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BAM 6, 534 + 535 (P395045)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 534 + 535 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395045 |
| 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' | ana _igi_ x [...] | in front of ... ... |
| 3' | ri-qi2-tu2 [...] | Rīqutu-disease |
| 4' | _gin7_ gi x [...] | Like ... ... |
| 5' | _du3-du3-bi_ 7(disz) x [...] | Its ritual: 7 ... ... |
| 6' | _DISZ na sza3_-szu2 ik-x [...] | If a man’s belly ... .... |
| 7' | tara-bak _{u2}igi_-[lim ...] | You set up a censer. |
| 8' | 7(disz) _u2-mesz szesz#_ [...] | 7 plants for the brother ... |
| 9' | _en2 {d}[utu di-ku5 an_-e ...] | Incantation: O Shamash, judge of heaven |
| 10' | _{d#}nin#-[tin-ug5-ga_ ...] | Nintinuga |
| 1'' | [tara-bak _{u2}igi]_-lim#? x x [...] | ... a bowl of tamarisk |
| 2'' | [7(disz) _u2-mesz] szesz# disz_-nisz _sud2#_ [...] | 7 plants, brother of Nišnish the herdsman ... |
| 3'' | _[en2 {d}]utu di-ku5 an_-e [...] | Incantation: O Shamash, judge of heaven |
| 4'' | _[{d}]nin#-tin-ug5-ga_ a x [...] | Nintinuga |
| 5'' | sza ir!(SA)-ri u asz2-ta-x [...] | (Sum) The one who is angry and ... (Akk) Who is furious and .... |
| 6'' | an-hu ri bu [...] | Anḫu ... |
| 7'' | ib-ba-szi-ma ina _sza3_-szu2 ki# [...] | he created, and in his heart . . |
| 8'' | ib-ba-tu2 mu-'-[x ...] | (Sum) It was a flood, it ... (Akk) It ... the flood, ... |
| 9'' | ina qi2-bit {d}e2-[a ...] | By the command of Ea |
| 10'' | _{d}nin-tin-ug5-ga#_ [...] | Nintinuga |
| 11'' | _gal nar#?_ [...] | Great hero, singer(?) |
| 12'' | _ka#-inim-ma_ ana _ugu#_ [...] | Wording for .... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _en2 u2-da-ta he2-en-du8-a lal3 i3-nun-na ka-bi a-ra#-[ab-ba]_ | Incantation: “May he release the udug-demon, the honey and butter from his mouths!’ |
| 2 | _nig2-si3-ga a-ra-ab-sim-ma-ta nam-tag-ga asz2 du8-a#_ [...] | By means of a propitious deed that is to be uttered in the heavens, ... sin ... |
| 3 | _du3-du3-bi {tug2}gada szu-si_-ka _nigin_-mi _lal3 i3-nun-na_ ka# [...] | Its ritual: a cloak on your right hand, honey and butter on the mouth ... |
| 4 | _{u2}kur-ra sahar sila limmu_ ana _igi mar_ 3(disz)-szu2 _ka-inim-ma#_ [...] | You sprinkle kurru-plant (and) clay from a three-year-old street in front of a sick man. It is an invocation for ... . |
| 5 | _en2 esz3 abzu nig2-nam kesz2#-[a]_ | Incantation: Shrine Abzu, all that is bound |
| 6 | _{d}en-ki lu2 abzu-ke4 {d}asal-lu2-hi ka-dab-be2-da ku5-ru-da#_ | Enki, the man of the Abzu, (and) Asalluhi, the one who captures (him), |
| 7 | _lugal# he2#-gal2# ka-dab-be2-da ku5-ru-da ka-dab-be2-da hul-gal2 zi-ku5-ru#-[da]_ | The king, the abundance that is to be seized, to be cut off, the evil that has been cut off. |
| 8 | _[{d}asal]-lu2#-hi mu7-mu7 abzu-a sza3 ka-keszda-bi du8-u3#-[da]_ | Asalluhi, the one who makes the Abzu tremble in its midst, |
| 9 | _[ka-dab-be2]-da# [ku5]-ru#-da tu6#-[en2]_ | To capture, to cut off, incantation formula. |
| 10 | _[du3-du3-bi a pu2_ sza2 _e2 {d}marduk_ ... _en2 ka]-dab# ka-[dab_ ...] | Its ritual: water from the well of the temple of Marduk Incantation: “Kadab, kakab ... |
| 1' | _[{d}]asal#-lu2#-[hi mu7-mu7 abzu-a sza3 ka-keszda-bi du8-u3-da]_ | Asalluhi, the one who makes the Abzu tremble in its midst, |
| 2' | _ka-dab-be2-da# [ku5-ru-da tu6-en2]_ | “To be seized, to be cut off—Incantation formula. |
| 3' | _du3-du3-bi a pu2_ sza2 _e2 {d}marduk#_ [...] | Its ritual: water from the well of the temple of Marduk ... |
| 4' | _en2_ hu-qu{muszen} _a-mesz_ [...] | Incantation: “The ḫuqu-bird, the water ... |
| 5' | a-pil {d}3(u) x [...] | the heir of Sin |
| 6' | ik-ta-la-ka an [...] | (Sum) The one who ... (Akk) He ... the one who has ... |
| 7' | _en2_ ba asz2 ni gesz [...] | Incantation: “Ash ni ... |
| 8' | ma hul ur a [...] | Evildoer, dog, ... |
| 9' | a li a a ra ak ti la? x [...] | ... not(?) |
| 10' | 2(disz) _ka-inim-ma DISZ na_ hu-qu{muszen#} [...] | 2 (tablets of) invocations for the case: ... a ḫuqu bird |
| 11' | lu-u a-na _a_ lu a-na _kasz_ lu#-u#? a#-[na ...] | either for water or for beer or for ... |
| 12' | _en2 giri3-pad-ra2 hul gig_ [...] | Incantation: “The foot is sick, ... |
| 13' | szu-u2-mu-tu szu-u2-na-ma#? [...] | He is his, he is his ... |
| 14' | ana {d}3(u) sza _uri5{ki}_ ki x [...] | For Sin of Ur ... ... |
| 15' | _ka-inim-ma DISZ na_ da x | Incantation formula: If a man ... |
| 16' | _du3-du3-bi en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu#_ [...] | Its ritual: you recite the incantation three times over .... |
| 17' | _en2_ ina _a-mesz_ sza {d}e2-a ina _id2#_ [...] | Incantation: “With the water of Ea in the river . . |
| 18' | [x] x _ku6_ i-bar _ku6-mesz_ la _lu2#?_ [...] | ... fish will eat; fish not of a man? .... |
| 19' | [x] u2# ut-tur _en_ bad x x [...] | ... grass, small ... ... |
| 20' | _[ka-inim]-ma DISZ na#_ [...] | Incantation formula: If a man .... |
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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