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BAM 5, 460 (P394925)

Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationBAM 5, 460
IDP394925
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreMedical
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1'_[DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 _nigin_-du _a2-min_-szu2 ...] x x [x]If a man’s eyes are swollen, his arms ... ...
2'[...] tusz#-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi#-[ga]_... you sit on a throne.
3'[... _{na4}]gug ku3-sig17 igi-du8_-ma#... carnelian and gold is seen.
4'_[zi-ku5-ru-da_ sza2 x x x x x x x] pa-sze-erThe ritual assemblage of .......
5'_[DISZ na a2-min_-szu2 ina _ugu sag-du_-szu2 _gar-gar_-an _a2-mesz_-szu2] i#-szam-ma-ma-szuIf a man’s arm is placed on top of his head: his arms will cause him seizing pain.
6'_[giri3-min_-szu2 mu-ne-e _uzu-mesz_-szu2 _szub-szub_-su i]-na#? _{d}utu-e3_ i-mi-mu-szu2his feet he smote, his flesh he fell, in the sun he saw him
7'[ana _munus_ a-la-ka mu-ut,-t,u x x x _ninda gu7_-ma] _ugu#_-szu2 _nu du_-akFor a woman who is pregnant ... he eats bread and does not exercise authority over her.
8'_[igi-min_-szu2 it-ta-na-za-za _igi_ x x x x x x] x-na-da-ta-szu2-um-mahis eyes are constantly swollen, before ......, and
9'[i-te-ki-ik _ka_-szu2 _lu2-mesz_ x x x x it-ta-na?]-as,#-bat a-wa-tam i-qab-bu-szum-maThe men seized his mouth and spoke a word to him:
10'[i-ma-asz-szi _sza3_-szu2 it-ta-na-ad-la-ah _lu2 bi?] alam#-min#_-szu2 ep-szu-ma ana _ad6_ paq-du(If) he sees her, her heart constantly trembles: that man will make his statues and be entrusted to the herdsman.
11'_[alam-min_-szu2 sza2 _i3-udu_ ep-szu-ma ana _ur-gi7_ szu-ku-lu] _alam#-min#?_-szu2 sza2 _esir had2#-ra2#_ ep#-szu2#?-ma#His figurines of sheep were made and they were eaten by a dog. His figurine(s) of esir hadra was made and
12'[...] x x [...]

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