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AMT pl. 064 02 (K 06089) (P395169)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 064 02 (K 06089) |
|---|---|
| ID | P395169 |
| 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 Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
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| 1 | [DIŠ] ⸢NA⸣ ḫu-uṣ-ṣu₂ GAZ ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [TUK].⸢TUK-ši NUMUN {u₂}NINNI₅⸣ | If a man has been struck by a fall: he will die of ešû-disease. |
| 2 | DIŠ KIMIN NUMUN {u₂}A.ZAL.LA₂ {u₂}⸢IGI⸣-lim ina ⸢KAŠ ina I₃⸣ [...] | If DITTO, seed from azallû-plant (and) ēru-plant in beer, in oil |
| 3 | DIŠ KIMIN {u₂}IGI-lim NUMUN {giš}ŠINIG ina KAŠ [...] | If DITTO, imḫur-līm-plant, seed of tamarisk in beer |
| 4 | DIŠ KIMIN {u₂}ka-zal-la₂ {u₂}IGI-lim {u₂}ḪAR.ḪAR [...] | If ditto: kazallu-plant, imḫur-līm-plant (‘faces a thousand’ plant) (and) hammurapi-plant |
| 5 | NUMUN {giš}MA.NU {u₂}ur₂-ne₂-e {⸢u₂⸣}[...] | seed of tamarisk, burnû-plant, ēšu-plant |
| 6 | 7 U₂.ḪI.A an-nu-ti ba-lu pa-tan [...] | These seven drugs, without [equi]valent |
| 7 | DIŠ KIMIN {u₂}šu-mut-tu₂ ⸢ina⸣ [...] | If ditto: šumuttu-plant, ēru-plant |
| 8 | DIŠ KIMIN UB.PAD tim-bu-ut-ti A.ŠA₃ SAḪAR DAL.ḪA.⸢MUN⸣ [...] | If ditto: sulphur, tumbūtu-disease, sore of the arm, ... salt |
| 9 | U₂.LU₂.U₁₈.LU GIR₃.PAD.DU NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU {⸢u₂⸣}[...] | (If) a man, a šēpê-demon (or) an e’ērib-disease (lit. “seizing-of-the-mouth"), a person's fate (and) ... . |
| 10 | DIŠ NA ḫu-uṣ-ṣa GAZ ŠA₃ TUK.TUK-ši ⸢mi⸣-[na-tu₂-šu₂ DUB.DUB] | If a man is bewitched: he will be killed; his hand will become weak; ēmî-natušu tablet |
| 11 | EME-šu₂ it-te-nen-biṭ EME-šu₂ u₂-na-⸢aš⸣-[ša-ak] | (If) his tongue keeps getting swollen: his tongue will dispel him. |
| 12 | GEŠTU{ii}šu₂ GU₃.GU₃-a ŠU{ii}šu₂ i-šam-ma-ma-šu₂ ⸢bir⸣-[ka-šu₂ kim-ṣa-šu₂] | His ears are roaring, his hands are trembling, his bir temple is shaking, |
| 13 | i-kas₃-sa₃-sa₃-šu₂ SAG ŠA₃-šu₂ it-ta-⸢na⸣-[az-qar] | (If) he trembles (and) his head is swollen: he will die. |
| 14 | ana MUNUS DU LAL ḫur-ba-šu₂ ŠUB.ŠUB-su ⸢i⸣-[kab-bir ibaḫḫu] | (If) he goes to a woman, he will diminish. His limbs are swollen: ēri-kabbir-plant will thrive. |
| 15 | UḪ₂ ina KA-šu₂ it-ta-na-ad-⸢di⸣ [...] | (If) a sore keeps coming out from its mouth |
| 16 | NA BI ina NINDA šu-kul ina KAŠ NAG ina I₃ ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣ [...] | (If) a man eats bread and drinks it in beer: in oil (and) ēšû-plant |
| 17 | ana TI-šu₂ {u₂}tar-muš₈ {u₂}IGI-lim {⸢u₂⸣}[IGI-NIŠ] {⸢u₂⸣}IN.[NU.UŠ] | In order to cure him: tarmuš-plant, imḫur-līm-plant (‘faces a thousand’ plant), ēru-tree (a kind of juniper), innû-plant |
| 18 | {⸢u₂⸣}SIKIL {u₂}er-kul-la ⸢KA⸣.[A.AB.BA ... la]-⸢pat⸣ ar-ma-[ni] | “Sikillu-plant, erkulla-plant (and) ēkābu-plant I did not remove. |
| 19 | [NUMUN] {giš}ḪA.LU.UB₂ {u₂}⸢ur₂⸣-[ne₂-e {u₂}ḪAR].⸢ḪAR⸣ {u₂}LUḪ.⸢MAR⸣.[TU] | Seed of alum, ēšû-plant, ḫašāru-plant (and) lupin |
| 20 | {[u₂]}NU.LUḪ.ḪA {⸢u₂⸣}[x-x-(x)] x {giš}ḪAŠḪUR GIŠ.[GI] | nuhurtu-plant, ēšû-plant (a kind of juniper), ḫūru-tree, reed |
| 21 | [x-x] x-x-(x) [x-x-x-(x)]-šu₂-nu ḪAD₂.DU GAZ ⸢NAM⸣ | ... their ... you crush, crush, and sift ēnam-e23 plant |
| 22 | [... x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x) ...] x ina še-rim ba-lu pa-⸢tan⸣ | ... in the open country, without exit |
| 23 | [NAG]-⸢šu₂⸣ GU₇-⸢šu₂ ina A₂ MUŠEN tu⸣-šap-ra-šu₂-ma EGIR-⸢šu₂⸣ | (If) a man is ill with nag-ešû-disease: you rub him with a bird's horn and afterwards |
| 24 | [x] x BIL-tim ina ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ ŠUR.RA NAG-[ma] | He drinks ... of the new moon in pressed wine and |
| 25 | [(x)]-x-x ŠUB-di ina U₄.NA₂ TU₅-šu₂-ma TI-[uṭ] | You pound ..., you rub it on the day of the bathing, and then he will recover. |
| 26 | ⸢MUŠ⸣.DIM₂.GURUN.NA U₅.MEŠ ša₂ EDIN TI-qe₂-ma tu-bal-ma ina {giš}LI [(x)] | You take ēšu-plant, the plant of the open country, and you scatter (it) on a piece of wood. |
| 27 | GIR₃.PAD.DU NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU LIBIR.RA ina NAGA SI tu-qat-⸢tar⸣ | (If) a šēpê-mark is located on a man's brow: he will die. |
| 28 | {u₂}kur-ka-nam {u₂}KUR.KUR ina NAGA SI tu-qat-⸢tar⸣ | You mix kurkanam-plant (and) nīnû-plant in horned alkali. |
| 29 | PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ EME.DIR BURU₅.ḪABRUD.DA ... NITA₂ ina NAGA SI tu-qat-⸢tar⸣ | (If) a snake is covered with a lizard's horn: a man will be killed in a fish's nest. |
| 30 | ḪENBUR₂ {giš}PEŠ₃(ma₂) ka-mun {giš}ŠINIG ina [x] | You recite the incantation “The boat, the salt of the tamarisk in ... |
| 31 | PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ {u₂}KUR.KUR ina [x-(x)] | Ištar of the mountains in |
| 32 | ⸢GIG⸣-su NU GUR-ma NU DIM₄-šu₂ NIG₂.ḪA.LAM.MA NU TE-[šu₂] | (If) he does not return (to work) and does not approach him, he will not approach justice. |
| 33 | ⸢EN₂⸣ pa-ti pa-ti-ti pa-ta-kar pa-ta-⸢kar⸣ | Incantation: “Open the gate, open the gate! Open the gate!" |
| 34 | ⸢ḫa⸣-ti-ib ḫa-ti-⸢ib⸣ TU₆ [EN₂] | “Ḫātib, ḫatib-e’e-e-a-e3₆′. Incantation formula. |
| 35 | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.[KAM] | It is the wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 36 | [...] x x [UŠ₂]-⸢šu₂⸣ ina {dug}BUR.ZI ta-[maḫ-ḫar] | ... you stir it in a tureen |
| 37 | [...] ⸢NA⸣ BI u₄-mi-šam-⸢ma⸣ [...] | ... that ... day and night |
| 38 | [...] NU [...] | ... ... |
| 39 | [x x x x x x x x (x)] x ud x x [...] | ...... ... ... |
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