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BAM 5, 438 (P396336)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 438 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396336 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x [...] x [...] | |
| 3 | x [...] x [...] x x ud lu a x x [...] | ... ... day ... |
| 4 | x [...] x ki [...] _murub4#-mesz_-szu2 kid x [...] | ... ... his middle parts ... |
| 5 | [...] szu2 mut,-t,u ana da-ba-bi _sza3_-szu2 la# _[il2_-szu2] | ... he is frightened, he does not obey his heart's desire to speak. |
| 6 | [hu]-us,# _gaz sza3 tuku-mesz_-szi mi-na-ti-szu2 it-ta#-[na-asz2-pa-ka] | He who trusts in you will be sated with sorrow, his sins will be written to you. |
| 7 | it-te-nen-bi-it, _nundum-mesz_-szu2 u2-na-asz2-szak _gesztu-min_-szu2 _gu2#-[gu2_-a] | he has sinned, his lips he shall cut off, his ears shall tremble |
| 8 | _szu-min_-szu2 i-szam-ma-ma-szu2 bir-ka-szu2 kim-s,a-szu2 i-kas3-sa#-[sa-szu2] | his hands tremble, his knees hurt him, his arms hurt him. |
| 9 | _sag sza3_-szu2 it-ta-na-az2-qar ana _munus du_-ka mut,#-[t,u] | (If) his belly continually trembles: for the woman who is going to kill you. |
| 10 | ana _munus sza3_-szu2 _nu il2_-szu2 hur-ba-szu _szub-szub_-[su] | If he does not raise his hands against a woman, he will fall into disrepair. |
| 11 | i-kab-bir i-ba-ah-hu _uh2_ ana _ka_-szu2 it-ta-na-[di] | he smites, he shouts, and he keeps opening his mouth. |
| 12 | ik-ka-szu2 _lugud2-da-mesz ki-na2 nu il2_-szi# | he weighed out, the scepters of the bed did not raise him. |
| 13 | pi-qa la pi-qa u2-ta-s,al _na bi_ ka-[szip] | He is seized by a curse that cannot be undone. That man is bewitched. |
| 14 | _nu-mesz_-szu _du3_-ma ina _ur2 ad_ szu-nu-[lu] | his limbs he built and in the base of the father he buried them. |
| 15 | ana kisz-pi _bur2 zi_-szu2 _kar_ it-ti _dingir_ kam-li su-lu-mi3 | For witchcraft, his life will be cut off. With a god, a prayer will be uttered. |
| 16 | ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-[nisz]_ | For his life, tarmuš-plant, ēru-plant (and) irīnu-plant |
| 17 | _{u2}sikil_ {u2}el-kul-la _{szim}buluh_ {u2}ak-[tam] | juniper, ēkulla-plant, buluḫ-aromatic, baktam-plant |
| 18 | _{u2}kur-kur {u2}haszhur gesz-gi_ {u2}la-pat ar-ma-ni _na4_ ga-be2#-[e] | kurkur-plant, ḫašû-tamarisk, reed, lupin, armanu-plant (and) stone |
| 19 | _ka a-ab-ba {u2}nu-luh-ha {u2}dur2-nu-luh-ha {u2}har-har#_ | The mouth of the sea is filled with nulluḫa-plant, burāšu-plant and harhar-plant. |
| 20 | {u2}ur2-nu-u2 _{u2}kur-zi_ {u2}szib-bur-ra-tu2 _{u2}hur-sag#_ | burnû-plant, kurzi-plant (and) šibburratu-plant |
| 21 | _{u2}kur-ra_ {u2}szu-mut-tu2 _henbur2 {gesz}dih3 henbur2 {gesz}kiszi16#_ | a plant, šumuttu-plant, henbur-tree, tamarisk, ḫendur-thorn(?) |
| 22 | _henbur2 gi szul-hi_ {gesz}bi-nu _numun_ {gesz}bi-nu _{u2}in-[nu-usz]_ | reed stalks, šulḫu-trees, date palms, dates, juniper |
| 23 | _numun {u2}in-nu-usz {szim}li numun {szim}li mun ku3#-[pad]_ | seed of innuš-plant, resin of juniper, seed of mint, pure salt |
| 24 | _mun#_ [a-ma]-nim# _zu2#-lum#-ma# numun {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 {szim}man-[du]_ | salt, amānu-plant, dates, seed of ḫalû-tree, mandu-aromatic |
| 25 | {u2#}[x ...] 3(u)# 7(disz)# _u2 usz11-bur2-ru#-[da]_ | ...-plant 37 plants for ušburuda ritual |
| 26 | [...] _szu#-min#_ szu-s,u-u2# | ... the hands are swollen |
| 27 | [...] _i3#-gesz#_ lu ina hi-qa-a-ti _nag#-[mesz]_ | ... oil or in a libation bowl, |
| 28 | [...] x kisz#? [...] | ... the world |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | _en2#?_ [...] | Incantation: ... |
| 2' | _{lu2}usz11#?-zu#?_ [...] | Your witch(?) |
| 3' | i-pu-sza2 _{mi2}usz11-zu#_ [...] | They performed (the ritual) “Your witchcraft .’ |
| 4' | _en2_ ul ia-ut-tu-un# [...] | Incantation: "I do not know ... |
| 5' | _en2 {d}marduk lugal_ : {d}sza3-zu {d#}[x ...] | Incantation: O Marduk, king, Šazu, ... |
| 6' | u _{d}nin-girima3_ iq-bu-nim-ma# [...] | and Ningirima said to me, and |
| 7' | _ka inim-ma_ kisz-pi ru-hu#-u2 ru-su-u2# _{d}dim10#-[me]_ | The mouth of the words of witchcraft is a ruhû-demon (and) a scorpion (for) Ea. |
| 8' | s,i-bit ma-mit tur-ti _udug#_ lem-nu# ana _[lu2 nu] te#_-[e] | The oath of the small curse, the evil udug-demon will not approach a man. |
| 9' | _du3-du3-bi_ {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz {u2}sikil_ {u2#}[x ...] | Its ritual: tarmuš-plant, imhur-līm-plant (‘faces a thousand’ plant) (and) imhur'ešra-plant(?), sikillu-plant |
| 10' | _gesz bur2 u2 {d}dim10-me {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim#}li#_ [...] | ... tamarisk, ēdu-plant, mint, juniper |
| 11' | _{u2}in-nu-usz naga si mun pesz10-[{d}id2_ ...] | nīnuš-plant, horned alkali, salt (and) alum |
| 12' | _en2_ an-ni-tu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu szid_-nu-ma# [...] | You recite this incantation three times over the top of our penis and .... |
| 13' | ina _i3-gesz szesz2_-su-ma kisz-pi-szu _nigin#_ x x [...] | You anoint him with oil and his witchcraft ... .... |
| 14' | _nu te-me_-szu2 _lu2 bi ku3 sza3_-szu2 za-ki# _sza3#_ ka# [...] | If he does not know it: that man will be pure; his heart will be cleared; the mouth .... |
| 15' | _DISZ na_ ina _e2 nu_ mah-ra-szu2 | If a man is not present in a house |
| 16' | _dub 6(u) 3(disz)-kam-me usz11-bur2-ru#-da# libir#-ra#-gin7#_ [...] | The 63rd tablet of Ushburuda, the old one, ... |
| 17' | _e2-gal {disz}an-szar2-du3-a lugal gal#_-u2# _lugal#_ dan#-nu# [...] | Palace of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king |
| 18' | sza _{d}ag_ u _{d}kurnun arhusz# tuku-mesz_-szu2#-ma# [...] | whom Nabû and Kurnun have compassion and . |
| 19' | s,ur-ru szad-lu ha-sis-su# pal-ku-u2 x [...] | “Fearful, frightened, fearsome, ..., |
| 20' | a-na szi-rik-ti isz-ruk a-na tah-sis-ti# [...] | He gave it as a gift, for the protection ... |
| 21' | qe2-reb _e2-gal_-szu2 u2-kin _nir-gal2#_ [...] | In his palace he established authority ... |
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- 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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