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BAM 6, 573 (P397759)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 573 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397759 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x x bu#? x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [ana _gurusz_ dam-qi2 ana] _ki-sikil_ da-me-eq#-tu4# usz#-szir3# _gurusz#_-ma# _[e2]_ | To a good man, to a beautiful young woman, I have sung the praises of the young man and the house. |
| 3' | [li-pu-usz usz-szir3 ar-da]-tu2# qin-na liq-run ir-ru _suh4#_-hu-ru zi-ir kar-szum | May he perform. The scepter of the extispicy may he bind. The incantation of a supplication, the invocation of karshum |
| 4' | _[u2_ szi-i] ri#-qi2-tu2 bu-up#-pa#-ni-sza2 sah-pat | “That plant, the reed bundles of her buppānû-plant, is smashed. |
| 5' | [lisz-lim kar]-szum# ir-ru-szu2 <lisz?>-te-sze-ru-ma | May it be well with him! He has sinned against him, and |
| 6' | [ri-qi2-tu2 lit]-ru#-us, _gin7 tumu#_ ina szu-bur-ri | May a riqītu-disease afflict him like a wind in the middle of the night. |
| 7' | _[gin7_ gi-szu-ti] ina _zi_-ti li#-s,a-a _en2_ | Like a reed bundle may it go out of my body. Incantation formula. |
| 8' | [...] ina _sza3_-bi _szub_-di _en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu _nag_-szu2-ma ina-esz | You recite the incantation seven times over it, you anoint him, and then he will get better. |
| 9' | [...] x _suhusz# {gesz}nam-tar nita2 suhusz_ {gesz}szu-szum | ... the foundation of a man’s namtar tree, the foundations of cypress |
| 10' | [...] _numun#_ {u2#}tu-lal _numun {u2}szakira_ | ... seed of tullal-plant, seed of date palm |
| 11' | [...] x _nag_-szu2 | ... ... you have him drink it. |
| 12' | [...] x x bu-ru-um-me | ... they are smitten |
| 13' | [...] sza#? at _ad6_ | ... which? at sunset |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | ina _igi#?_ [...] | in front of? ... |
| 2' | u2-na-s,a-bu# [...] | They will take away ... |
| 3' | _ka-inim-ma_ ana [...] | Wording for ... |
| 4' | _en2 na-re-esz#_ [...] | Incantation: “The scribal art . . |
| 5' | _hul-pa-ak_ x [...] | evil ... ... |
| 6' | _ka-inim-ma_ ana _ugu#_ [...] | Wording for .... |
| 7' | _en2_ man-nu ib-tuq#? [...] | Incantation: "Who has ...ed ...? |
| 8' | u3 sah-hi-in#? [...] | and sahhin(?) ... |
| 9' | x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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