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BAM 5, 458 (P394914)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 458 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394914 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [ana _zi]-ku5-ru-da_ ana _lu2#_ szu#-[a-ti? _nu te_ ...] | You do not approach that man for a libation. |
| 2' | _[numun] {u2#}ki-{d}iszkur {u2}guru5-usz_ [...] | the seed of Kī-Adad, tamarisk |
| 3' | _pesz10-{d}id2 {u2}sikil {gesz}dih3 {szim}{d}masz#?_ [...] | “Peš-Id, sikillu-plant, diḫu-tree, juniper, ... |
| 4' | _{u2}szakira {u2}eme ur-gi7_ {u2}ku-s,i-im-tu2# _numun#?_ [...] | šakira-plant, dog’s tongue plant, kuṣimtu-plant seed |
| 5' | {u2}a-zu-pu2-ra _gu7_ ina _ge6 pesz10-{d}id2 ka a-ab#-[ba_ ...] | (If) azupuru-plant eats it during the night, Ištar of the mouth of the sea . |
| 6' | _{na4}dur-mi-na {na4}min-ban3-da_ {u2}ka-bu-ut sze-ri#-[isz_ ...] | Durmīnu-stone, ditto agate, kabûtu-plant in the morning |
| 7' | li ib uz? ki _i3-gesz_ ip-ta-sza2-asz _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ana _lu2# [bi nu te]_ | ... with oil he poured out; the sacrificial sheep did not approach that man. |
| 8' | _DISZ lu2 zi-ku5-ru-de3_ sza2 _pesz2-ur3-ra_ [e-pu-us-su-ma] | If a man performs a ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ of a pesh-urra-demon and |
| 9' | _pesz2-ur3-ra_ na-ak-su ina _e2 na igi_-ir ina _e2#_ [...] | (If) a pig sees a nest in a man's house: in the house .... |
| 10' | _{gesz}ig {gesz}sag-kul_ ka-szip _pesz2-ur3-ra_ szu-a-tu2 _szu#-[ti_-qe2 _igi {d}3(u)]_ | The door and the bolt are bewitched, this scepter is taken. Before Sin |
| 11' | _gar_-an-szu2 _tug2 dadag mu4-mu4_-su _{tug2}gada du6_-szu2 _i3-gu#-[la szesz2_-su] | his appearance is a bright garment, his face a cloak, his head he shall make great, his brother |
| 12' | _lu2_ sza2 _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ep-szu2-szu2 _igi 3(u) du10-gam_-su-ma ki-a-[am ...] | A man who a thief has performed before him 30 times, and thus ... |
| 13' | be#-li2#? ina la szim-ti-ia _nu usz2_ u2-pi2-szi ep-szu2-ni [...] | My lord, without my consent, did not die, the deeds performed ... |
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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