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AMT pl. 069 02 (P397802)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 069 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397802 |
| 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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | _DISZ na giri3-min_-szu2 _gig_-ma te-ba-a u#? u2#?-zu#?-zu la# [x x x x] | If a man’s feet are sick, and he constantly trembles and does not ... his sleep? |
| 3' | u3 _szu-min_-szu2 _giri3-min_-szu2 i-ra-'-ub _na bi ki-gub maszkim_ x [x x x x] | and his hands and feet he shall cut off. That ... the position of the responsible official ... |
| 4' | ana# _giri3-min_-szu2 bul-lu-t,i _{dug}a-gub2-ba_ ta-hab-bu ina _mul4#_ [x x] | For his feet, for the well-being of the throne-bearer, you strew a libation vessel; in the star ... |
| 5' | ana _sza3_ {gesz}bi-ni _{u2}in6-usz2 {gesz}geszimmar-tur gi szul-hi i3-gesz erin i3 du10-ga_ [x] | into it: juniper, tamarisk, reed, šulḫu-tree, sesame oil, good oil |
| 6' | _i3-nun-na szub_-di-ma _zi3-sur-ra_-a te-s,ir ina sze-rim _igi {d}utu giri3-min_-szu2 tu-masz-sza2-'#-[ma _ti]_ | You throw in ghee and you make a paste. In the morning before Šamaš you rub his feet, and then life. |
| 7' | _DISZ min {gesz}szu-sza {gesz}ildag2 {gesz}ha-lu-ub2 {gesz}sze-na2-a {gesz}ge6-par3 {u2}ma2-ri2-isz-ma2#-[ra]_ | If ditto: šuša-tree, ibex, halūb, cedar, gypsum (and) mariszma-plant |
| 8' | _{u2#}eme ur-gi7_ u2-ra-an-na _numun u2 nunuz {u2}har-har {gesz}gesztin ka5-a_ {u2}ak#-[tam] | lion’s tongue plant, urânu-plant, seed and pomegranates, harhar-weed, fox-vine, baktam-plant |
| 9' | [x x {u2}el]-kul#-la# _had2-a gaz sim_ ina _a id2_ ina _nindu usz2_-er gi-na-a _ra-ra_-ma _[ti]_ | ... ēkulla-plant, you crush (and) sieve a reed in the water of the river with a piece of bread, and then he will recover. |
| 10' | [x x x x] x _{szim}bal gi du10 {szim}gur2-gur2 numun_ {u2}su-un-gi#-[ir-ti] | ... balû-aromatic, sweet reed, mint, seed of sungirtu-plant |
| 11' | [x x x x x] _{szim#}man-du disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _ga ku7-ku7_ [x x x] | You crush ... mandu-aromatic, you mix it with sweet ghee, |
| 12' | [...] ba#-ah-ru-us#-[su x x x] | ... its foundation ... |
| 13' | [... sza2-pu]-la#-szu2 _bal-bal#_-[szu2 ...] | ... his fever, his rage ... |
| 14' | [...] x [...] | |
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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