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AMT pl. 006 02 (P397434)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 006 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397434 |
| 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 | [...] _masz2#_ sza2 ina _sag {lu2}gig keszda_-su | ... the kid who is bound in the head of a sick person |
| 2 | [... _en2]_ tum3#-mu _e2 egir_-szu2 _szid_-nu | ... you recite the incantation 'Building a house behind it'. |
| 3 | [... _ba-ab]-du8#_ : sza2 pi-it pi-i-szu2 ana dum-qi2 _gar_-nu | ... bābdû-disease (means): that which is placed in the mouth of his mouth for good fortune. |
| 4 | [... _ba-an]-gar#_ : ina bi-ti sza2 szip-tu in-na-du-u2 | ... will be placed : in the house where the ritual is performed. |
| 5 | [... _ba-an]-ak_ : ina _min_ sza2 szip-ti usz-szi-pu# | ... he will die. : In "the ditto of the incantation he stirs" |
| 6 | [...] _bi-e#-ne_ : be-lum mesz-re-ti-szu2 ana dum#-mu#-[qi2] | ... : the lord of his cultic rites for good fortune |
| 7 | [...] _lu2# tu-ra-sze3_ : be-lum ana la-mad [...] | ... to a stranger : the lord to ... |
| 8 | [...] _da#-a-ni masz2 sag lu2 tu-ra_ [...] | ... his father, the first-born son of a young man ... |
| 9 | [...] er#-szi-szu2 u2-ri-s,u2 ina re-esz mar#-[s,i ...] | ... its foundations are twisted, at the head of the grave ... |
| 10 | [...] _na#-sze3 mu-un-da-gub-gub-bu-u2#_ [...] | ... stood ready to stand ... |
| 11 | [...] _szilam-ma szu u-me-ti_ : sza2-[man ...] | ... shalamma means "hand of a ghost" : shaman ... |
| 12 | [...] dara3# musz2 igi# [...] | ... wild bull with a stinging face |
| 13 | [... im]-mer# ad-re#-[e ...] | ... the threshing floor ... |
Sources & licences
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