eyes. |
| 3' | _kun#_-sza25 _sag-du_-su _keszda 1(u) gazi i3+gisz# 1/2(disz)# gazi#_ x [...] | his head is shaved, 10 pots of oil, 1/2 pot of oil ... |
| 4' | _u4 3(disz)-kam2 du3-du3_-usz _za3-hi-li_ tur#-ar2# _sud2_ [...] x | On the 3rd day, you make a suppository. You scatter pomegranates. ... .... |
| 5' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _gig henbur2 sze_-am _sig7#_-su# _naga si sud2_ ina _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz# [...] | If a man’s eyes are sick: you dry, crush and sift henbur-barley (and) his yellow-green barley, you knead horned alkali-plant in juice from gazelle ... |
| 6' | _{na4}as3-har {na4}tu-usz-ka#-a# _sud2_ ina _i3-udu_ tu-tah-ha-ah mal-ma-lisz _sud2_ ina _i3-nun hi#-[hi_ ...] | You pound ashar-stone and tuškâ-stone, you mix them in fat, then you mix the mixture in ghee, ... |
| 7' | _DISZ# na igi-min_-szu2 _gig 1(u) gazi#?_ [...] ana# _sag#-ki-mesz_-szu2 _szub-mesz_ szu-uh-ta sza _aszgab_ ina _kusz-edin_ [te-ser] | If a man’s eyes are sick: you pound ten gazelles? ... into his temples. You bind a lump of asafoetida-plant in a leather bag. |
| 8' | [ina] _sag#-ki-mesz_-szu2 _la2#_-[id ...] {na4#}asz2-har _szim-bi-ku3-gi sud2_ ina _i3-nun hi-hi igi-min_-szu2 _mar-mesz#_-ma#? _ti#?_ | You bind it on his temples. You pound ashar-stone (and) šimbi-kug-resin, you daub his eyes with ghee, and then he will recover. |
| 9' | [...] _sahar#-urudu_ sza _szen-tur_ ina _i3-nun sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar gir2-zabar_ | ... you rub saharudu-oil of a pig in ghee, you daub his eyes with it, and then he will recover. |
| 10' | [...] 1(disz)#-szu2# 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 _igi-min_-szu2 _mar za3-hi-li_ ina szur-szum-me _kasz sila11_-asz _la2_ | ... once, twice or thrice, you sprinkle sahlû-fennel with šurshumme-beer, you bandage him with it. |
| 11' | [... _sahar-urudu]_ sza _szen#-tur_ tur-ar2 _gaz_ ina _i3-nun sig5_-te ta-sak3 | ... you crush small copper lumps, you sift them with good oil. |
| 12' | [...] _igi-min_-szu2 te-qí | ... you take his eyes. |
| 13' | [...] ana# _sza3# igi-min_-szu2 tu-na-tak2 _{u2}in6-usz2 sud2 la2_ | You pour ... into his eyes. You rub him with maštakal-plant. |
| 14' | [... ba]-ri#-ra-ta5 ina _ga_ ta-la3-asz _la2_ | ... you mix briratu-plant in ghee, you bandage him. |
| 15' | [...] ina# _dilim2 a-bar sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | ... in filtered oil you rub the surface of his eyes. |
| 16' | [...] _{szim#}sze#-li#_ [...] su#-pa#-la# _sig7_-su | ... juniper ... red šala-plant |
| 17' | [ina _a]-mesz#?_ [...] _ukusz2#-hab u2 babbar_ x [...] te#-qi2#? | In water? ... you pound kukru-plant and white plant ... ... |
| 18' | [... _igi]-min#_-szu2 _gig#_ [... ma-']-du#-ti _nu bad_ ina _kum2_ [...] | ... his eyes are sick: ... he will not recover; in heat .... |
| 19' | _[sag]-du#-su _mu2_-ab# [...] _nig2#-sila11-ga2_ tu-kas,3-s,a# [...] | You recite his incantation ... nigsilāgu-plant ... |
| 20' | [ina] _i3#-nun dilim2 a-bar2#_ ta#-sak3# _igi-min_-szu2 te#?-[qi2?-ma? ina?-esz?] | You pound dilim-plant in ghee, you daub his eyes, and then he will get better. |
| 21' | [...] _igi#-min_-szu2 ta-bi-la12 _gig sum-sikil#-la#_ u2#-hasz-sza2 ina _kasz nag i3+gesz_ ana _sza3 igi#-min#_-szu2# _MAR#-[ru? ...] | ... you wash his eyes, you anoint him with sulphur, you drench it with beer, you pour oil into his eyes ... |
| 22' | [...] _na4# zu2-lum-ma_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ ina _a gazi#{sar#}_ ta#-la-asz tu-kap-pat la-a-am pa-tan# u2#?-al#-[lat] | You crush and sift ...-stone (and) dates, you stir them into a paste in juice from kasû-herb ('tamarind'), you wrap it in a cloth, and then he will recover. |
| 23' | _[bil-za]-za# sig7#_ ta-s,a-lip _zi2_-su# ina# _i3-nun hi-hi igi-min_-szu2 te#-qi2# | You crush yellow-green bilzazu-plant, you daub his eyes with it in ghee, you anoint his eyes. |
| 24' | [... gu2]-gal# 6(disk) gazi zi3 gazi{sar} 5(disk)gin2 za3-hi#-[li_ ina] _a# gazi#{sar#} sila11#_-asz _sag-ki_-szu2 _igi-min_-szu2# _la2_ | ... gugal-soapwort, 6 pots of flour, gazelle flour, 5 shekels of zaḫilu-flour in juice from gazelle oil, his temples and his eyes are swollen. |
| 25' | _[en2_ x x x x] x LAL A SAR NUMUN U2 x [x] x e-ru-pu e-gu-ma | Incantation: “... ..., you bandage him with it, you shave (his head), you pound seeds of ...-plant, you put them on his neck, and then |
| 26' | [x x] x e#-li#? _a_ 3(disz)-szu2 _du11-ga_ | ... three times he spoke |
| 27' | _DISZ na#_ [... _gazi]{sar#} sah-le2-e _{u2}masz-tab i3-udu {szim}gig numun {stim}li_ | If a man ... mustard, cress, maštab-plant, sheep fat, šimgig-aromatic, seed of obsidian |
| 28' | kam-mu# [... ta-qal3]-lu# ina _i3-nun i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 gab-lal3_ tusz-tab-bal _igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | You pound ..., you mix it in ghee, fat from a sheep's kidney (and) honey, and you daub his eyes. |
| 29' | _DISZ na igi-min#_-[szu2 ... : _igi]-min#_-szu2 _gig u5 argab{muszen}_ ina _i3-nun sud2 mar_ | If a man’s eyes ... : (If) his eyes are sick: you dry and pound alum in ghee, (and) he will recover. |
| 30' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2# _[gig_ ... : _DISZ na] igi#-min#_-szu2# _gig#_ sah#-le2#-e ina _ga szeg6_-szal _la2_ | If a man's eyes are sick: .... |
| 31' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _mud2#_ [...] x RI szum4-ma _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _sa5_ | If a man's eyes are full of blood: ... .... If his eyes are red: |
| 32' | _igi-min_-szu2 _dul_-ma# [... _{munus}]u2#-zug2 sila11_-asz _la2_-id | (If) his eyes are covered and ... a pregnant woman, her lambs will be cut off. |
| 33' | ina sze-ri3 _du8_-szu2-ma# [... ina _gir2]-zabar# kud_-[is,?] | In the morning, you remove it and ... with a bronze knife. |
| 34' | _dur {sig2}he2-med#_ [...] | ... a band of red wool |
| 35' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _mud2_ szu-un#-[nu-'a ...] | If a man's eyes are full of blood: .... |
| 36' | 1(disz) _gin2 u5 argab{muszen} 1/2(disz)# [...] | 1 shekel of argab-plant oil, 1/2 ... |
| 37' | _u2 babbar_ ta-bi-la12 ana _sza3 igi-min#_-[szu2 ...] | You bring white plant to his eyes ... |
| 38' | _sze10 eme-szid_ ina _i3-udu gir3-pad-ra2 lugud2-da_ [...] | If a tongue is swollen with sheep's fat: he will become poor .... |
| 39' | 5(disz) _sze u2 babbar_ ina _i3-gesz sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar#_ [...] | You knead 5 grains of white plant in oil, you daub his eyes .... |
| 40' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _mud2 diri_ [...] | If a man’s eyes are full of blood: .... |
| 41' | _{u2}in6-usz2_ {u2}tar-musz mal-ma-lisz# [...] | tamarisk, tarmuš-plant, all of it |
| 42' | _na4 bal_ ina _uh2 sud2 mar : szim#?-[bi?-zi?-da4?_ ...] | If a bal stone is located on a dry land: : šimbizida-aromatic? ... . |
| 43' | _mud2_ sza _sza3 szah_ ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2# [tu-na-tak ...] | You pour the blood from a pig into his eyes ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | 3(disz) _gin2 u5# [argab{muszen}_ ...] | 3 shekels of oil for a raven |
| 2' | _en2_ ib-da-du# [...] | Incantation: “Ibdadu ... |
| 3' | ba-la-t,i na#-[ap-szi-ir ba]-la#-t,i3# na#-[ap-szi-ir] | Life is free, life is free. |
| 4' | ba-'-la-at ina it-ti [...] _munus#? nu# u3-tu_ ak-la2 me-s,a ma-a#-[du _tu6 en2]_ | “If a woman does not give birth to a child, she will have a lot of difficulty,… Incantation formula. |
| 5' | _ka inim-[ma] igi#-min_-szu2 _mud2 diri#-[mesz]_ | The mouth of his words is full of tears. |
| 6' | _du3-du3-bi suhusz#_ [... 1(u) 4(disz)] ka#-kaszda kesz2_ e-ma _keszda en2 szid_-nu ina _sag-ki#_-[szu2 ...] | Its ritual: ... the foundation ... 14 cups, whenever you make a cup, you recite the incantation, on his temple ... |
| 7' | _en2_ hu#-[ha-hi ... til]-la# a-ga-asz2-ga til-la tu6 en2#_ | Incantation: “Huhhu ... finished, Agashga finished, Incantations. |
| 8' | [...] _mud2 diri-mesz#_ | ... clouds were covered. |
| 9' | [...] _sud2#?_ ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _szub#_ | ... falls into his eyes ... |
| 10' | [... kun2]-na# u2 hu#-ur#-sag#-gi#-[na-ta] | From the ... of the stable, the ḫursaggina plant |
| 11' | [...] sze-e-ru sze-e-ra e-kal# [...] | ... in the morning, in the evening, he eats ... |
| 12' | [...] _szub#_-di {d}gu-la _tu6 ti#-[la_ ...] | ... fell. Gula, incantation of life ... |
| 13' | [...] ba#-lat, bu-ul-t,i _tu6 en2_ [...] | ... life, well-being, incantation ... |
| 14' | [...] _na# igi#-min#_-szu2 _mud2 diri#-[mesz]_ | ... ... his eyes are full of blood. |
| 15' | [... li]-tar# 3(disz)# sze# sze10# eme#-szid disz#_-nisz# _sud2#_ ina# _ga# ud5#_ [tara-bak _igi-min_-szu2 _la2_] | ... may he return. 3 barleycorns of barley, emeszid-soapwort, Ishnish, a goat in a nanny goat's stall, his eyes are swollen. |
| 16' | _DISZ na igi-min#_-szu2# [... ul-ta]-ta#-ni-'a _mud2 er2_ ina _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _e3#_-[a] | If a man's eyes ... have become dark: blood and tears will come out from his eyes. |
| 17' | _gissu {d}lamma# igi#-[min_-szu2 ... _gissu] gur# di-gal9 _dugud_-szu2 _{gesz}szinig sig7_-su tu-[ha-sa] | His eyes are a protective deity, his head is a reed tree, his weight is heavy (and) his horns are yellow-green. |
| 18' | ina _a-gesztin-na kal-ga_ tara#-[muk ... a2]-gu2#-zi-ga_ ana _sza3_ hu-li-ia-am _sur#_-[at] | You soak in strong wine ... alum into a huliam-vessel. |
| 19' | _im-sahar-babbar-kur-ra u2 babbar mun#_ [... i3]-udu#_ tusz-ka-a {u2}zi-ba-a _illu urudu#_ a#-he#-[nu-u2 ...] | Imsahar-babbar-kurra-plant, white plant, malt ..., fat you sat, zibâ-plant (and) the copper flood each other ... |
| 20' | mal2-ma-lisz _ti_-qe2 _disz_-nisz tusz-te-mid ana# _[sza3_ hu-li-ia]-am# sza ta-asz2-hu-tu _dub_-[ak] | You take it as a gift. You insert it into the huliyam-vessel of the tashutu-festival. |
| 21' | ina _i3-nun_ u _{na4}szu-min3# sila11#-asz!(NU)#-ma# sag# igi#-[min_-szu2] ina _szu-si bad_-te ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _gar_-[an] | You knead it in ghee and hand-stone and you put its top on the right side of his eyes. |
| 22' | _igi-min_-szu2 _dul_-ma u2-kal _igi-min_-szu2 ta-kar-ma# _u4# 9(disz)-kam2_ an-na-a _du3-[mesz]_ | His eyes are covered and he holds his eyes. You remove it and on the 9th day they are made. |
| 23' | _DISZ kimin {szim#}szesz u2 babbar mun_ eme-sal-lim [ina] _mud# zabar_ ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _bun2#_ | If a man’s eyes are full of sulphur, murru-plant, white plant, salt (and) emesallu-salt solution in bronze oil: |
| 24' | _DISZ na min illu urudu u2 babbar sud2_ [ina] _mud# zabar#_ ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _[bun2]_ | If a man, ditto: you dry, crush, and sift copper, white plant, in bronze potash into his eyes. |
| 25' | _DISZ# na min_ {u2}ur2-ne2-e _u2 babbar sud2_ ina# _mud# zabar#_ ana _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _[bun2]_ | If a man, ditto: you knead burāšu-juniper, white plant, (and) you put it in bronze potash into his eyes. |
| 26' | _en2 igi bar igi bar-bar igi bar-ra bar-bar igi# husz# igi husz-husz igi bar-ra husz#-[husz]_ | Incantation: “Look, look, look! Look, look at! Look! Look fiercely, look fiercely! Look furiously! |
| 27' | [igi] bar# na2#-a# igi# bar# da#-a# igi# bar# hul#-a igi-min_ a-ba-tu _igi-min_ a-[sza-tu] | Eyes of a dream, eyes of Aya, eye of evil, eye-witnesses of abatu and ašātu |
| 28' | [... szu]-har#-ra-tu2 _igi-min gin7_ nik-si _udu-nita2 mud2_ [...] | ... šuharrātu-disease, like the appearance of a ram, blood ... |
| 29' | [...] a#-la-pa-a _szub_-a ki-ma _dug a-gesztin-na szub_-a [...] | ... abandoned the alapâ-festival, like a pot of wine, abandoned ... |
| 30' | [... pat]-qat#? _ku4#_-ub# _{d}gir3_ ina be-ru-szi-na it-ta-[di ...] | ... he entered, Gir entered between them. |
| 31' | [...] _en2#_ ul# ia-at-tu2-un _en2_ {d}e-a u# [...] | ... I did not learn the incantation. Incantation: Ea and ... |
| 32' | [...] be#-let# _en2_ {d}gu-la _ti-la_-ma _nig2-ba_-ki# [...] | ... mistress of the incantation: O Gula, live and your gift ... |
| 33' | [...] _igi gig-ga_ [...] | ... sees a sick eye ... |
| 34' | [...] _keszda#_ e-ma _keszda en2 szid_-nu ina _igi_-szu2 _ti#-la#_-[ti ...] | ... you recite the incantation 'When you bind a knot, in front of him life ....' |
| 35' | [... igi] husz#-husz igi bar-ra [...] | ... the fierce eye, the outer eye ... |
| 36' | [... a]-pa#-tu2 _igi-min_ a-sza2-tu2 _igi-min_ sza _mud#_ [...] | ... apsû-disease, ditto eye, asafoetida of mud ... |
| 37' | [... qa2]-bu#-u2 sza2 {d}gu-la# | ... the command of Gula |
| 38' | [...] pa#-rik _kur_-u2 | ... he will conquer the land. |
| 39' | [... a]-nim#? sza2 _an_-e | ... of the heavens |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | lisz-sza2-a-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_ | may they bind them. The nir stone, their vessels of pure lapis lazuli may they sprinkle. The waters of the sea |
| 2 | tam-tim _dagal_-te sza ha#-risz#-tu la u2-ri-du ana _sza3_-bi mu-suk-ka-tu2 la _luh_-u qa-ti-sza2 | The wide sea, which cannot be conquered, its hands cannot be loosened. |
| 3 | lis-la-ni-im-ma li#-ke-es,-s,a-a _kum2_ s,i-ri-ih-tu2 sza2 _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 | may he be present for me, and may they be bound. The ṣirihtu-plant of his eyes |
| 4 | _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 Asalluhi. Incantsation: Damu and Gula |
| 5 | _en2 {d}nin-girima3#_ be-let szip-te {d}gu-la _ti-la_-ma _nig2-ba_-ki _ti_-i _tu6 en2_ | Incantation: O Ningirima, mistress of the incantation of Gula, live and your property will be restored! Incantation formula. |
| 6 | _ka inim-ma igi gig-ga-a-kam2_ | The mouth of a word is a sick eye. |
| 7 | _du3-du3-bi_ an-nu-u sza _[sig2] sa5# dur nu-nu 7(disz) ka-keszda kesz2_ e-ma _keszda# en2# szid_-nu ina _igi_-szu2 _gig_-ti3 _keszda_ | Its ritual: This is of red wool, which is not to be worn. You tie seven knots wherever you tie a knot, you recite the incantation. In front of him, a sore is tied. |
| 8 | _en2 igi bar igi# [... bar]-ra# bar#-bar igi husz igi husz-husz# igi bar-ra husz-husz | Incantation: "Look, look ..., look, look fiercely! Look fiercely!" |
| 9 | igi bar na2#-[a_ ...] igi bar hul-a _igi-min_ a-pa-tu _igi-min_ a-sza-tu | The outer eye ... the outer eye is evil. The eyes are open, the eyes are closed. |
| 10 | _igi-min_ pur-[sit2 _mud2_ szu-te-es,-li]-pa#-a#-tu am-mìn tab-ba-a am#-min3# tasz#-sza2#-a# | The eyes of the pursitu-demon, the blood of the šutēṣlipatu-disease are swollen, the eyes are dark, the eye is dark: you have sinned, you have carried away. |
| 11 | am-mi3-ni# [... ba-a]-s,u# sza na#-[a-ri ...] | Why ...? ... of the stele ... |
| 12 | sza2 ti-[it-tu ni-iq-qa]-sza# [...] | Whose fearsomeness and ... supplication |
| 13 | ul al#-[si-ki-na-szi ul ta-la]-ka#-[ni ...] | I do not agree with you, you do not come ... |
| 14 | _ka [inim-ma_ ...] | The mouth of an incantation ....... |
| 15 | _du3-du3-bi# [sig2] sa5# sig2 babbar_ a-he-en-na# [...] | Its ritual: red wool and white wool, together ... |
| 16 | _dur sig2# sa5#_ ina _igi_-szu2 _gig_-ti3 [...] | (If) he sees a yellow-green halo in his eyes: illness .... |
| 17 | _en2 igi# [bar] igi# bar-bar igi bar-ra bar#-bar# [...] hul#-hul# igi# bar#-[ra ...] | Incantation: "Look at me, look at me! Look at me!" ... evil eye ... |
| 18 | szi#-[it]-ta#-szi#-na _dumu-munus_ {d}[x ...] be#-ru-szi-na pi#-[tiq-tu4 ...] | Their šittānu (is) the daughter of ..., their omens are a gift . |
| 19 | ul#? [... a-ha-ti]-sza2#? man-na lu-usz-pur a#-[na ...] | Who can I send to ...? |
| 20 | [...] _dug#-mesz_-szi-na _{na4}[x_ ...] | ... their vessels of ...-stone |
| 21 | [... a]-ba#-tu2 _igi-min_ a-sza2-ti u3# [...] | ... a flood, the eyes of the fields and ... |
| 22 | [...] _igi gig-[ga_ ...] | ... sees a sick eye ... |
| 23 | [...] _szu-bi-[gin7-nam]_ | ... like a hand |
| 24 | [...] _suh3# gi suh3-suh3 igi bar#-[ra_ ...] | ... is covered with dust, covered with reed, the eye ... |
| 25 | [...] ina# be-ru-szi-na _kur_-u2# [...] | ... in their midst the land ... |
| 26 | [...] _ki#-ta#_-nu-szi-na pi-tiq#-[tu2 ...] | ... their lower part is open ... |
| 27 | [... a-a]-u2# _nu im#_-[szi-na-ma] | ... the fathers did not live there, and |
| 28 | [... la]-a# _im#_ [ti-bi-szi-na ...] | ... not a tablet of theirs ... |
| 30 | _[ka inim-ma igi gig-ga-kam2#_ [...] | It is the mouth of a sick eye ... |
| 31 | _[en2_ ...] gin7#? a a-lal-la _er2 gub-ba[-a_ ...] | Incantation: “... like ..., water, alalla, weeping ... |
| 32 | [... ip-pa-lis-su-ma ana] {d#}e2-a _ad#_-szu2 i-sza2-as#-[si] | he looked at him and to Ea, his father, he called. |
| 33 | [mi-na-a e-pu-usz ul i-di sza ana-ku i-du]-u#? at-ta ti-di _tu6# [en2]_ | Why did I not do what I know? You know the incantation. |
| 34 | [ka inim-ma] igi# gig-ga-[kam2]_ | It is the mouth of a bitter word. |
| 35 | [... e]-ma#? _keszda# en2 szid_-nu ina _sag-ki#_ [...] | ... whenever you make a knot, you recite the incantation šidnu in the forehead .... |
| 36 | [...] na# a-ga kun2#-[na_ ...] | ... a scepter ... |
| 37 | [...] zu#? _tu6 [en2]_ | ... ... incantation |
| 38 | [...] szu#-bi-gin7#-[nam]_ | ... like its hand |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _en2#_ i-ni _gurusz gig#_-at# i#-ni# _{munus#}ki#-sikil# gig_-at i-ni _gurusz_ u _{munus}ki-sikil_ man-nu u2-bal-lit, | Incantation: “This is a sick man, this is an old woman, this (is a) sick man and a young woman, who can cure it? |
| 2 | 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 in your mouth you break off, in your hand you finish. |
| 3 | _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 young woman to their temples. The face of the man and the young woman will recover. Incantation formula. |
| 4 | _ka inim-ma igi gig-ga-a-kam2 du3-du3-bi szu-bi-asz-am3_ | It is the mouth of a bitter eye. Its construction is its hand. |
| 5 | _en2 an-na im# ri-a igi lu2-ka gig-ga ba-an-gar_ | Incantation: “In heaven, a cloud covered the face of a man, he was sick. |
| 6 | ina sza2-me-e sza2-a-ru i-zi-qam-ma ina i-in _lu2_ si-im-me isz-ta-kan | In heaven a šāru-disease occurred and in the presence of a man a concubine was established. |
| 7 | _an-ta su3#-da-ta im ri-a!(MIN) igi lu2-ka gig-ga ba-an-gar_ | From above to below he placed a sick eye on the man. |
| 8 | isz-tu _an_-e ru-qu-ti | from the distant heavens |
| 9 | _igi gig-ga# gig-ga ba-an-gar_ : ana i-ni mar-s,a-a-ti si-im-me isz-ta-kan | "If he sees him with a sick eye" = Shumma alu XIV unknown means "he places a lump of hair on his sick eye." |
| 10 | _lu2-bi igi-bi lu3-lu3-a_ : sza2 _lu2_ szu-a-tu2 i-na-szu2 da-al-ha | “That man’s face is a lulû-demon—that man is surrounded by a wall. |
| 11 | _igi-bi ba#-an-suh3#-suh3_ : i-na-szu2 a-sza2-a | “Its eyes are swollen— he is constantly frightened. : Ina-šu₂ (means) to be angry. |
| 12 | _lu2-u18#-lu#-bi ni2-te-a-ni-sze3 er2 gig i3-szesz2-szesz2_ | This man weeps bitterly because of himself. |
| 13 | _lu2_ szu#-u2 ina ra-ma-ni-szu2 mar-s,i-isz i-bak-ki | That man, by his own will, will be sated with sorrow. |
| 14 | _lu2-bi# tu#-ra-a-ni {d}engur-ke4 igi im#-ma-an-si3_ : sza2 _lu2_ szu2-a-tu2 mu-ru-us-su _{d}min_ i-mur-ma | (If) this man sees Engur: that man will die. The god Sēti will see and |
| 15 | _gazi{sar#} gaz-ga2 szu u3-me-ti_ : ka-si-i hasz-lu-ti le-qe2-ma | “Gasu-ga gazga is the hand of a dead man. : kasû-disease, ḫašlūtu (means) take, and |
| 16 | _tu6#-tu6# abzu-ta u-me-ni-si3_ : szi-pat ap-si-i i-di-ma | “Incantation of the Abzu he smote’s limbs" (= Šumma Izbu XIV unknown), i.e., he saw the shape of the Apsû |
| 17 | _igi# lu2#-ka u3-me-ni-kesz2_ : i-ni a-me-li ru-kus-ma | in front of your man he has bound. : This man is bound and |
| 18 | _[{d}]engur# lu2 szu ku3-ga-na igi lu2-ba-ka szu tag-ga-ni-ta_ | Engur, the one whose hand is pure, before the man whose hands are bound |
| 19 | _[{d}]min#_ ina _szu_-sza2 _ku3_-ti i-in a-me-li3 ina la-ba-ti-sza2 | Ditto! In her pure hand the eye of the man in her old age |
| 20 | _[im] igi# lu2-ka su3-su3 igi-bi-ta ba-ra-an-e3_ | The clay before a man has dried up, from before it has come out. |
| 21 | [sza-a]-ru sza2 i-in a-me-li3 ud-du-pu ina i-ni-szu2 lit-ta-s,i | May the šāru-disease that is in front of man be released from his presence. |
| 22 | _[ka] inim#-ma igi-gig-ga-a-kam2_ | It is the mouth of a sick eye. |
| 23 | _[en2_ i]-nu# a-pa-tu2 i-nu a-sza2-tu2 i-nu pur-si-in-di da-a!(MIN)-mi szu-har-ri-a-tu4 | Incantation: “When opening the window, when opening the door, when releasing the šuḫarrītu-vessel, |
| 24 | [szi]-na# i-bak-ka-a ana _igi ama_-szi-na {d#}ma#-mi# | “These are your words, before their mother, Mami |
| 25 | [a]-mi3#-in na-szi-ma it-ti-ni tar-ku-si a-sza2-a da#-[a-ma ...] | “Who are you? Come with us! I want to ... with you! |
| 26 | _[ka] inim#-ma_ [...] | In the mouth of a word .... |
| 27 | _[du3-du3-bi] sig2# sa5# sig2# babbar#_ a#-he#-en#-na#-a# _nu#-[nu_ ...] | Its ritual: red wool and white wool, together ... |
| 28 | _[sig2 sa5_ ina] _igi#_-szu2 _gig sig2 babbar_ ina _igi_-szu2# _ti#_ [...] | If he sees him with red wool: illness of the white wool; he will die .... |
| 29 | _[en2 sze] la2# sze la2 hu-tu-ul hu-tu-ul igi lal hu#-tu#-[ul ...] | Incantation: “Low barley, low barley! Oh, hutu-disease, Oh, eye damage, Oh ...! |
| 30 | [sza-at-ti] pa#-na _sze-ga_ sza-at-ti pa-na _sze#-[ga_ ...] | The second is favorable; the third is favorable .... |
| 31 | _[ka] inim#-ma DISZ na# [...] _lu3#-[lu3]_ | You speak a word ... a man |
| 32 | _du3#-[du3-bi]_ bir#-ki# _udu# ti#_-qe2# [x x] u _dur nu-nu_ ana 2(disz)-szu2 te-es,-s,i-ip x [x x] | Its ritual: you take a sheep's thigh, ... and a leather strap of nunutu-flour twice. ... |
| 33 | 7(disz) [u 7(disz) ...] _en2#? szid_-nu ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2_-ma# [...] | You recite the incantation 7 and 7 times ... |
| 34 | _en2_ at#-[ti-na ...] pur#-si#-mi#-it# _mud2_ szu-har-ra-tu2 am-mi-ni ta-asz-sza-ni ha-ma# | Incantation: "You, ..., are a pursīmû-demon, the blood of the šuḫarratu-disease, why do you take it away? |
| 35 | ha-an-da#-[bi]-lu? szu-ur-szu-ra e-lap?-pa-a sza _id2_ ina _sila-mesz_ kir-ba-ni | Ḫanda-bilu, the šūru of the river, in the streets of Kirbānu |
| 36 | ina tub-qin2#-[na]-a#-te hu-s,a-a-ba am-mi-ni tasz-sza-ni zu-un-na-ni _gin7 mul_ | In the reed-beds, why is it that you have smashed my nails like a star? |
| 37 | mi-ta-qu#-[ta]-ni _gin7_ nab-li la-am ik-szu-du-ki-na-szi s,ur-ru nag-la-bu | When he has fallen, like a lion, he is bound to us. He is covered with a protective spirit. |
| 38 | sza2 {d}gu-la _en2# nu# du8 en2 {d}asal-lu2-hi {d}amar-utu en2 {d}nin-gi-rim-ma en en2_ | of Gula Incantation: “The incantation is not broken—Incantation: Asalluhi, Amar-Utu Incantations: Ningirima Incants: |
| 39 | u {d}gu-la _en# [a]-zu#_-ti i-di-ma ana-ku asz2-szi _tu6 en2_ | and Gula the lord of the medical knowledge knows, and I myself with regard to the incantation. |
| 40 | _ka inim-ma_ ha#-a#-mu hu-s,a-ba u mim3-ma sza _igi-min_ szu-li-i | the mouth of a word of hāmu-disease, ḫuṣālu-diarrhoea, and anything that pertains to the eyes |
| 41 | _en2_ ina szur-ri-i la-am# ba-sza-mu a-la-lu ur-da ana ma-ti# | Incantation: “In the middle of the night, there was sighing, the alalu-demon went to the land. |
| 42 | it-tu-u2 sze-er-a _u3-tu_ sze-er-hu hab-bur-ra# | Ittû means “darkness,' utu means šerḫu means habbur. |
| 43 | hab-bur-ra ka-an-na ka#-an-nu ki-is,-ra ki-is,-ru szu-bu-ul-ta szu-bul#-[tu] | The habbur priestess, the kānu priest, [the kiṣru priesteses], the šubultu priestesses, |
| 44 | me2-er-a _{d}utu_ e-s,i-id# {d}3(u) u2-pa-har _{d}utu_ ina e-s,e-di-szu2 {d}3(u) ina pu-hu#-[ri-szu2] | (As for) me-er-a, the god Šamaš, the harvester of the god Sîn, the requiter of (them) the god Utu in his harvesting, and the god Sin in his assembly |
| 45 | ana _igi gurusz_ me-er-hu _ku4_-ub# _{d}utu_ u {d}3(u) i-szi-za-nim-ma me2-er-hu li-la-a# _[tu6 en2]_ | In the presence of the young man enter a mērihu-vessel. Šamaš and Sîn will listen to me and may my me’criḫu-votary come to an end. Incantation formula. |
| 46 | _ka inim-ma_ me2-er-hu sza# _sza3 igi-min_ szu#-[li-i] | The wording of a spell for headache from the inside of the eyes. |
| 47 | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 mur-din-ni# _[diri]_ sah-le2-e _zi_ [...] _kasz#_ [...] | If a man's eyes are full of murdinnu-disease: you crush sahlû-cress ... beer ... |
| 48 | _dub# [1(disz)-kam2?] DISZ# [na? igi?-min?_-szu2? _gig?_] | Tablet 1 (of the series called) "If a man's eyes are sick" |
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