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BAM 7, 002 b1 (P397121)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 7, 002 b1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397121 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | (traces) | (traces) |
| 2' | _[DISZ na_ ...] x _dab-mesz-ta_ i-na-at, [...] | If a man is seized by ...: he will die .... |
| 3' | [...] ana# _ti_-szu2 _mud zabar_ ana _gesz3#_-[szu2 _mu2_-ah ...] | ... in order to save his life, bronze was added to his body ... |
| 4' | [...] ana _gesz3_-szu2 _mu2_-ah-ma i#?-[ne-esz] | ... he screamed at his feet and then |
| 5' | _[DISZ na_ i]-na#-at,-ma ina _gin_-szu2 re-hu-su _gin_-ma _nu zu gin7_ sza2 ana _munus gin_-ma# [...] | If a man is seized by a nadītu-disease and his left intestines are swollen and he does not know how to heal it: he who has sex with a woman and .... |
| 6' | [... _u3]-bu2#-bu2-ul_ sziq-ta _diri {im}sahar-na4-kur-ra naga si sud2_ ina i3#?-gesz#_ [...] | ... šiqtu-sulphur, saḫarnû-stone, alum (and) horned alkali, in oil ... |
| 7' | [...] _dub#_ ina i3_ hal-s,i u _kasz-sag nu_ pa-tan _nag#_ [...] | ... you knead the tablet in filtered oil and premium beer on an empty stomach ... |
| 8' | [ina _a {gesz}sze]-na2#-a ra_-su-ma [...] | in water from a threshing-sledge he smeared him and ... |
| 9' | _[DISZ na_ ina _gen_-szu2] re#-hu-su _gen_-ma _nu zu_ ka-la u2-ri-szu2 [...] | If a man, while on his way, is still alive and does not know his entire body .... |
| 10' | _[u3]-bu2-bu2-ul tur-mesz diri {im}sahar-na4-kur-ra naga [si sud2_ ...] | small ububul-vessels, extra; saḫlû-stone, alum, horned alkali, ... |
| 11' | [ina _mud] zabar#_ ana musz-tin-ni-szu2 _dub_ ina _i3_ u _kasz hi-hi nag_-ma _gesztin ka5-[a_ ...] | You knead it in bronze into his thigh, you smear it with oil and beer, and then he will get better wine .... |
| 12' | _[DISZ na_ ...] _gesz3_-szu2 _mud2 lugud e3-mesz_-szu2 _gin7_ s,i-bit _ur-bar-ra_ lu x [...] | If a man ... his temples are full of blood, his coming outs are as if they were the nails of a dog ... .... |
| 13' | [... ] _szesz2_ rib-ki ina _a gazi{sar} kum2 szid_ ina [... _nag_ ...] | ... you crush (and) sieve a third of a shekel of šēdu-plant in juice from gazelle pomace, you knead it in ... ... |
| 14' | _[DISZ na_ ...] tas#-li-a-te-szu2 _tag-ga_-szu2 _kasz3-mesz_-szu2 _dab-mesz_-ta# [...] | If a man ... his taslītu-disease affects him, his urine seized him ... |
| 15' | [...] _egir#? kasz_ u _ga szeg6_-szal isz-tu e-la-an u2-ri#-[szu2 ...] | ... after? beer and milk were cold, from above his city ... |
| 16' | [...] x _lal2 {szim}szesz sud2_ ina _kasz_ u _[ga hi-hi_ ...] | ... ... you knead honey (and) murru-aromatic, you mix them in beer and milk ... |
| 17' | [...x] x _nu#_ pa#!-tan#! 7(disz) _u4-me nag_-ma# [...] | ... ... you take it on an empty stomach for 7 days and ... |
| 18' | [...] x sza2 x [...] | ... of ... |
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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