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BAM 5, 477 (P397755)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 477 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397755 |
| 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' | [...] lu _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ | ... or humanity |
| 3' | [...] _sig2 ugu-dul-bi_ ina _kusz_ | ... was covered in wool: in a leather bag. |
| 4' | [...] x masz-da3 eme-da gir2-tab_ | ... gazelle droppings from the tongue of a scorpion |
| 5' | [... x]-s,a _tesz2-bi_ ina _kusz_ | ... ... together in a leather bag. |
| 6' | [...] x _babbar an-bar_ he-pi2 _sig2 ugu-dul-bi_ | ... ... white ..., iron, broken, wool, it covered. |
| 7' | [... _nam]-lu2-u18-lu_ ina _kusz#_ | ... humanity in a leather bag. |
| 8' | [...] he-pi2 _sahar ka2-gal sahar_ ne-be2-ri ina _kusz#_ | ... broken, earth from the gate of the neberu-field in a leather bag. |
| 9' | [...] _mah#_ he-pi2 _sahar masz2-sag a-gar-gar masz-da3_ ina _[kusz]_ | ... a large ... of broken bricks, earth, mashsag-stone, agargar-stone and gazelle droppings in a leather bag. |
| 10' | [...] hu#-la-a _{tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2_ ina _gu2_-szu2 [x x x] | ... the rider of the nigdašû-garment on his neck |
| 11' | [...] _{na4}{d}nin-urta nita2_ [x x x] | ... the stone of Ninurta, the man ... |
| 12' | [...] ina _kusz du3-du3-bi_ ina _gu2_-szu2# _[gar_-an] | ... you put it on his neck with a leather bag. |
| 13' | [...] _bal-gi[{ku6}_ ...] | ... balgi fish ... |
| 14' | [...] _sud2#_ sa [...] | ... rain ... ... |
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
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