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BAM 7, 023 x (P396622)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 7, 023 x |
|---|---|
| ID | P396622 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | _[udu]-nita2#_ kab-ru-ti# _nag#_ [...] | You libate fattened sheep ... |
| 2' | la isz-szu-ma la isz-qi2# [...] | ... did not take and did not give ... |
| 3' | ina _u4 5(disz)-kam_ lu ina _u4 6(disz)-kam_ lu ina _u4# [7(disz)-kam_ ...] | on the 5th day, or on the 6th day or on a 7th day ... |
| 4' | ina _u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_ lu ina _u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam_ lu ina _u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam#_ [...] | on the 14th day, or on the 21st day or the 23rd day ... |
| 5' | ina _u4-mesz_ an-na-ti _szesz2_-su um-s,a-te uq-ta-ta#-[pa ...] | In these days, his brother, he sat down, ... |
| 6' | up-tar-ra-ru KU.KU _zu2 am-si KU.KU_ {gesz}e-lam-ma-ku KU.KU {gesz}[x ...] | “(If) it rains on you, you will be surrounded by a halo of reddish wood, (if) I am covered in elammaku-wood, (you will be covered with) ... wood. |
| 7' | _disz_-nisz _ti_-qe2 _{gesz}kin#? gi du10-ga {szim}im-du {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li#_ [...] | You take a good reed-bed, alum, mint, juniper, ... |
| 8' | _de3 {gesz}kiszi16_ ta-tab-bak _ka2-bar-re_-szu2 _i3-gesz szesz2 gig_ ina _ugu_ [...] | You blow juniper, you rub his mouth with it, you anoint him with oil from a sick brother on top of ... |
| 9' | _DISZ na sza3-mesz_-szu2 _mu2-mu2 ninda_ u _kasz la2_ it-te-ne2-es-sil _na bi_ hi-niq#-[ti _dur2_ ...] | If a man’s internal organs are full of food and beer: that man will experience pain; ... . |
| 10' | _i3-udu ukusz2-hab ki i3-udu {szim}hab illu {szim}buluh hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an# [...] | You put fat from kukušhab-plant instead of fat from habû-plant, the water from baluhhu-aromatic into his anus. ... |
| 11' | ta-tab-bal _numun_ {gesz}szu-nim _a-gar-gar masz-da3 zi3-kum {im}gu2-gar-rin#-[na_ ...] | You scatter seeds of juniper, mašda-plant, emmer, gugarrinnu-flour |
| 12' | ina _a gazi{sar} gin7_ ra-bi-ki tara-bak _kum2_-su ina _kusz-[edin sur la2]_ | You stir it like a paste into ghee. You anoint his body with it in a leather bag. |
| 13' | _DISZ ki-min u2_ zik-na _sud2_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ al-la#-[na _du3_ ...] | If DITTO, you dry and pound ziknu-plant, you mix it in fat from a mandrake ... |
| 14' | _DISZ na_ mi-na-tu-szu2 _dub-dub gaba_-su u _sa-sal-mesz_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu2 _a2#_-szu2# kim#-[s,a-a-szu2 u bir-ka-szu2] | If a man’s limbs, his chest, and his hips hurt him, his arms, his ribs and his knees |
| 15' | _gu7-mesz_-szu2 _ellag2_ bir-ki-szu2 lu sza2 1(u) 5(disz) lu sza2 2(gesz2) 3(u) _sig3_-su-ma ina musz3-tin-ni#-[x ...] | his intestines, his breast-bone, either of 15 or of 180 fingers, and in ... |
| 16' | [...] _na bi_ hi-niq-ti _dur2-gig gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim {u2}[igi-nisz_ [...] | ... that man suffers from diarrhoea: for his life tarmuš-plant, tamarisk, ēru-plant ... |
| 17' | _{u2}hab ukusz2-hab ukusz2-ti-gi-li bun2_ a-bat-ti _{u2}nig2-bur3-bur3_ x [...] | ḫašû-plant, kukšāqu-plant (and) tigilu-plant: abattu-disease, nigburbur-plant ... |
| 18' | {u2}nu-s,a-bu _numun {szim}li {na4}zalag2 ka a-ab-ba gi-dub-ba tam-tim# [...] | Nuṣābu-plant, juniper seed, lapis lazuli, the mouth of the sea, the reed screen of the Sea |
| 19' | {na4}an-zah babbar2 {na4}zalag2 gazi{sar} numun {u2}dili 2(u) 2(disz) u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti gaz# [sim ...] | white anzahhu-stone, lapis lazuli, gazelle seed, 22 plants these plants ... |
| 20' | {u2#}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ {na4}ia2-artu {na4}ia2-ni-ba {na4}ia2-[x ...] | tarmuš-plant, alum, ibex, alabaster, alīniba-stone, ...-stone |
| 21' | [...] x-ba# _{u2}nig2-si3-si3 {u2}nig2-bur3-bur3 {u2}nig2-kud?-da kar_-asz2 [tam-tim ...] | ... nigsīsu-plant, nigburbur-plant (and) nigkudda-plant at the port of the sea |
| 22' | [...] x _numun# {gesz#}ma#-nu# {szim#}gur2-gur2_ {szim}[x ...] | ... seed of manu-tree, mint, ...-aromatic |
| 23' | x x x | |
| 27' | [...] _{gesz#}gesztin 2(u) 1(disz) u2#-[hi-a_ ...] | ... wine, 21 plants |
| 28' | _pa# {gesz}pesz3 pa {gesz}gesztin [...] | ... figs, ... grapes |
| 29' | {u2}s,a-s,u-um-[tu ...] | ṣaṣumtu-plant |
| 30' | _{u2}in6-usz2 {gesz}erin#? [...] | tamarisk, cedar |
| 31' | _gazi{sar} 2(u) [u2-hi-a_ ...] | mustard, 20 plants |
| 39' | ka# [...] | ... mouth |
| 40' | _{szim}gam-ma# [...] | Gamma-aromatic |
| 41' | _ka a-ab-ba_ x [...] | the mouth of the sea ... ... |
| 42' | _{szim}gig {szim}gur2-gur2#_ [...] | Myrrh, mint, ... |
| 43' | _{szim}li suhusz_ {u2}x [...] | juniper, base of ...-plant |
| 44' | _naga si {im}sahar-na4#-[kur-ra_ ...] | ... saharnû-stone |
| 45' | he-pi2 esz-szu2 {u2}s,a-s,u#-[um-tu ...] | New break of ṣaṣumtu-plant |
| 46' | he-pi2 esz-szu2 _{szim}li#_ [...] | New break of juniper |
| 47' | [he-pi2 esz]-szu2 _{szim}buluh_ [...] | new break, baluhhu-aromatic ... |
| 48' | [...] _{szim#}gig#_ [...] | ... sulphur ... |
| 49' | x x x | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 21' | [...] it#-qa szi-qit ad-di# x x [...] | ... I took the road, I reached ... |
| 22' | [...] x-ni-in-ni _gig_ up-ta-as#-sa#-[as] | ... ... has caused a sick person to tremble |
| 23' | [...] x ki# ri# ma ta-par#-ru#? _u2 babbar_ sza2 _illu {gesz}asal2_ szum-szu | ... ... the white plant of the river, its name is a date palm |
| 24' | [...] x ku? szum-szu2 _{szim#}gig# naga#? si#? szum#-szu2 {u2}pi-zir 1(disz) ma-na-at | ... his name is nīnu-aromatic, naga-plant, horned alkali (and) 1 mina of pizir plant |
| 25' | [...] NE _gig_ sza2 ub-bur2? u2 x x szum-szu# _u2-hi-a_ | ... a sick person who is ill with ubbur-disease? ... his name: drugs |
| 26' | [...] x _i3-udu si dara4#-masz# hi#-hi#_ it#-qur#-tam# u2? sa? x [...] | ... maštakal-soapwort, itqurtam-plant, ...-plant |
| 27' | [...] x ka _nu-nu_ tak-ta#-ad#-di _i3-udu_ ina ap-pi _gar_-an | ... ... you will rub ..., you will put fat in a bowl. |
| 28' | [... i3]-udu# szah i3-udu dara4-masz_ lu ka-ia#-ma-an-ma | ... sheep, pigs, sheep, wild goats, may it be always. |
| 29' | _[DISZ na ki-na2_-ma szit]-ta#-szu2# _ugu_-szu2 _du10-ga zi_-ma i-ka-szu#-usz# | If a man lies down on the bed and his spittu-disease affects him: he will become ill and will recover. |
| 30' | _[DISZ na_ ina la si]-ma#-ni-szu2 _murub4-min_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_-szu2 | If a man's hips hurt him in an inappropriate way. |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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