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AMT pl. 087 02 (K 06172) + (P396370)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 087 02 (K 06172) + |
|---|---|
| ID | P396370 |
| 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 | _DISZ na zi-ku5-ru-da_ e-pu-us#-[su]-ma | If a man is constantly afflicted by zikurudû-disease: |
| 2 | _igi-du8_ u2-pi!(IGI)-szi szu2-nu-ti sza in-nam-ru _szu-ti_-qi2 _igi {d}utu gar#_-an# | The gatekeeper inspected them. Whoever changes (or) alters (the proceedings) will be placed before Šamaš. |
| 3 | mu-ru-us, _sza3_-ka ana _{d}utu du11#-ga#_ | who soothes your heart to Šamaš, speak! |
| 4 | _igi {d}utu_ ana _ugu_ u2-pi-szi szu2-nu-ti _szah_ ta-na-ki-is# | Before Šamaš, you cut a pig over these pigs. |
| 5 | u2-pi-szi szu2-nu-ti ana _sza3 kusz szah_ ta-kam-me-es# | These animals you put into a pig's skin. |
| 6 | _igi {d}utu lu2_ sza _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ep-szu2-szu2 _ur5-gin7_ tu-szad-bab-szu2# | Before Šamaš, the man who the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ has performed, you speak to him as follows: |
| 7 | _{d}utu_ sza _zi-ku5-ru-da du3_-sza szu-u2 a-a i-mu-ra ana-ku lu-mu-ra _silim#?_ | May Šamaš, whose ziggurat is made, not see it, may I see it. May I see (it). |
| 8 | 7(disz)-szu2 ana _igi {d}utu_ tu-szaq-ba-szu _u4_-me-szam mu-ru-us, _sza3_-szu2 ana _{d#}utu#? [du11-ga]_ | 7 times before Šamaš you speak to him: “On the day that he awakens, his heart will be directed towards Utu(?) |
| 9 | u2-pi-szi szu2-nu-ti sza _sza3 kusz szah#_ x x [...] | These are the upišu-offerings of the pig's stomach ... ... |
| 10 | _zi-ku5-ru-de3_ szu-u2 ana _na bi nu# [te?_ ...] | It is a ziggurat, it does not approach a man ... |
| 11 | _[DISZ] lu2# bi#? zi-ku5-ru-da#_ [...] | If that man is seized by a zikurû-demon |
| 12 | [x x x] x [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | ki-is,-ri szu2-nu-ti sza2 is,-hu-ru-ni pu-ut,-t,i-ir | Those bonds, which he seized, are released. |
| 2 | an-ni-tu2 ana _igi {d}3(u) 7(disz)-szu2 tu-szaq-ba-szu2-ma | You speak this to Sîn 7 times, and |
| 3 | _giri17_-szu2 tu-szaq-da-su ana 3(u) _kurum6_-su ina _ge6 bi gar u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam2_ ma-la _sza3_-szu2 _dab_ ana 3(u) liq-bi | you rub his nose with it. At 30° of night this is established. On the 15th day, as much as he seized his belly at 30, may he command. |
| 4 | _u4_-me-szam-ma lisz-te-mi-iq _pesz2-ur3-ra_ szu-a-tu4 _ti_-ma ana _sza3 kusz pesz2_ ta-kam2-me-es | May the day pass and that scepter live and you place it inside a leather pouch. |
| 5 | ana _sza3_-bi sza ni-bi _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 an-bar {na4}za-gin3 {na4}duh-szi-a {na4}nir2-babbar-dili_ | For the inside of which silver, gold, iron, lapis lazuli, tin, nirbabbardili |
| 6 | ta-kam2-mi-is _i3-gesz i3-gesz sag i3 gu-la i3 {gesz}erin lal3 i3-nun ga gesztin_ | you will mix oil, oil of the head, great oil, cedar oil, honey, butter, milk and wine. |
| 7 | _a-gesztin-na_ a-na _sza3_-szu2 tu-ra-ak pa-na ta-ra-kas2 _{tug2}gada du6_-szu2 | wine into it you will pour, before you you will harness (them). His cloak |
| 8 | ana _sza3 ki-mah_ ta-kam2-me-es _ki-se3-ga_ ta-kas3-sip3 | you set up in the middle of the ki’maḫ. You sweep the ground. |
| 9 | tu-szar-ra-ah tu-kab-bat par2-s,i2-szu _en u4 7(disz)-kam2_ tu-par2-ra-as,-ma | you will make great, and you will be enraged. You will unharness (them) for 7 days. |
| 10 | _zi-ku5-ru-de3_ sza2 ana _na_ ep-szu2 _en ti-la_ ana _su_-szu2 _nu te_ | The ritual assemblage which is performed against a man: the owner of the life will not approach his body. |
| 11 | _DISZ#_ ina# _e2 lu2_ ina la mu-du-ti _pesz2-ur3-ra_ szu-a-tu4 lu ana _id2_ lu ina su-qi2 | If a man’s house is surrounded by a wall without access, either to the river or to the street: |
| 12 | it#-ta-ad-du-u2 _na bi_ sza2 _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ep-szu2-szum | They have sworn by the name of the man who performed the ziggurat. |
| 13 | [ina] _u4# 1(u) 5(disz)-kam2# kurum6_-su ana _3(u)-kam2! gar giri17_-szu2 liq-du-ud ina _ki_ lip-pal-sih | On the 15th day his meal is set for the 30th day. May he pacify his heart, may he be appeased on the ground. |
| 14 | mu#-ru-us, _sza3_-szu2 lid-bu-ub _sahar_ ina _sag-du_-szu2 lid-di ina an-ni-ti qa2-ti s,a-ab-tu | May he pacify his heart, may he sprinkle dust on his head. In this case, the hand is seized. |
| 15 | 7(disz)-szu2 liq-bi _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ana _lu2 bi nu te_ | 7 times may he say: that man will not approach the ziggurat. |
| 16 | _DISZ_ a-na _zi-ku5-ru-da_ szu#-[a-tu? ana] _lu2# bi_ ana _su_-szu2 _nu te_ ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ | If he does not approach that man for this ritual: in the aguziga-vessel |
| 17 | {u2}am-ma-asz-ta-kal#? [x x x i?]-na# pi-szu2 _ti_ ina _an-zah_ | ammaštakal-plant ... in his mouth in anzahhu-plant |
| 18 | _{u2}lu-ub2{sar#}_ [...] li-kul ina _u4-te-en-na_ tam-ha-a#? | May the lupin . . to eat. In the days of the battle |
| 19 | x x [x x x x x x x] _pesz10#-{d}id2!(AG) ka a#-ab#-ba_ | ... Ištar of the mouth of the sea |
| 20 | [...] {szim#}mur?-ra-an _szesz2-mesz_-su-ma# | ... murrānu-juniper, his brothers |
| 21 | [...] _nu te_-szu2 | ... will not approach him. |
| 22 | [...] _alan# duh-lal3_ | ... a statue of honey |
| 23 | [... _zi-ku5-ru]-da#?_ sza2 _pesz2-ur3-ra_ | ... the ziggurat(?) of the courtyard |
| 24 | [...] in-nam-ru | ... became visible |
| 25 | [...] i-di u | ... he knows and |
| 26 | [...] _nu te_-szu2 | ... will not approach him. |
| 27 | [...] li _lal3 kur_ | ... honey of the land |
| 28 | [...] x x | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | _[sag-du]_-su# _dab-dab#?_-[su ...] | his head, his snare ... |
| 2' | [paq]-du#? _szu_ ma-mit _suhusz {gesz}dih3 dili suhusz {gesz}kiszi16 dili_ x x [x x] | The hand of the oath, the base of a single diḫu-tree, (and) the base(s) of two-year-old juniper |
| 3' | [ina _kusz {mi2}]asz2-gar3 gesz3-nu-zu_ ina _sa ab2-ri-ri-ga_ | with a leather bag of emmer, your bed in the middle of a cow’s hair |
| 4' | [ta]-szap#?-pi2 ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an-ma _bur2_ | You put it on his neck and he will recover. |
| 5' | _[DISZ] ki#-min {na4}an-za-he2_ {na4}hu-luh-ha {na4}mu-s,a _an-bar {na4}ka-gi-na dab-ba_ | If ditto: anzahhu-stone, huluḫaḫu-stone (and) mūṣu-silver, iron and kagina-stone are seized. |
| 6' | _tesz2#-bi_ ta-sak3 ina _i3-gesz szur-min3 hi-hi_-ma ina _mul4_ tusz-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ina _igi man_ | You pound together. You mix in fine oil and sit in the star. In the aguziga-demon before the king. |
| 7' | ka-la _su_-szu2 _esz_ ina _ku3-sig17 husz-a igi-du8_-ma _esir had2-du_ i-kab-ba-as-ma pa-sze-er | all of his body with reddish gold he looked at and the sand dunes he piled up and he washed. |
| 8' | _[DISZ ki]-min# numun {gesz}szinig dili {szim}sze-li babbar {u2}kur-kur_ {u2}ur2-ne2-e qin-na sza _sim{muszen}_ | If ditto: seed from a single tamarisk, white šelû-tree, mountain plants, burāṣu-plant (and) a tuft of a bird |
| 9' | _[{u2}]gesztin# ka5#-a {u2}in-nu-usz tesz2-bi 2(disz) gin2-ta-am3_ ta-qal-lu-ma | You mix together tamarisk and maštakal-plant, together 2 shekels each, and |
| 10' | [ina x x x x] _gin2# i3-nun 5(disz) gin2 i3-gesz bara2-ga_ ta-sak3-ma ina _ga ab2_ | You pound in ... shekels of butter oil, 5 shekel(s) of daraga-oil, and you put it on the cow's thigh. |
| 11' | [x x {gesz}]szinig# gar#_-[an?]-ma#? ina# _ge6#_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ina _igi man#_ | ... you set up a censer and, during the night, you sit in the star in front of the king. |
| 12' | [x x] _esir# had2-du gub#?_-[ma?] usz-ta-kal-ma _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar igi-du8#_-ma _bur2#_ | You set up a censer of haddu-juniper and it will stay overnight, and the gold and silver will be seen and released. |
| 13' | _[DISZ ki]-min#_ it-ta-na#-ad#-la-ah it-te-nen-bit, _igi-min_-szu2 ir-ru-ru | If ditto, he constantly trembles, keeps tearing out his eyes: |
| 14' | _uzu#?-mesz_-szu2 i-szam-ma-mu-szu2 szi-in-na-szu ka-li-szi-na _gu7-mesz_-szu2 | his flesh they shall smell, his hair all of them they shall eat. |
| 15' | _[ninda] gu7 kasz nag_-ma i-le-hi-ib ana _lu2 bi zi-ku5-ru-da_ sza _kisim6 du3_-su | You eat bread, drink beer, and then he will recover. For that man, a ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ of his creation |
| 16' | szum-ma _kin_-szu2 il-ta-bir _usz2_ la-ma _te_-szu2-ma _ba-usz2_ {u2}ur2-ne2-e | If his work has been interrupted, he will die, if he does not approach him and he dies, burāšu-plant |
| 17' | _{u2}igi_-lim _numun {u2}gada numun {u2}dili tesz2-bi al-gaz_ ina _i3-gesz bara2-ga hi-hi_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat | a date palm, a seed of šadû-plant, seed of single-plant: together they will be killed. In filtered oil they will sit in the star. |
| 18' | ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ana _igi {d}utu_ ina _ugu esir had2-du gub_-ma | in the Aguziga before Šamaš stood on top of a pile of bricks, and |
| 19' | _nag_-ma _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar igi-du8_-ma pa-sze-er | he drinks, and gold and silver is seen, and he will recover. |
| 20' | _DISZ na ki-min_ {u2}a-ta-i-szi _numun_ {u2}a-zal-le-e {u2}ur2-ne-e _numun {u2}ka-zal_ | If ditto: atāʾišu-plant, seed from azallû-plant (and) urnu'u (a kind of juniper), seed from kamal-plant |
| 21' | _numun {u2}gesztin ka5-a numun {u2}in6-usz2 tesz2-bi 3(disz) sze-ta-am3 lal3 kur-ra i3-gesz_ u _kasz-sag hi-hi_ | the seed of a fox-vine, seed of an ēru-plant, together: 3 barleycorns each, honey from the mountain, oil and premium beer |
| 22' | ina _mul4_ tusz-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga igi man nag_ ina _ugu esir had2-du gub_-ma | you sit in the star. You drink it in the aguziga-vessel. You stand on top of a pile of piles of bricks and |
| 23' | _{na4}za-gin3 {na4}gug ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar igi-du8_-ma pa-szir | lapis lazuli, carnelian, gold and silver he looked at it and he was appeased. |
| 24' | _DISZ na sa ur2 zag_-szu2 _tag-tag_-su szi-hat _uzu tuku-tuku_ mi-na-tu-szu2 ma-an-ga | If a man’s right thigh causes him seizing pain, he is afflicted with a stinging pain: his symptoms will be numerous. |
| 25' | _tug2_-szu2 _kur2-kur2_ ma-la _du3_-szu2 i-ma-asz-szi _uh2_-su pe-s,a-a-at | his garments, foreign lands, as much as he made of it, he shall wash, his urine will be loosened |
| 26' | ana _na bi_ ana _igi {d}gu-la_ ip-szu2 ep-szu2-szu2 | To that ... in front of Gula did it, it was done |
| 27' | ina _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam2 u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam2 inim-bi al-til szu zi-ku5-ru-da ba-usz2_ | On the 27th and 28th days, the wording is finished. Hand of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ has been omitted. |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] mu | ... year: |
| 2' | [...] x ma | ... ... |
| 3' | [...] x u2-kin | ... established |
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