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BAM 5, 470 (P395003)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 470 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395003 |
| 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' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] _kusz_ | ... cubits |
| 3' | [...] _szub#_ | ... will fall. |
| 4' | [...] x | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| 8' | [...] | |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | [...] | |
| 11' | [...] | |
| 12' | [... i?-har?]-ru#-ur _gidim a_ ina _tu5#_ x x x [...] | ... a ghost ... water in the bath ... |
| 13' | [...] x x x _uh2-{d}id2 ka_ tam-ti3 | ... ... the mouth of the Sea |
| 14' | [x x x] _du3-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an [x {gesz}]szinig numun {gesz}ma-nu_ | You make ... and place it on his neck. |
| 15' | [x x] _{u2}eme ur-gi7 [{u2}har#-hum-ba-szir_ ina _kusz_ | ... dog's tongue plant, harhumbašir-plant in a leather (bag). |
| 16' | _[DISZ] kimin# si gu4_ sza2 _gub3 si dara3-masz_ [tur]-ar2# _tug2_ a-ru-usz-ti ta-man-za-'a | If the horns of an ox, which stands in the left horn of a stag are split: you remove the arid garment. |
| 17' | [x] x-e _{lu2}simug_ ni-ip-[s,a {u2}kur]-ra#! si na4_ ga-bi-i _{u2}dih3!_ | ... the smith, ..., kurru-plant, horned alkali, alum |
| 18' | _[numun] {gesz#}]szinig {gesz}ma-nu {u2#}[igi_-lim] _{u2#}igi-nisz {szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2_ | seeds of tamarisk, manu-tree, alum, lupin, juniper, mint |
| 19' | _[{u2}]ab2-duh suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2_ {na4}[x x x] _uh2-{d}id2 an-bar_ ina _kusz_ | abduḫ-plant, the base of a male namtar tree, ...-stone, alum in a leather (bag). |
| 20' | _[DISZ] kimin# an-bar {gesz}gan-u5_ {na4}mu-[s,a ni-kip-tu2] _nita#_ u _[munus]_ ina _kusz du3-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | If a man and a woman are tied together: you string an iron chain, a kiln, muṣu-stone, nikiptu-stone in a leather bag (and) you put it around his neck. |
| 21' | _[DISZ] kimin#_ {na4}mu-s,a _an-bar_ {szim}{d!}nin#-urta_ ina _kusz_ | If mūṣu-stone, iron, ninurta-aromatic in a leather (bag). |
| 22' | [x x] sza# _lu2 gidim dab_-su [x x x x x] _an-bar {na4}zalag2_ ni-kip-tu2 ina _kusz#_ | ... of a ghost seized him. ... iron, lapis lazuli, nikiptu-stone in a leather bag. |
| 23' | _[DISZ] kimin# a-ri-a lu2_ x [... {sig2}]aka3#_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _[gar_-an] | If a man’s neck ... wool you put on his neck. |
| 24' | [...] _szu-gidim-ma_ la-[az-zi sza _{lu2}masz-masz zi]_-szu2# la i-le-[' x] | ... the šugīdu-plant, the lazzu-plant of the incantation priest, his life he did not know ... |
| 25' | [...] x x x [...] x ki [x x x] | ... ... |
| 26' | [...] _hi#-hi#_ | ... you mix ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] _ba-an-e3_ | ... will come out. |
| 3' | [...] _an-szar2{ki}_ | ... of Assur |
| 4' | [...] ru-ku-usz | ... he smote |
| 5' | [...] szar-ru-ti | ... kingship |
| 6' | [...] i-hu-zu | ... he acquired. |
| 7' | [...] ba-asz-mu | ... he created. |
| 8' | [...] e-ma | ... wherever |
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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