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AMT pl. 096 01 (P395377)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 096 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395377 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | ana na-as,-mat-ti di-ik-szi lu szu2# sza2# _zag#_ [x x x] | May it be for the naṣmattu-offering of the dikšu-festival, which is on the right ... |
| 2 | _zu2-lum-ma_ tap-pi-is, _munu5_ sa-hi#-[in-du] | You crush dates, sahindu-flour |
| 3 | _{szim}mug numun gada_ {u2}ak-tam _dida#_ [x x] | mugû-aromatic, seed from a linen cloth, alum, ...-plant |
| 4 | a-he-e _sud2_ ina _kasz-sag disz_-nisz [x x] | He shall have the usufruct of it in prime-quality beer. |
| 5 | ina _NE szeg6_-szal ina _tug2_ : ina _kusz_ [x x] | In Abu, there will be cold in the garment : in the skin ... |
| 6 | _ne_-su _la2 gin7_ tap-ta-[at,-ru] | his neck is stretched out like a rope. |
| 7 | ina _a-mesz {gesz}sze_-nu _ra#_-[su] | with water from a threshing-sledge |
| 8 | _DISZ kimin zi3 gu2-gal zi3 gu2-tur zi3 ziz2-an-na zi3 gig zi3_ sa-hi-[in?-di?] | If a man’s saliva contains gugal flour, gutur flour, ziz-ana flour, wheat flour (and) sahindi flour: |
| 9 | KU#?-KU#? _munu5 zi3 {szim}man-du zi3 {szim}gur2-gur2 zi3 {szim}li zu2-lum-ma_ [x x x] | ... salt, mandu-flour, gurgur flour, lupin, dates |
| 10 | _dida# sig5 disz_-nisz ina _NE szeg6_-szal _i3-gesz : i3-nun-na igi_ di-ik-szi _szesz2_ [x x x] | Good sweetdida-beer: in the month of Abu, there will be a rainstorm. Oil (means): ghee. He will experience pain. The brother ... |
| 11 | [ina] _kusz# sur_-ri _la2_-ma [x x x] | You stretch out the skin with a bandage and ... |
| 12 | _{u2}har-har gazi#{sar} gu2-gal_ te-t,e4-en _za3-hi-li{sar}_ [x x x] | ḫašû-plant, gazelle, gugal-soapwort, cress, ...-plant |
| 13 | ana _sza3 szub_-di ina _{gesz}gesztin_ tara-bak di-ik-szu2 [x x x] | You pour it into a libation bowl with wine, you anoint his dikšu-disease. |
| 14 | _DISZ na szu-gidim-ma dab_-su-ma ana di-ik-szi _gur_-szu2 {u2}si-hu {u2}[ar2?-gan?-nu?] | If a man is seized by šugidimmu-disease and turns him into a ghost: siḫu-plant (and) argannu-plant |
| 15 | {u2}ba-ri-ra-tu2 _had2-a gaz sim zi3 gig_ ana _sza3 szub_-di szum4-ma _en#-[te-na]_ | You crush sacrificial pomegranates, you pour bitter-smelling oil into it. If a pregnant woman |
| 16 | ina _kasz_ szum4-ma _buru14_ ina _ga_ tara-bak ina _tug2 sur_-ri _igi_ di-ik-szi _i3 szesz2#_ [x x x] | You stir it into a paste in beer, if the harvest is in a bowl, you cover it with a cloth, you anoint her with oil, ... |
| 17 | _[DISZ na]_ di-kisz _{gesz}gigir gig_-ma _sza3_-szu2 u _tun3_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu2 ina _a {gesz}sze_-nu _szub_-di# [x x] | If a man suffers from dikšu-disease of the chariot, and his heart and his thigh hurt him: you pound in water from a cedar ... |
| 18 | [x x] tu-masz-sza2-'a-szu2 _i3_ hal-s,a _nag-mesz {szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2_ {szim#}[x x] | you anoint him (with it). You mix filtered oil, lupin, mint, juniper |
| 19 | _[pa {gesz}]nu-ur2-ma pa {gesz}sze_-nu _disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi la2_ [x x] | He burns pomegranate sap and sap of šenu-tree sap, he ... a resin from a fat-tailed sheep |
| 20 | _[DISZ na] ta#? {gesz}gigir szub#?_ [x x] x _tuku#?-tuku_-szi {u2#}x x x _{u2}in6-usz2_ ina _a_ [x x x] | If a man falls from a chariot: he will acquire ...; ...-plant, maštakal-plant in water . |
| 21 | [x x] x _ra_-su-ma# [x x x x x x x x] ina# _i3-udu_ tu-[masz-sza2-'a-szu2?] | You rub him with ... and ... in sheep fat. |
| 22 | _[u5] argab{muszen}_ x [x x x x x x x] _{szim#}gur2-gur2 {szim#}[x x x] | plant of the argab bird, ... gurgur-aromatic, juniper |
| 23 | [...] sza2 [...] | ... of ... |
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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