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BAM 6, 559 (P396454)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 559 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396454 |
| 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' | [...] _sud2#_ 1(disz)#-szu2# 2(disz)#?-[szu2? ...] | ... it rains once or twice ... |
| 2' | [...] tu#-szah-ha#-[an ...] | ... you will rub ... |
| 3' | [...] x x bu# ta-szah# [...] | ... you scatter ... |
| 4' | [...] x _gar#_-an# _kasz3-mesz i3-gesz_ u x [...] | ... you set up ...; beer, oil and ... ... |
| 5' | [x x] _ra# su3# a-gur-ra_ ina _ugu_ ta-hap-sze x [...] | ... ... of baked bricks on top of ... |
| 6' | [x] x _murub-min_-szu2 _DISZ nu-gar-gar_-an _en du10-ga_-szu2 x [...] | If he does not put ... on his temples: his good lord ... .... |
| 7' | [x] an-ne2-e _i3-gesz kum2 szesz2_ [...] | ... this: oil of kum-plant, brother ... |
| 8' | _[{szim}]kur-kur {szim}li numun_ {gesz}szu-nim _numun_ [...] | kurkuru-aromatic, lupin, seed of juniper, seed |
| 9' | [x] {u2#}tar-musz8!(RI) _numun gada zi3 ziz2-a-an 7(disz) u2-hi#-[a_ ...] | ... tarmuš plant, seed, linen, flour, and emmer, 7 plants |
| 10' | [x] _gaz# sim_ ina _kasz3 i3-gesz_ u _kasz-sag_ ina _{uruda#}[szen-tur_ ...] | You crush ... in beer, oil and prime-quality beer in a small copper pot |
| 11' | [x] x ra-bi-ki tara-bak ina _kusz-edin_ x [...] | ... you stir. In the steppe ... ... |
| 12' | [x] x-ma ap-pat _murub4-min_-szu2 [...] | ... and he splits his middle part ... |
| 13' | [x]-it-ma ana _munus# nu_ [...] | ... and not to a woman .... |
| 14' | _[DISZ] na# murub4_ u _ur2 gig_ ina mun#-ga _tuku#_ [...] | If a man suffers from nadītu-jaundice, mucus and cranium, he drinks it in beer ... |
| 15' | [x] ni#-hi-is, _{gesz}gigir_ a-ni-ih ana _ti_-szu2# [...] | ... a chariot was thrown into his life ... |
| 16' | _{szim#}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}hab_ [...] | juniper, mint, ḫašû-aromatic |
| 17' | [x] _{gesz}ge6-par3 pa_ {u2}tar-musz8!(RI) _gaz_ ina [...] | ... a ‘sealed’ chariot, tarmuš plant, he will kill in ... |
| 18' | [x] su _sur la2 u2 babbar sud2_ ina _i3-gesz_ [...] | ... you smear it on a piece of skin, you knead it in white plant, you mix it in oil, ... |
| 19' | [x] ma#? _nag_-u2 _eme dab_-bat ana _ugu nag_-szu2# [...] | ... he drinks ...: he will seize the tongue; on top of his drink ... |
| 20' | [x] x _tab-ba-kam gesztin sur-ra i3-gesz bara2-[ga_ ...] | ... it is a double-wax: pressed wine, oil for the dais ... |
| 21' | [x] x _szeg6-ga2_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub#_-ak _i3-nun szesz2_-su#-[ma? _ti]_ | You pour ... black oil into his anus, you anoint him with it, and then he will recover. |
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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