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BAM 7, 022 w (P397378)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 7, 022 w |
|---|---|
| ID | P397378 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1 | DIŠ NA ina la si-ma-ni-⸢šu₂ MURUB₄-MEŠ GU₇.MEŠ-šu₂⸣ kim-ṣa-⸢šu₂⸣ [i-za]-⸢qata-šu₂⸣ | If a man is stricken by hunger in a place not suitable for him, the kimšû-demon will kill him. |
| 2 | bur-ka-šu₂ i-kaṣ-ṣa-ṣa-šu₂ NA BI ina meṣ-hi-⸢ru-ti-šu₂ DUR.GIG⸣ | (If) a burkāšu-disease afflicts him: that man will die in his wailing. |
| 3 | ana TI-šu₂ {u₂}KUR.RA {⸢šim}LI {šim⸣}GIG {šim}GUR₂.⸢GUR₂⸣ {u₂}NAM.⸢TI⸣.LA {u₂}NAM.⸢TI⸣.LA | In order to cure him: nīnû-plant, ešumu-juniper, kukru-aromatic, nam.e.l., nam.e&l.el. |
| 4 | ⸢mal⸣-ma-liš SUD₂ ina I₃.UDU HI.⸢HI⸣ al-⸢la-na⸣ DU₃-uš I₃.GIŠ ŠUR.MIN SU₃ ana DUR-šu₂ ⸢GAR-an⸣-ma ina-eš | You pound emališu-plant, you mix it in fat, you make alānû-plant (and) you anoint him with oil from cypress. You pour it into his anus, and then he will recover. |
| 5 | [DIŠ] ⸢KIMIN U₅⸣ ARGAB.MUŠEN {u₂}⸢KUR⸣.RA ⸢ILLU {šim⸣}BULUH ⸢ZU₂⸣.LUM.MA ⸢DILMUN⸣{ki} | If ditto: ēšû-plant, arababmu-bird, ekurru-plant (a kind of juniper), emillu-tree, sulphur, date palm, Dilmun-plant |
| 6 | [AN.DAH].⸢ŠUM⸣ MUN 6 U₂.HI.⸢A⸣ an-nu-ti₃ ⸢alla⸣-nu ⸢šam⸣-ru | Anadḫum-plant, salt, these 6 plants are šamû-plant |
| 7 | [DIŠ KIMIN {u₂]}⸢KUR⸣.RA {u₂}KUR.KUR sah-le₂-e {u₂}⸢šar-ga-la-te U₂⸣.BABBAR U₂⸣.BABBAR | If ditto: ekurru-plant, nīnû-plant (a kind of juniper), cress, ešargalate plant, white plant (and) white plant |
| 8 | {⸢u₂}NU.LUH.HA⸣ {na₄}⸢ga-bi-i {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}LI {šim}ŠEŠ ILLU⸣ a-bu-ka-ti₃ | Nuḫurtu-plant, ēšabû-stone, kukru-aromatic, juniper, sulphur, flood-water |
| 9 | ⸢MUN⸣ 12 U₂.HI.A an-nu-ti a-he-⸢en-na-a GAZ⸣ [SIM ...] x ⸢ina I₃⸣.UDU GABA.LAL₃ | You crush these 12 drugs together. ... ... in fat from a male sheep. |
| 10 | ⸢u ILLU {šim⸣}BULUH SEG₆-šal HI.HI al-la-an DU₃-uš ⸢I₃⸣.[GIŠ ŠUR.MIN SU₃ ina DUR₂]-⸢šu₂ GAR⸣-an-ma ina-eš | You mix ēšu-plant, alum (and) black cumin. You make a suppository. You sprinkle eemû-plant and cypress resin. You put it on his anus and he will recover. |
| 11 | ⸢DIŠ⸣ KI.MIN ⸢I₃.UDU⸣ [ELLAG₂ GUD I₃].⸢UDU ELLAG₂⸣ UDU.NITA₂ ⸢I₃⸣.NUN ⸢I₃⸣ [UDU UR.MAH I₃.GIŠ a-si] ⸢DU⸣.DU-ki | Ditto: ēšû-soapwort, kidney of an ox, fat from a sheep's kidney, oil from the ghee, oil (from) a lion's liver, sesame from the asi-vessel of the E₂.DU-plant. |
| 12 | I₃.MUŠEN ⸢I₃.GIŠ {šim⸣}GIR₂ [I₃.GIŠ x x (x)] {⸢šim⸣}ŠEŠ {⸢šim⸣}x {[šim}BULUH] ⸢ILLU⸣ LI.TAR | (If) a beetroot, ēšû-plant, ṣūru-juniper, ...-plant (and) sulphur. |
| 13 | U₂.BABBAR U₂.BABBAR SUD₂ 1niš HI⸣.[HI (...)] ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣.MEŠ [nap-šal-ti] ⸢DUR₂⸣.GIG | You pound white plant (and) white plant, you mix them together, (and then) you daub (his eyes). |
| 14 | ⸢DIŠ⸣ KI.MIN {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}⸢LI {šim⸣}x [...] x {u₂}pi-⸢ša⸣ [...] ⸢ni⸣ | Ditto: kukru-aromatic, ērišu-juniper, ...-plant, pistachio |
| 15 | {šim}ŠEŠ ILLU LI.DUR ⸢ina⸣ [NE {giš]}⸢KIŠI₁₆⸣ tu-⸢qat⸣-[tar ...] | šūmu-plant, resin of ēru-tree (‘liquorice’) (and) juniper you strew (on them) |
| 16 | ⸢DIŠ⸣ KI.MIN NAGA.SI NAGA.SI qa-la-⸢ti⸣ [...] ⸢nu⸣ [...] | (If) ditto, horned alkali-plant (and) leaf of a qalalûtu-plant ... . |
| 17 | 5 U₂.HI.A an-nu-ti ⸢mal-mal⸣-liš ⸢SUD⸣ x [...] | 5 of these plants: emalmališu-plant, esud-plant |
| 18 | ⸢ZU₂.LUM⸣.MA ⸢DILMUN{ki⸣} HI.HI al-la-na ⸢DU₃⸣-[uš I₃.GIŠ ŠUR.MIN SU₃ ina DUR₂-šu₂ GAR-an ina-eš] | You mix ēšû-juniper (and) E-dilmun. You sprinkle alālu-plant, ‘E’u-e'us-plant with oil from cypress. You put (it) around his anus. He will recover. |
| 19 | ⸢DIŠ⸣ NA ina meṣ-hi-⸢ru-ti⸣-šu₂ DUR₂ GIG NA.BI x [...] | (If) a man suffers from a sore in his left armpit: that man ... . |
| 20 | {giš}⸢ŠU.NIM⸣ [ARA₃]-⸢ti⸣ GAZI{sar} {u₂}⸢ak⸣-[tam ...] | ešūnum-tree (a kind of juniper) (and) kasû-tamarind, eaktam-plant |
| 21 | ⸢ILLU {šim}BULUH {šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ GI.DU₁₀.⸢GA⸣ [...] | eillu-plant, baluhhu-aromatic, kukru-asafoetida, sweet reed |
| 22 | 1niš ta-sak₃ ⸢ina NE {giš}KIŠI₁₆.HAB⸣ [tu-qat-tar ...] | You pound together ēšu-plant (and) irḫû-tree (a kind of juniper) in a leather bag. |
| 23 | DIŠ NA ina meṣ-hi-ru-ti-šu₂ [DUR₂ GIG ...] | If a man suffers from mucus (suālu) on his right side |
| 24 | il-bir-ma ina lam sal [...] | (Sum) It crosses over a river and ... (Akk) It cross over the river and in ... |
| 25 | {giš}GEŠTIN.MEŠ {giš}x [...] | Wine, |
| 26 | x ⸢IGI.DU⸣ [...] | ... ēmuru-plant |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | ina A ⸢GAZI{sar⸣} tara-bak ina KUŠ EDIN SUR-⸢ri⸣ [LA₂-su-ma] | You stir it into a paste in the sap of kasû-tamarind. You bandage him with a leather bag from the open country. |
| 2 | {u₂}HAR.HAR pa-ṣa-a-ti ina I₃+GIŠ HI.[HI al-la-na DU₃-uš ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR-ma ina-eš] | You mix crushed ḫašû-plant in oil, you make a suppository, you place it into his anus, and then he will recover. |
| 3 | DIŠ KI.MIN ŠU.SI-ka mu-ša₂-ṭi NIGIN LAL₃ ⸢SU₃⸣ [...] | If DITTO, your finger is surrounded by a mole: honey, esû-plant |
| 4 | {u₂}NAGA.SI {u₂}NAGA.SI {u₂}zi-ba-a UR.BI ⸢ta⸣-[sak₃ ...] | našû-plant (a kind of juniper) (and) nikiptu-plant are its roots. eta esak-plant |
| 5 | EN MUD₂ E₃-ni ta-kar ki-⸢ma⸣ [...] | “Lord, when he comes out, you turn back. The place of ... |
| 6 | ina I₃.UDU HI.HI al-la-na DU₃-⸢uš⸣ [...] | You mix it in fat, you make a suppository ... |
| 7 | {u₂}AN.KI.AN.DI {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}x [...] | AN.KI.AN.DI-plant, kukru-aromatic, |
| 8 | PA {u₂}ur-zi-ni PA {giš}⸢ASAL₂⸣ [...] | a leaf of urzinnu-plant, leaf of asallû-plant |
| 9 | ina A {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ A ZU₂.LUM.MA I₃.GIŠ u [...] | in the sap of kukru-aromatic, sap of dates, oil and |
| 10 | ina KUŠ EDIN SUR-re LAL₂-su-ma [...] | You smear him with a leather (bag) from the open country, you bandage him and ... |
| 11 | ina DILIM₂.A.BAR₂ KI LAL₃ HI.HI [...] | You mix with honey in a dilīmabar-vessel |
| 12 | DIŠ NA TUN₃-šu₂ GU₇-šu₂ ana ⸢TI-šu₂⸣ [...] | If a man's thigh hurts him, for his life |
| 13 | ⸢KUŠ⸣ [x x] x x x [...] | a cubit |
| 14' | [...] x x x | |
| 15' | [...] x ZI₃ x ⸢ZI₃ GIG⸣ ZI₃.GU₂.GAL | ... flour ... wheat flour (and) coarse flour |
| 16' | [...] ⸢GIM⸣ ra-bi-ki tara-bak ina {kuš}EDIN SUR | ... you stir (the mixture) in a large bowl, you smear it on the floor. |
| 17' | [...] ⸢MEŠ⸣ da-riš NAG.MEŠ-ma ina-eš | ... he drinks it constantly and will get better. |
| 18' | [...] ⸢TUK⸣.TUK-ši MUD₂ u₂-tab-ba-ka | ... its ešukku-vessel filled with blood |
| 19' | [...] x-šu {u₂}KUR.RA sah-le₂-e {u₂}NAGA | ... nīnû-plant, cress, alkali |
| 20' | [... HI.HI al]-⸢la⸣-na DU₃-uš ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR-ma ina-eš | You mix ..., you make an al’elanu-song, you place it into his anus, and then he will get better. |
| 21' | [...] ⸢ŠED₇⸣ DUR₂-šu₂ tu-qat-tar | ... the ešdi-vessel of his anus you will remove |
| 22' | [...] x-ter-ru NIGIN IGI-šu₂ GE₆ | ... is surrounded by a black halo. |
| 23' | [...] ⸢NE⸣ ŠUB-ma {giš}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {giš}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {u₂}IGI-20 | ... ē22NE₃ (means) “you lay down a cedar-tree (and) a cypress tree. |
| 24' | [...] x ⸢A⸣ NAGA.SI NAGA.SI ILLU {šim}BULUH | ... acacia, horned alkali, resin of baluhhu-plant |
| 25' | [... HI.HI al-la-na DU₃-uš] ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR.GAR-an-ma ina-eš | You mix ..., you make an alānu-offering, you place it into his anus, and he will get better. |
| 26' | [...] x x at | ... ... at |
| 27' | [...] x | |
| 28' | [...] U₂ [...] | ... ... |
| 29' | [...] {u₂}⸢u₅-ra⸣-[nu ...] | ... ēru-plant |
| 30' | [...] HI.HI ⸢alla⸣-[an ...] | You mix ... eallānu-plant |
| r i | ||
| 1 | [DIŠ NA ...] ⸢KAŠ⸣ NAG-ma ŠA₃.MEŠ-šu₂ MU₂.MEŠ-hu NA BI DUR₂ GIG U₂.BABBAR U₂.BABBAR {šim}ŠEŠ {šim}BULUH | If a man drinks ēšu-beer, and his blood flows: that man suffers from throbbing of the kidney. White plant, white plant, juniper, sulphur |
| 2 | [... {u₂}KUR].⸢RA⸣ ILLU {šim}BULUH I₃+GIŠ BARA₂.GA ŠEG₆-šal ta-ša₂-hal I₃.UDU UZ{mušen} | ... ērišu-plant, sulphur, baluhhu-aromatic, oil of the tavern you will discard fat from a snake |
| 3 | [...] u I₃.UDU GU₄ nap-šal-tu | ... and fat from an ox for the meal |
| 4 | [... ŠA₃.MEŠ-šu₂ MU₂.MEŠ]-⸢hu NA BI DUR₂⸣ GIG 1/2 SILA₃ ZU₂.⸢LUM 1/2 SILA₃ NIG₂⸣.AR₃.RA GIB₃.BA | (If) his hands are full of blood: that man will suffer from a urinary tract disease. Half a litre of dates, half a qû of ēru-confection. |
| 5 | [ina 3 SILA₃ KAŠ SAG ŠEG₆]-⸢šal⸣ tu-kaṣ₃-ṣa ta-ša₂-hal I₃.GIŠ ana IGI ŠUB ana DUR₂-šu₂ DUB-ak | You crush (and) sieve with 3 qû of first-class beer from the ‘moonrise to sunset’, you pour oil in front of the šub-vessel, you put it on his anus. |
| 6 | [...] x 10 GIN₂ {⸢u₂⸣}ur₂-nu-u 10 GIN₂ {u₂}šib-bur-ra-tu₄ | ... 10 shekels of burnû-plant, 10 (shekels) of šibburratu-plant |
| 7 | [...] 10 GIN₂ {⸢u₂⸣}HAR.SAG 10 GIN₂ {u₂}ZA₃.HI.LI | ... 10 shekels of ḫašû-plant, 10 [shekels] of šalālu-plant |
| 8 | [... 10 ⸢GIN₂⸣ {u₂}šu-mut-tu₂ 10 GIN₂ MUN | 10 shekels of šumuttu-plant |
| 9 | [... 10 GIN₂] {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ 10 GIN₂ {šim}GAM.⸢MA⸣ | 10 shekels of ēšim ekurru-plant, 10 [shekels] of ṣumlalû-plant |
| 10 | [... 10 ⸢GIN₂ {šim⸣}LI 10 GIN₂ {⸢šim⸣}[...] | 10 shekels of burāšu-juniper |
| 11 | [... 10 GIN₂ {giš]}⸢EREN⸣ 10 GIN₂ {giš}x [...] | 10 shekels of cedar wood, 10 š ... wood |
| 12 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 21' | [...] x x ana ⸢GIG⸣ x | ... to the tomb |
| 22' | [...] x ⸢NAG.MEŠ-ma TI⸣ | You anoint him with ... ešamaš-plant and he will recover. |
| 23' | [...] x {na₄}⸢ZU₂.LUM⸣.MA | ... ēru-stone |
| 24' | [...] ⸢GAR-an⸣ alla-nu MUD₂ tar-ṣi | ... ešār-an’e-plant, allanu-plant (and) blood are present |
| 25' | [...] x {u₂}⸢IN₆⸣.UŠ₂ | ... ēšu-plant |
| 26' | [...] x x ⸢NAG⸣.MEŠ | ... esag-plants |
| 27' | [...] x | |
| 56' | [... {im}SAHAR] ⸢NA₄⸣.KUR.RA SUD₂ ina A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] ⸢MA⸣ NAG ina A ir-ta-na-haṣ | You pound saḫlû (‘cress’) (and) ēšāru-plant, he drinks it in water from a well ... (and then) he keeps drinking (it) in water. |
| 57' | [DIŠ] ⸢NA⸣ MUD₂ ina ⸢DUR₂-šu₂⸣ GIM ⸢MUNUS ša⸣ na-⸢ah⸣-[ša₂-tu₂ ŠUB.ŠUB-a] ⸢ta-hi⸣-is-su-ma DUR₂.GIG.GA.KAM₂ | If blood flows from a nānu-vessel in its outlet like that of a woman, it drips from the taḫîsu-vengeance and it is an urgigga-disease. |
| 58' | [NU] ⸢TUKU ter-di⸣-it ir-ri ⸢GIG⸣ {[im}KAL.LA {im}SAHAR.NA₄.KUR.RA {u₂}NU].⸢LUH⸣.HA SUD₂ ina KAŠ NAG | You pound nuku-plant, terdītu-plant (a kind of sulphur), egypsum, kallû-stone, saḫarnakku-aromatic (and) ēru-plant and he drinks them in beer. |
| 59' | [KU].⸢KU {na₄⸣}KA.GI.NA DIB.⸢BA ina {sig₂⸣}HE₂.[ME.DA NIGIN-mi I₃.GIŠ {giš]}⸢EREN⸣ SU₃ ana DUR₂-šu₂ GAR-an | You wrap ēku-plant (and) kagina-stone in red wool. You sprinkle sesame oil and cedar oil on it and you put it on his anus. |
| 60' | [ur]-⸢ne₂⸣-e ina KAŠ NAG.⸢MEŠ⸣ ina A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [ŠED₇ ir-ta-na-haṣ PA] {⸢giš⸣}GI₆.PAR₃ PA {giš}šu-ši | He drinks ur-ēšû-plant in beer, he drinks it in water, (and then) he will get better. |
| 61' | [PA] {⸢giš⸣}EME.UR.GI₇ PA {giš}⸢KIŠI₁₆-ha⸣-[ah PA] ⸢UGA⸣{mušen} PA {giš}PEŠ₃ | ..., ēšû-plant, hound's-tongue, fox-vine, ṣāru-tree, rhyton, mušen-plant |
| 62' | [PA {giš]}⸢UR₂.TAL₂⸣.TAL₂ ⸢GAZ⸣ ina ⸢KAŠ ta⸣-[la-aš GUR-ma] ⸢E₃⸣ GAZ ina I₃.UDU HI.⸢HI ina⸣ KUŠ te-ṭer-re LA₂ | You boil down ēšû-tree ('tamarisk') (and) egẓālu-plant in beer, you heat it up, and then you crush (them), you mix them in fat, you bandage him with a leather (bag). |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [E₂.GAL {m}AN.SAR₂-DU₃ A MAN ŠU₂ MAN {kur}AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | Palace of Ashurbanipal, son of King of the World, King of Assyria |
| 2' | ⸢ša⸣ {[d}AG (u₃) {d}taš-me-tu₄ GEŠTU-MIN DAGAL-tu₄] ⸢iš⸣-ru-ku-⸢uš⸣ | “House of Nabû and Tašmētu, Widespread Wisdom, E-ruku-E-uše-e-23 |
| 3' | ⸢e-hu⸣-[uz]-⸢zu IGI-MIN ZALAG₂⸣-[tu₄ ni-siq ṭup]-⸢šar⸣-ru-⸢ti⸣ | “Seizing the eyes is the gift of the scribal art. |
| 4' | ša ina LUGAL-MEŠ-⸢ni a⸣-lik ⸢mah⸣-[ri-ia mim-ma šip-ru šu-a-tu] ⸢la⸣ i-hu-⸢uz-zu⸣ | That which among the kings I marched to my yoke, whatever that work I did, he did well. |
| 5' | ⸢bul⸣-ṭi TA muh-hi ⸢EN UMBIN⸣ [liq-ti BAR.MEŠ ta-hi-zu nak-la] | Its ebullû-vessel is from the ēl-bēlu-scepter. The liqtu-offerings (and) the taḫizu-disease are severe. |
| 6' | [a-zu]-⸢gal⸣-lu-tu₂ {d}nin-⸢urta⸣ [u {d}gu-la ma-la ba-aš₂-mu] | As many as there are Azu-egal-elutu, Ninurta-e and Gula |
| 7' | [ina ṭup-pa]-⸢a-ni⸣ aš₂-[ṭur as-niq IGI.KAR₂-ma] | I have written on tablets, checked, collated, and |
| 8' | [a-na] ⸢ta-mar-ti⸣ [ši-ta-si-ia qe₂-reb E₂.GAL u₂-kin] | I established them in the middle of my palace for my reading and recitation. |
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