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BAM 5, 444 (P396299)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 444 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396299 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | a-ta-nam-[da-ru ...] | I am constantly frightened ... |
| 2 | _{d}utu_ ina _igi!_-[ka an-nu-u2 ...] | Šamaš, in your presence this |
| 3 | an-nu-u2 [i]-ma#-har-an#-[ni ...] | This is what he will receive from me .... |
| 4 | a-na e-reb# _{d#}utu_-szi t,a-rid#? [...] | To enter the midst of Šamaš you are merciful(?) |
| 5 | an-nam _du11-ga_-ma _7(disz)-ta-am3 ninda_ ina _szu#?-[sar?_ ...] | You say this and 7 loaves of bread in a kiln. |
| 6 | ina _a2_-szu2-nu ta-lal _igi nu nig2#-[sila11-ga2]_ | You stretch out a net at their left side, but there is no restitution for me. |
| 7 | {na4}mu-s,u2 sza2# _sza3_ u2-ru-ul-la-ti-szu2 _szesz2#_-[asz2] | muṣu-stone from his Urullātišu, brother |
| 8 | _umbin_-e# pe-re-ti-szu2 ki-lat-tin ina _tug2 ge6_ tara#-[kas2] | You wrap his limbs in black wool. |
| 9 | ina _gu2 nu nig2-sila11-ga2_ ta-lal ina bi-'e sza2 _bad3 ku4_-szu2#-nu#-[ti] | You will unharness (them) on a neck without my garment, you will bring them into the middle of the wall. |
| 10 | a#-na e-reb# _{d}utu_-szi _igi-mesz_-szu2-nu _gar_-[an] | into the presence of Šamaš you set their eyes. |
| 11 | [bi]-'a#?-[a?] _bad#_-hi _naga_ pa-a'-s,a-a-ti _gin7 zi3-dub-dub-bu#_ | “Biʾāya-dīḫu-disease, sulphur, phlegm, like flour, |
| 12 | [ana bi]-'i#-i _szub-szub lu2 bi szu-min_-szu2 ina _a i7#_ | fell into a hole: that man his hands in the water of the river. |
| 13 | [u _im-babbar] luh#? kesz2 du8_-ma ana _e2_-szu2 _si-sa2#_ | and white? gypsum, you tie (it) on a knot and you tie it to his house. |
| 14 | [ana] _egir#_-szu2 _nu igi-bar {lu2}masz-masz#_ | The incantation priest does not see behind him. |
| 15 | _[en {d}utu]_ na#-pa-hi ana _e2 gig nu ku4#_ | Lord Šamaš, the napḫu-priestess, did not enter the house of illness. |
| 16 | _[DISZ na]_ hu#-us,-s,u2 _gaz sza3 tuku-tuku_-szi _numun {u2}ninni5_ | If a man is stricken with ḫuṣṣu-disease: his heart will be satisfied; the seed of ninnu-plant |
| 17 | [...] x [...] x [...] _lugal#_ kisz-sza2-ti | ... ... the king of the world |
| 18 | [... _{d}]muati_ {d}tasz-me-tu4# [uz?-nu?] ra#-pa-asz2-tu2 isz-ru-ku-szu2 | Nabû and Tašmētu gave him wide understanding. |
| 19 | [...] na#-mir-tu4 ni#-siq# t,up-szar-ru-ti | ... magnificence, the pinnacle of scholarship |
| 20 | [... a]-lik# _igi#_-ia mam2-ma szip#-ru# szu#-a-tu2 la i-hu-uz-zu | ... who came before me, none had learned this craft. |
| 21 | [...] sa#-an#-tak#-ki# ma-la ba-asz-mu | ... santakku as much as there is |
| 22 | [...] ma a-na ta-mar-ti szi-ta-as-si-ia | ... for my reading and studying |
| 23 | [...] _nu# ur lugal dingir-mesz an-szar2_ | ... not ... king of the gods, Ashur |
| 24 | [... i]-szat,#-t,a#-ru# _[{d}an-szar2] {d}nin-lil2_ | ... they wrote. Anšar and Ninlil |
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