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BAM 5, 476 (P397481)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 476 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397481 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] _du3-du3 gu2# gar#_-an# | ... you build ... and you set up a throne. |
| 3' | [...] _szurun {d}gu4 {u2}an-ki-nu-te_ | ... oxen and ankinūtu-plant |
| 4' | [...] _pesz10#-{d}id2_ ina _kusz_ | ... Ištar in a leather bag |
| 5' | [...] ni-kip-tu2 ina _kusz_ | ... nikiptu-plant in a leather bag. |
| 6' | [...] zaq#-qap _e2 dingir_ ina _kasz i3-sumun_ zaq-qap _e2 dingir szub_-i | ... is destroyed: the god's temple will be destroyed by beer and oil. |
| 7' | [...] _sahar e2 lu2-nu-kiri6 sahar e2 lu2-tin-na_ | ... the soil of the gardener's house, the dust of the house of the cook |
| 8' | [...] _sahar e2 munus_ sza2 _u3-tu ku5_-at _ki_ si-hi-ip-ti ap2-pa-sza2-ti _hi-hi#_ | ... the earth of the woman's house that has been cut off is from the openings of the windows. |
| 9' | [...] x _du3#-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-[an] | ... ... you make. You put it on his neck. |
| 10' | [... _eme-szid] kun min-na eme_ u _mud2_ sza2 _buru5-habrud-da nita_ ina _ge6_ sza2 _du_-ku-ma _nim_ i-pa-ru [x] | ... the tail of a lizard is split, the second one is split. The tongue and blood of the male rock-partridge in the night that you go and the east wind blows ... |
| 11' | [...] _u2#_ ub-bi-ru _kasz3 munus u2-zug2_ sza2 _nita u3-tu eme_ ha-ar-ri-rat# | ... he eats grass, he drinks beer: the woman will die. The tongue of a man will be swollen. |
| 12' | [...] x _masz gesz-hur ge6 sag:du du su-tin{muszen} u5_ rak-ka-bi ina _kusz {mi2}asz2-gar3 gesz3 nu-zu#_ | ... ... black goat's head, a bat eagle's hair, its tail in a leather bag that is not suitable for a female kid |
| 13' | [...] _muszen tin ur3-ra du3-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you put a bird of the lapis lazuli on his neck. |
| 14' | [...] _a#_ ud-du-pu _muszen pa ti8{muszen}_ na-ah-ti _musz-tur_ ni-ih-ti _eme-[szid]_ | ... a bird, the mouth of a swallow, a pigeon, the stomachs of an emešid-bird |
| 15' | [... x]-lum# sza2 _pap-hal_ sza2 2(gesz2) 3(u) sza2 _ansze-kur-ra_ sza2 1(u) 5(disz) _eme-szid kun min-na igi gu4 ge6_ | ... ... of the paphal, of 180 horses, of 15 tongues, two-thirds of the black-headed ones. |
| 16' | [...] _nim ur4-ur4_ tin-bu-ut-ti _a-sza3 sig2 {u2}ugax(NAGA){ga}{muszen} ge6_ ina _kusz_ | ... lightning flashed continuously, the field was covered with black flies. |
| 17' | _pa# ti8 muszen szir lu2-mesz_ ina _kusz_ | a bird's nest, the scent of men, in a leather bag; |
| 18' | [...] _kum2#_-mi {u2}la2 {u2}sumun-dar_ ina _kusz_ | ... is feverish: larder and juniper in a leather (bag). |
| 19' | [...] x _ge6 uruda nita2_ ina _kusz_ | ... ... night, male copper in a leather bag |
| 20' | [...] _musz_ {u2}a-nu-nu-tu _suhusz_ u2-ra-an-nim ina _kusz_ | ... snake, anunnūtu-plant, the base of the 'finger' ... in a leather (bag). |
| 21' | [...] _{u2}la2 im-babbar_ {na4}lu-lu-tu2 | ... white plant, lulutu-stone |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] _ugu-dul-bi_ [...] | ... its canopy ... |
| 2' | [...] _ka-gal ur-gi7 ge6 sig2 nig ge6 sig2 kun# ur-gi7 ge6_ | ... the gate of the lion. Night of the black-headed people, it was covered in red-purple wool. Night, the tail of a lion |
| 3' | [... _{mi2}asz2-gar3] gesz3 nu-zu_ | ... female kid that does not know a herdsman |
| 4' | [...] _ge6 imin-bi e-ne-ne szu-u-me-ti su-ta u-me-ni-du3-du3 gu2-ba gar_ | ... the seven nights, they sat down on the throne. |
| 5' | [...] _{u2}gir2 suhusz {u2}ku6 numun {gesz}ma-nu {u2}szakir si dara3-masz igi gu4_ tu2-s,a-pat [x] | ... šēpê-plant, root of fish, seed of manu-tree, juniper, horn of an ox, you smear (it) on the front of the bull ... |
| 6' | [...] _szu-u-me-ti su-ta u-me-ni-du3-du3 gu-ba gar al#_-an | ... he set up a statue of himself, he placed it on his left. |
| 7' | [...] _nu-zu sig2 {mi2}asz2-gar3 gesz3 nu-zu babbar_ u _ge6 szu-u-me-ti_ | ... did not know; wool, ebony, untanned, white and black. |
| 8' | [... _u]-me-ni-du3-du3 gu2-ba gar_ | ... he built, he set up a throne. |
| 9' | [...] _sig2 sag-du munus nu u3-tu ga {mi2}asz2-gar3 u2-zug2_ ina _kusz_ | ... wool, the head of a woman not born, milk from a female kid (and) emmer in a leather bag |
| 10' | [...] x pi-s,al-lu{muszen} _kun eme-szid gun3-a i3-udu_ a-a-ar2-_dingir_ ina _kusz_ | ... a piṣallu-bird, tail of a speckled snake, oil of Aya-ilī in a leather bag. |
| 11' | [...] x _du an-ta-szub-ba_ ni-s,ir-ti _lu2 {d}nanna abgal uri3{ki}_ | ... ... the nadītu of Nanna, the en-priestess of Ur |
| 12' | [... _lil2]-la2#-en-na ki-sikil-lil2-la2-en-na ugu_-szu2 _szub_-tu2 _numun {gesz}szinig_ ina _kusz_ | ... the lilû-demon and the kisīl-lili&tcnu-disease fell upon him. The seed of a tamarisk in a leather bag |
| 13' | [...] x sza2 lem-nu-tu# ni-kip-tu2 _nita2_ u _munus_ ina _kusz#_ | ... ... of evil, the nikiptu-demon of man and woman in a leather bag. |
| 14' | [...] x x _bil-za-za sig7_ ina _kusz#_ | ... ... yellow-green wool in a leather bag. |
| 15' | [...] ina _kusz#_ | ... with a leather bag |
| 16' | [...] _gul#_ ina _kusz#_ | ... is destroyed; in a leather bag. |
| 17' | [...] u x ina _[kusz]_ | ... and ... in a leather bag. |
| 18' | [...] x _zalag_ ina _kusz#_ | ... ... it was bright, it could be seen while the sun stood there. |
| 19' | [...] ina _kusz#_ | ... with a leather bag |
| 20' | [...] | |
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