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BAM 6, 558 (P394534)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 558 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394534 |
| 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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | u2 [...] | ... plants |
| 4' | lu ina _kasz#_ [...] | or with beer ... |
| 5' | _zi3 gazi{sar#}_ [...] | ... flour of gazelle ... |
| 6' | u2 ti-s,i# [...] | and ... a reed bundle |
| 7' | _{szim}gur2-gur2_ [...] | Gurgur-juniper |
| 8' | 6(disz) x [...] | 6 ... |
| 10' | _{u2#}nig2-gan2-gan2_ {u2}x [...] | niphû-plant |
| 11' | _mur#-mesz_-szu2 i-lab-bi-ku {szim}[x ...] | his intestines they shall cut off, ... . |
| 12' | _illu nu-luh-ha {szim}gam-ma#_ [...] | A flood of nuḫaḫa-aromatic, cumin |
| 13' | ina _kasz-sag_ tara-bak ina _kusz-edin sur_-ri x [...] | You knead them in prime-quality beer. In a leather bag ... .... |
| 14' | _DISZ na mur-mesz gig_-ma _kir4_-szu2 bu-sza-nu _dib#_ [...] | If a man suffers from mucus and his nose is full of bushû-disease: .... |
| 15' | _an-nu-ha-ra numun {u2}nig2-gan2-gan2 u2 babbar sud2_ [...] | You pound annuḫara-plant, seed from nigganu-plant and white plant ... |
| 16' | {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {gesz}man-du {gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3#_ [...] | Gurgur-juniper, lupin, mandu-wood, cedar, cypress |
| 17' | qi2-lip2 _zu2-lum-ma hi-hi_ ina _kusz-edin sur la2_ [...] | ... dates and alum in a leather bag ... |
| 18' | _DISZ na mur-mesz gig_-ma ma-gal ip-ta-nar3-ru i-[x ...] | If a man is sick with mucus (suālu) and he constantly trembles, ... . |
| 19' | 1/2(disz) _sila3 {gesz}szur-min3 1/2(disz) sila3 {gesz}szur-min3 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 sze-bar 1/2(disz) sila3 zi3 gig 1/2(disz) sila3_ [...] | 1/2 qû of cypress, 1/2 sila of cedar, 3/4 sila3 of barley, 1/2 (disz) sila2 of wheat, 1/2 šala3 of |
| 20' | _i3-gesz_ ina mu-sza2-hi-ni _szeg6_-szal _zi3 {gesz}erin zi3 gig_ ana _sza3 szub_-[di ...] | oil in a mašhūnu-vessel, flour from cedar (and) wheat flour you pour into it ... |
| 21' | {u2}a-<ra>-ri-a-ni _sud2_ ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan _nag-mesz_ x [...] | You pound ārārīnu-plant, he drinks it in beer on an empty stomach, ... ... |
| 22' | ki _i3-nun-na_ ta-mar-ras _nag-mesz en mur-mesz_-szu2# [...] | You will see with ghee, drink water, until his illness .... |
| 23' | _DISZ na mur-mesz_-szu2 _gig_-ma i-x x [...] | If a man’s kidneys are sick and ... .... |
| 24' | _duh-sze-gesz-i3 sze10 tu[{muszen}_ ...] | šegešû-flour for the pigeon |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ na mur-min-mesz_-szu2 _tumu_ it-bu-qa _dida sig DISZ_ x [...] | If a man’s kidneys are swollen: he will get better; mustard, low-quality beer. If ... .... |
| 2 | _gi du10 {szim}buluh lal3 i3_ hal-s,a u _kasz-sag_ ana _sza3 szub_-di# [...] | You pour good reed, baluhhu-aromatic, honey, filtered oil and prime-quality beer into it ... |
| 3 | _DISZ na mur-mesz_-szu2 _ki kak-ti_-szu2 it-bu-qu ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}x [...] | If a man’s illness flares up with his tongue: for his life ... . |
| 4 | _numun {u2}kit-ta-tur-ra numun {u2}szi-ma-hi _{szim}im-di_ x [...] | The seed of kittaturru-plant, the seed of šimaḫi-plant (and) juniper |
| 5 | _{szim}buluh numun {u2}eme ur-gi7 numun {gesz}nu gaz sim_ ina _i3-gesz#_ [...] | Buluḫ-aromatic, seed from emesu-plant, dog’s tongue seed from nusku-tree, resin from ...-plant |
| 6 | ina _kusz-edin sur en_ i-nu-ha [...] | in a leather bag, he smites the ground ... |
| 7 | _DISZ na mur-mesz_-szu2 _ki kak-ti_-szu2 it-pu-qu ana _ti_-szu2 _{uruda}szen-tur_ [...] | If a man’s illness has risen with his tongue: for his life a šentur-vessel .... |
| 8 | _{gesz}lum-ha {u2}har-har_ {u2}ak-tam ana _sza3 szub_-di _szeg6_-szal [...] | You throw tamarisk, ḫarhar-plant, nīnû-plant into it. It will be cold ... |
| 9 | _i3-gesz_ e-ri-ni _esz_-su bit-ra sza2 _dida sig_ DU6 x [...] | erinnu-oil, its foundation bitra of sweet tamarisk. Month VII, ... ... |
| 10 | ir#-ru#-u _du_-ak _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}buluh zi3 gig#_ [...] | They entered and went. Gurgur-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, buluḫ-plant, wheat flour |
| 11 | [...] _kasz#-sag gesztin bil2-la2 szub_-di ina _{uruda}szen#-[tur_ ...] | ... you pour first-class beer (and) pressed wine. With a small copper pot ... |
| 12 | [...] x-szu2 _uh2-{d}id2_ sah-le2-e _szim#_ [...] | ... his ...: lupine, cress, aromatic ... |
| 13 | [ina _igi] de3# {gesz}kiszi16 szub_-di tu-qat-tar-szu2 _en#_ x ta x [...] | You set up a date palm in front of the date palm. ... ... |
| 14 | _du10 igi-du8_ ina _a_ {gesz}szu-nim _ra_-su _i3-gesz szesz2_-su tu-[x ...] | good, an eye-opener in water from a šunu-tree his desire, oil his brother ... |
| 15 | szum4-ma _du10 nu igi-du8 {dug}utul2-ud-sakar gar_-an _gi du10-ga {szim}buluh_ x [...] | If it is not good, you set up a pursītu-vessel. Good reed, baluhhu-aromatic ... |
| 16 | _ki dida sig5_ ana _{dug}utul2 szub_-di _szeg6_-szal ina _{dug}[bur-zi-gal_ sza2 _bur3 bur3]_ | You pour good juniper into a large bowl. You heat it up in a big bowl that is torn out. |
| 17 | _a2-mesz_ sza2 ina _nig2-sila11-ga2 ziz2-a-an usz2_-hi _{gi}sag-kud_ ana _sza3#_ [...] | The arms which in my ritual ... emmer-flour (and) a reed mat for the heart ... |
| 18 | ana# _[ka]_-szu2 _gar_-an ina _{gi}sag-kud_ bah-ra [...] | You place it into his mouth. With a reed mat ... . |
| 19 | x _mur2#_-szu2 _[sig3]_-as,# 9(disz) _u4_-me an-na-a x [...] | ... his belly is red. For 9 days this ... ... |
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- 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)
- 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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