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BAM 5, 436 (P395031)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 436 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395031 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [ana] kip#-di _en inim_-szu# [...] | To the circle of his lord's words ... |
| 2' | {u2}ba-ri-ra-[tu2 ...] | barīratu plant |
| 3' | ina _sig2 {mi2}asz2-gar3 gesz3#-[nu-zu_ ...] | In the wool of a young female kid ... your bed |
| 4' | _en2_ an-da-ki#-[hi ...] | Incantation: “Andakihi ... |
| 5' | a-li-li# [...] | ... alili ... |
| 6' | _en2_ an#-[ni-tu2 ...] | Incantation: 'This ... |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | _nam#-[lu2-u18-lu_ ...] | Humanity . . |
| 3' | _dingir# sza3# ka#-[keszda-bi_ ...] | The god of the heart of the kakešdabi ritual .... |
| 4' | _DISZ min im-gu2#-[en-na_ szur]-szum#-mi _kasz# [had2-ra2 gaz]_ | If ditto: imgūnu-plant, šurshummu-liquorice, beer of the hadra-festival. |
| 5' | _za3-hi-li{sar} gazi{sar} {u2}kur-ra numun#_ {u2#}tar#-musz8# | zaḫili-plant, gazelle, mountain plant, seed of tarmuš-plant |
| 6' | _{szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2_ mal-ma-lisz _sud2_ ina _a hi-hi_ | You crush juniper and mint in equal amounts in water. |
| 7' | ina _u4-da had2-a gur_-ma _gaz_ ina _i3_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_ | On the day that he has eaten he shall return and kill. In oil with a small copper pot |
| 8' | _szeg6_-szal _gaz gur_-ma ina _i3-udu gaz_ ina _i3 du10-ga_ | he will die of cold, turn back and burn in fat, in good oil. |
| 9' | tal-tap-pat ina _kusz sur du3 uzu-mesz_-szu2 _lal2_ | You wrap it in a leather bag, you bandage his flesh with it. |
| 10' | _{u2}igi_-lim {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi-nisz_ ta-sak3 | You pound ilim-plant, tarmuš-plant (and) idinisu-plant. |
| 11' | ina _i3 hi-hi_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _nu_ pa-tan _nag_ | You sit in the star's oil; you should not drink it on an empty stomach. |
| 12' | _DISZ na_ ina _du11-du11_-szu2 il-la-tu-szu2 _du-mesz_ | If a man’s teeth hurt him in his speech: |
| 13' | _uh2_-su ina _igi lu2_ i-sal-lu _inim-mesz_-szu2 im-ta-na#-[asz2-szi] | his saliva flows from a man's eyes, his words are constantly repeated. |
| 14' | _ka_-szu2 ih-ta-na-at,-t,asz-szu2 zi-i-qu sza _ka#_-[szu2 x x] | his mouth has swollen, the zīqu-disease of his mouth ... |
| 15' | _na bi_ nu-ul-la-a-ti szu-kul# [...] | If a man is deprived of sleep: ... . |
| 16' | _{szim}gir2 {szim}man-du numun {szim}[li_ ...] | Sherd, mandu-aromatic, seed of juniper |
| 17' | _numun {gesz}dih3 numun {gesz}kiszi16_ {u2#}[x ...] | seed from tamarisk, seed from date palm, ... |
| 18' | _na4_ ga-bi-i _{u2#}[kur-kur_ ...] | stone of the libītu-plant, mountain plants |
| 19' | _numun {gesz}szinig#_ [...] | Seed of a tamarisk |
Sources & licences
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