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BAM 5, 452 (P396673)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 452 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396673 |
| 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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ga#? ga _na bi#_ [...] | ... ... that ... |
| 3' | [... _{na4?}]an#-bar_ {na4#}[x ...] | ... iron, ... stone |
| 4' | [...] _gar_-an-ma [...] | ... you set up and ... |
| 5' | _[DISZ ki-min_ ...] _numun {gesz}szinig numun {u2}in-nu-usz#_ {u2#}[x ...] | If ditto: seeds of tamarisk, seeds of innušu-plant, ...-plant |
| 6' | [...] _lal3 kur-ra hi-hi_-ma ina _mul_ tusz#?-[bat] | ... honey from the mountains is added and you sit in the star?. |
| 7' | [ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ana] _igi {d}utu_ ina _ugu esir had2-ra2 gub-ba_-ma _[nag_-ma] | In the Aguziga in front of Šamaš, on top of a pile of bricks stand, and drink, and |
| 8' | [... _{na4}]ka#-gi-na dab-ba_ ina _i3-gesz szur-min3 szesz2#_-[su] | You pound kagina-stone (and) you anoint him with it with oil from a šurminu-vessel. |
| 9' | [...] _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ep-szu2-szu2 pa-sze-[er] | … the zekuruda-demon, his deed is to be undone. |
| 10' | _[DISZ na_ ...] _giri3-min_-szu2 i-ra-'u-ba _ka_-szu2 ru-pu-usz-tu2 [...] | If a man ... his feet hurt, his mouth is swollen .... |
| 11' | _[na bi zi-ku5-ru-da] gu7# nag szesz2 alam zi-ku5#-[ru-da_ ...] | If a man is seized by a zikuruda-demon: he will eat, drink, and anoint his brother with an ikukurudû-demon .... |
| 12' | _[ki usz2_ szu-nu-ul ana] pa-sza!-ri-im#-ma# _zi#?_ [...] | If the place of death is inaccessible to the eye and ... .... |
| 13' | [...] _{u2#}igi#_-lim# u2#? [...] | ... tamarisk |
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