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BAM 6, 524 (P397510)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 524 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397510 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | ki-i la is,-li-mu x x x [...] | If he does not see ... |
| 2' | il-lik _gir2_ ina _igi_-szu2 u3 x [...] | he went, the foot in front of him and ... ... |
| 3' | a-na {d}e2-a x [...] | To Ea |
| 4' | _mud2 giri17 tar_-su _mud2_ ti-ri# [...] | Its nose-rope is covered in blood .... |
| 5' | ina qi2-bit {d}gu-la [...] x [...] | By the command of Gula |
| 6' | _sa_-ka lik-ka-s,ir-ma ih#-ha#-tu2 lid-di# | May your knees be straightened, and may they be loosened. |
| 7' | _du3-du3-bi_ su-gin3 _{gesz}ig_ su-gin3 _{gesz}sag-kul#_ | Its ritual: A door, a door, and a bolt. |
| 8' | su#-gin3 _{gesz}nu-kusz2-u3 an-ta ki-ta_ | a leather strap on the upper and lower side |
| 9' | [x] x _sig2 sa5 nu-nu 7(disz) ka-keszda kesz2_ | ... red wool, unblemished; 7 knots, knotted. |
| 10' | [e]-ma _kesz2 en2 szid_-nu ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2_-ma ina-esz | When you tie the knot, you recite the incantation, you tie it to his temple, and then he will get better. |
| 11' | [x] x _{u2}in6-usz2 {sig2}he2-med nigin_ ana _ka mur_-szu2 _gar_ | ... of ēru-plant (and) blue-purple wool, it was set towards the mouth of his illness. |
| 12' | in# dar _gid2 ki-na kimin_ | in the middle of a reed bundle, the foundation is firm. |
| 13' | [x] _en2 la-e ba-an-szu-e-de3_ | ... the incantation “If he does not remove it,’ |
| 14' | [x] _x-da ha-ra-an-ta_ | x ...s each, a half; |
| 15' | [x] _x-ke4 im-gin7 ba-hu-de3_ | ... like clay was poured out. |
| 16' | [x x] bi-la-as-su sza ga-ni-s,i2-[x ...] | ... his ... that I want to ... |
| 17' | [x x] {d#}amar-utu_ ina qi2-bit _{d}amar-utu_ lib-lut, [...] | May ... Marduk live according to the command of Mard[uk] |
| 18' | [x x x] u# 7(disz) u 7(disz)# x [...] x x x [...] | ... and 7 and 7 ... |
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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