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AMT pl. 054 01 (P397312)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 054 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397312 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x ma ⸢al nu⸣ x x x x x [...] | ... does not enter ... |
| 2' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ 3 UD-me LAL₂-su-ma {u₂}NU.LUH.HA ⸢SUD₂⸣ [...] | ... you bandage him for 3 days and nuhurtu-plant, ešudu-plant |
| 3' | [x x x x NUMUN {giš]}⸢GADA⸣ {u₂}GIR₃ UGA{mušen} {šim}BULUH ILLU {šim}[BULUH ...] | ... seed of ēšakku-tree, ṣumlalû-plant, thornbush, baluhhu-aromatic, alum |
| 4' | [x x x (x) {u₂]}⸢IGI.NIŠ⸣ {u₂}NU.LUH.HA NAGA SI mal-ma-liš SUD₂ ina ⸢KAŠ⸣ [...] | You pound ēriš-plant, nuḫurtu-plant (a kind of juniper), malmālu-stone (and) ... in beer ... |
| 5' | [x x x (x)] ⸢SUD₂⸣ ina I₃.NUN.NA HI.HI DU₃.A.BI SU-šu₂ ŠEŠ₂-MEŠ ⸢bah⸣-[ru-su ...] | ... you mix esud̂-plant in ghee. All this, his body will recover. ebarussu-plant |
| 6' | [DIŠ NA MUR-MEŠ] ⸢GIG⸣ DABIN {šim}LI ana IGI NE {giš}KIŠI₁₆ ⸢ta⸣-[sar₂-raq ...] | If a man is seized by ‘nose’ of a sick lung: juniper in front of the moon; ēšû-tree, eta-sarraq-plant |
| 7' | [x x x (x)] x KA-šu₂ u na-hi-ri-šu₂ KU₄-ub ⸢uš-ta⸣-[as₂-ʾa-al ...] | ... enters his mouth and nostrils. euštāša-alal |
| 8' | [x x x (x) EME]-⸢šu₂⸣ DAB-bat ra-bi-⸢ik ZI₃.KUM⸣ [...] | (If) a lizard seizes ...: the chief of the millers will ... flour. |
| 9' | [x x x (x)] SUD₂ ina KAŠ ⸢SAG⸣ [...] | You pound ..., in beer (and) esaĝu-plant |
| 10' | [...] ⸢ana IGI⸣ NE {giš}KIŠI₁₆ ⸢ta⸣-[sar₂-raq ...] | ... in front of ... juniper, ēsarraq-plant |
| 11' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x ⸢IM.SAHAR⸣.NA₄.KUR.RA ⸢I₃ {giš}EREN⸣ [...] | ... emaḫara-plant, ešû-plant (and) cedar |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ina A⸣ NAG {šim}LI {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {{ {u₂}KUR.KUR }} {šim}HAB ina A ⸢ŠEG₆-šal⸣ [...] | He drinks ... in water from a well. You mix juniper, kukru-aromatic, nīnû-plant, ḫašu-plant in the water of the ‘after-sun’ ritual. |
| 4' | [...] {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}HAB DIŠ-niš GAZ SIM ina ⸢I₃.GIŠ⸣ [...] | You crush together ēšim-plant (and) ḫašû-plant, you mix them in oil |
| 5' | [...] x {u₂}HAR.HAR KA-šu₂ ta-kap-par IM.SAHAR.NA₄.KUR.RA I₃ {giš}EREN ana na-⸢hi(HIR-)[ri-šu₂ ...] | ... you wipe his mouth with ḫašû-plant, imšarnakuri-plant oil (and) cedar oil to his nostrils |
| 6' | [...] ⸢LAL₃⸣ KUR.RA u₂-na-aṭ-ṭa GEŠTIN KA₅.A GAZI{⸢sar⸣} {u₂}HAR.HAR ina A ŠEG₆-šal [...] | ... esalû-plant he smears on the mountain, he pours filtered wine, mustard, ḫašūzu-plant in water |
| 7' | [...] {⸢šim⸣}LI {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}HAB PA {giš}ur₂-ne₂-e PA {giš}šu-ši PA GI x [...] | ... ēšim-plant, kukru-aromatic, ḫašû-plant (and) urnu-tree (plant), ṣūru-juniper(?) ... |
| 8' | [...] x DIŠ-niš GAZ SIM ina I₃.UDU HI.HI ina KUŠ SUR-ri [...] | ... you crush (and) sieve ... together, you mix them in fat, you smear (the mixture) on a piece of leather |
| 9' | [... IM.SAHAR].NA₄.KUR.RA NAGA U₂ BABBAR DIŠ-niš SUD₂ KA-šu₂ ta-kap-par₂ I₃ {giš}EREN ana na-hi-ri-šu₂ MU₂ ⸢LAL₃⸣ x [...] | You pound [... alum], saḫlû-cress, white plant (and) white plant. You wipe his mouth. You pour cedar oil into his nostrils. You recite the incantation “Ealalu-plant, ... ...] |
| 10' | [...] {u₂}HAR.HAR {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}LI {giš}ar₂-gan-na GAZI{sar} ina A ŠEG₆-šal x [...] | ... ḫašû-plant, kukru-aromatic, juniper, tamarisk (and) mustard in water |
| 11' | [...] x x ⸢ŠIM.HI.A⸣ A.GAR.GAR MAŠ.DA₃ IM.GU₂.EN.NA IM.GU₂.EN.NA ILLU ba-lu-hi PA {giš}x [...] | ... ešūmû-plant, mesu-tree, gazelle droppings, alum, ... |
| 12' | [...] ⸢GABA⸣-su LAL-id x [x] x [x x] x [...] | ... his breast-bone ... ... |
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- 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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