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BAM 6, 557 (P397472)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 557 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397472 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| 2' | ar3# _sim_ ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 hi-hi_ ina x [...] | ... in fat from a sheep's kidney, ... ... |
| 3' | [...] _igi# izi {gesz}{u2}gir2 szub_-di {dug}bur-[zi-gal_ ...] | ... you burn the fire with a torch, a bowl of ... |
| 4' | _a2#-mesz_ sza2 ina _nig2-sila11-ga2 ziz2-am3 usz2_-hi _gi#_ [...] | The labor that is in my ration is emmer, dead reed .... |
| 5' | _lal3#_ u _i3-nun-na_ ana _ka_-szu2 _gar_-an ina _{gi}sag-kud_ x [...] | You put honey and ghee into his mouth. With a reed mat ... ... |
| 6' | _mur-mesz_-szu2 _sig3_-as, 9(disz) _u4_-me an-na-a _du3-mesz_-ma# [...] | His skin is reddish, 9 days have passed and ... |
| 7' | _[DISZ] ki-min gu2-gal sud2_ ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 hi-hi_ ina _{gesz}u18-x_ | If ditto: you knead gugal-plant in fat from a sheep’s kidney (and) ...-plant |
| 8' | [ina] _igi# ne {gesz}kiszi16 szub 9(disz) u4_-me an-na-a _du3-mesz_-ma# [...] | In front of the horns the date palm fell. The 9th day they were made and ... |
| 9' | _[DISZ] ki#-min {u2}kur-kur sud2_ ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 hi-hi_ ina _{gesz}u18-[x_ ...] | If ditto: you pound kurkurru-plant, you mix it in fat from a male sheep, you ... it with a ...-wood . |
| 10' | [...] _u4_-me an-na#-[a] _du3-mesz_-ma# [...] | ... these days are made and ... |
| 11' | _[DISZ] na# mur-mesz_-szu2# x x [...] x _mur-mesz_-szu2 i-sa-[al-lu] | If a man's kidneys ... ... his kidneys are full. |
| 12 | [...] _lugud szub_ me#-e {u2}ha-zal-lu#-nu# _sud2 ki a_ x [...] | ... the river level receded, water from ḫasallunu-plant fell ... ... |
| 13' | [ina] _a2#_ tu-szap-ra-szu2-ma _en mud2 mur#-[mesz]_ | You send him at the right side, and the lord of murmurs will die. |
| 14' | e#-nu-ma ina su-a-li-szu2 [...] | When in his sleep ... |
| 15' | ina _i3_ hal-s,i _nu_ pa-tan x [...] | in filtered oil, without dining ... ... |
| 16' | szum4-ma _mud2 dugud_-szu2 {u2}ha-zal#-[lu-nu] | If his heavy blood is hazallû-plant |
| 17' | ina _i3_ hal-s,i _nag_-szu2 [...] | You anoint him with filtered oil ... |
| 18' | ir-te-qu _i3_ hal-s,a [...] | he has taken, filtered oil ... |
| 19' | _DISZ_-szu2 _min_-szu2 _esz_-szu2 _nag-mesz_ [...] | If his kidneys are swollen, his new one ... .... |
| 20' | _DISZ# na# mur-mesz_-szu2 _lugud_ u _murub4 mur-mesz_-szu2 [...] | If a man's kidneys are full of swelling and his middle part .... |
| 21' | [...] _szub-mesz_-a {u2}ha-zal-lu-na# [...] | ... fell, hazalluna-plant ... |
| 22' | _eme#_-szu2 _dab_-bat _nag_-ma ana [...] | his tongue will seize him, he will drink it and to .... |
| 23' | [tu]-masz#-sza2-a' _tag-tag_-ma szum-ma _mud2_ ik-[tab-tu-szu2 ...] | You extinguish it, and if blood flows from it .... |
| 24' | x [...] x x _ka_-szu2 tu#-qar#-ra-ar2-ma [...] | ... ... you raise his mouth and ... |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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