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AMT pl. 085 01 (P396658)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 085 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396658 |
| 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 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r_col_1' | [... ta-ḫaš]-⸢šal⸣ ina NAGA ⸢tu⸣-[uš-te-mid ...] | ... taḫbašv-ešal-e3-plant in a bowl (and) etu-e-ušemid-plant |
| r_col_2' | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip⸣ ḫa-ṣa-ab-ti ID₂ u ⸢ku⸣-[up-ra ...] | If a man is seized by ka’ešip-disease: the river and the ekûra-tree |
| r_col_3' | ⸢KAŠ.SAG⸣ i-di ina U₄.NA₂.AM₃ IGI {⸢d⸣}[UTU ...] | (If) he sees ēšû-beer on the day of disappearance of the moon |
| r_col_4' | kiš-pu-ki i-sa-aḫ-ḫa-ru-ni-ik-[ki-im-ma ...] | Your witchcraft will be turned against you and |
| r_col_5' | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip an-nu-ḫa-ra a-ru-uq-tu₂ ⸢ḫa⸣-[ši-i ...] | If a man is bewitched, he is stricken with a stag's limbs: eḫba-e-šî-plant |
| r_col_6' | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip ŠA₃ ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ NINDA tur-ar₂ ta-⸢sak₃⸣ [...] | If a man is bewitched: you pound the hand of a ram (and) bread, you shave (his head) |
| r_col_7' | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip ḫa-ši-i nu-ḫur-tu₂ ur₂-⸢nu⸣-[u ...] | If a man is bewitched, he is constantly afflicted with raging, shivering, ... . |
| r_col_8' | ⸢DIŠ⸣ LU₂ ka-šip an-nu-ḫa-ra GAZI{sar} u [...] | (If) a man is bewitched: he will be deprived of mustard, mustard, and . |
| r_col_9' | [I₃].⸢GIŠ⸣ i-ṣap-pu KA-šu₂ a-⸢di⸣ [...] | (If) sesame oil drips from his mouth, he will become poor |
| r_col_10' | [DIŠ] ⸢LU₂⸣ ka-šip {u₂}tar-muš ⸢NUMUN⸣ [...] | If a man is bewitched: tarmuš-plant, ēru-plant |
| r_col_11' | [DIŠ LU₂] ⸢ka⸣-šip {u₂}im-ḫur-aš-la ta-sak₃ ba-⸢lu⸣ [pa-tan ...] | If a man is covered with imḫur-ašlu-plant: you pound elû-plant (and) panan-plant |
| r_col_12' | [(x-x) ta-ak]-⸢ta⸣-na-ʾa-ra-šum-ma [...] | ... tak-eta-e-narašum |
| r_col_13' | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip⸣ SUḪUŠ nu-ḫur-ti [...] | If a man is seized by a ka’ešip-demon, a nuḫurtu-disease |
| r_col_14' | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip⸣ {u₂}šim-ri kab-ba-ra x [...] | If a man is surrounded by a halo of broad juniper |
| r_col_15' | [...] x-⸢te⸣ MUN ku₃-pad ni bu uš ⸢ki⸣ [...] | ... holy salt, ... of E-te-e-23 |
| r_col_16' | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip⸣ x-x-x-x-(x) {⸢u₂⸣}x [...] | If a man |
| r_col_1 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip mu-uḫ₂-ḫa ša SILA₄ la-ki-i ša šam-[mu lā ilemmu] | If a man is bewitched: he will be deprived of the šallû-offering, he shall have no legal claim. |
| r_col_2 | tu-bal ta-ḫaš-šal ta-nap-pi ina ⸢NAGA⸣ [tuštēmid ina mê irammuk-ma iballuṭ] | You bring (them) down, you smear (the mixture) on a piece of fabric, you put (it) on the censer, he drinks it in water, then he will recover. |
| r_col_3 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip {u₂}a-nu-nu-tu₂ u₂-bal i-ḫaš-šal i-nap-pi ina [...] | If a man is bewitched (and) carried away with anūnû-plant: he will become rich and eat in |
| r_col_4 | ina KAŠ i-ra-sa₃-an ina UL uš-bat ina šer₃-ti u₂-sak₆-ma [...] | He drinks it in beer, he lingers on it in the evening, in the morning he rests, and ... |
| r_col_5 | 17 ni-bu [...] | 17 ... |
| r_col_6 | e-pi-šum an-nu-u₂ ina U₄.NA₂.A [teppuš-ma iballuṭ] | You perform this ritual on the day of disappearance of the moon and it will be undone. |
| r_col_7 | [DIŠ] LU₂ ka-šip LU.UB₂{sar} ar₂-ma-nim MUN ku₃-pad {uzu}ELLAG₂ ka-⸢lu⸣-[mi ša šammu lā ilemmu turrar] | If a man is bewitched (and) a scribe has been seized: salt, gold, kidneys, elû-disease, illness of the immune system will return. |
| r_col_8 | ⸢tu⸣-dak-kak ana ŠA₃ KAŠ ta-maḫ-ḫaṣ-ma ina ⸢NAGA⸣ [tuštēmid ina mê irammuk-ma iballuṭ] | You pour etu-dakkak-beer into a beer vessel, and then you put it in a censer. He drinks it in water, then he will recover. |
| r_col_9 | [DIŠ] ⸢LU₂⸣ ka-šip šu-ru-uš NU.LUḪ.ḪA{sar} {u₂}ḪAR.⸢ḪAR⸣ [...] | If a man is bewitched, he is covered with šurû-disease, nuḫurtu-plant, ēdu-plant |
| r_col_10 | [ina] ⸢UL⸣ uš-bat ina šer₃-ti [...] | He sat in the Throne Room, in the deep ... |
| r_col_11 | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip er⸣-re-e ḫa-še-e ba-⸢lu⸣-[uḫ-ḫu ...] | If a man is surrounded by a halo, he is covered with a thick cloud |
| r_col_12 | [x-x-x-x-x-x-(x) ina] ⸢UL uš-bat⸣ [ina šērti ...] | ... in the Eul he sits down. In the morning ... |
| 1' | [... A₂.GU₂.ZI].GA u₂ ⸢ši⸣ [...] | ... aguzig-plant and eši-e-plant |
| 2' | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip⸣ qu₂-lip-ti bi-ni x [...] | If a man is seized by a ka’ešiptu-demon |
| 3' | [x-x-x] A.GAR.GAR MAŠ.DA₃ ša₂ x [...] | ... juniper, excrement of |
| 4' | [x-x-x] ⸢sag⸣ ta nu x [...] | ... the Esaĝ temple, what ...? |
| 5' | [DIŠ LU₂ ka]-⸢šip⸣ ZU₂.LUM.MA x [...] | If a man ... dates |
| 6' | [...] x šu₂ x [...] | ... hand |
| 7' | [x-(x)] ⸢bi an-nu⸣-[...] | Its ... is this ... |
| 8' | ⸢DIŠ LU₂⸣ ka-šip [...] | (If) a man is bewitched |
| l_col_1' | ⸢a-na UŠ₁₁⸣.BUR₂.RU.⸢DA⸣ [...] | “(If) he slips through the cracks of a door, |
| l_col_2' | ŠE.UM ZIZ₂.A.AN ⸢GIG⸣ [(x-x) GU₂.NIG₂.ḪAR].⸢RA {na₄}KU₃.SI₂₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃⸣ | The price of emmer, egypsum, carnelian, gold, lapis lazuli |
| l_col_3' | {na₄}GUG {na₄}NIR₂ x [x-x-x te]-⸢tem⸣-me-er-ma UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM₂ | gukku-stone (and) ṣumlalû-stone ... you write down and then you perform the procedures. |
| l_col_4' | en₂ e₂-nu-ru {d}en:⸢zu⸣ [x-(x)]-x an-e {d}en-ki-ke₄ | Incantation: Enuru temple of Enzue ... An and Enki |
| l_col_5' | lugal-mu-ra [x-x-(x)]-x {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi | For my master Asalluḫi |
| l_col_6' | tum-gu diŋir-re-⸢ne⸣ [(x-x)] nam-mu-un-da-an-bur₂-re | Do not twist the knot of the intertwined ropes |
| l_col_7' | KA.INIM.MA [(x-x-x-x)] UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM₂ | Incantation formula: to undo witchcraft. |
| l_col_8' | DU₃.DU₃.BI bad x [x-x-x-x-x] x-x-x ta-sak₃ | Its ritual: ... you pound ... |
| l_col_9' | ina I₃.⸢GIŠ⸣ [...] | In ... oil |
| l_col_10' | šu-ru-uš {⸢u₂⸣}[...] | The šurud-bird |
| l_col_11' | x-x-x [...] |
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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