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AMT pl. 069 01 (P397940)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 069 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397940 |
| 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 da x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | ana [x] _gub3_-szu2 i x [...] | ... to its left ... ... |
| 3' | _en2 gi pa-ra#_ [...] | Incantation: “Reed ... |
| 4' | _mu-ga ba-ra#_ [...] | ... he will die. |
| 5' | _gin7 ta e3_ [...] | like a came out from the east ... |
| 6' | _DISZ kimin {u2}ka# [a-ab-ba_ ...] | If the swelling of the neck of a sea turtle |
| 7' | _{szim}gam-ma {szim}li#_ [...] | ... cumin, juniper |
| 8' | _{gesz}geszimmar-tur {gesz}esi#?_ [...] | The date palm, the ebony |
| 9' | 2(u) 2(disz) _u2-mesz szesz tesz2#-[bi_ ...] | 22 plants, brother-in-law ... together |
| 10' | _DISZ na uzu-mesz_-szu2 [...] | If a man’s flesh ... |
| 11' | u _lu3-lu3-mesz_-szu2# [...] | and his people ... |
| 12' | ana _ti_-szu2 _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}[x_ ...] | For his life mint, juniper |
| 13' | ina _i3-gesz szesz2_-su [...] | with his brother's oil ... |
| 14' | _DISZ kimin {u2}a-zal-la2_ [...] | If a man’s head is full of azallû-plant |
| 15' | _DISZ kimin_ su-gim-ti x [...] | If a man’s hair is thick: ... .... |
| 16' | _DISZ kimin henbur2 {u2}ukusz2-hab#_ [...] | If a man’s head is full of henbur-disease, kušhab-plant |
| 17' | _DISZ kimin {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}buluh_ [...] | If mint, juniper, lupin, buluḫ-aromatic |
| 18' | _pa {gesz}mes pa {gesz}lam-me disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _gesztin_ [...] | You crush (and) sieve pomegranate sap from a mēšu-tree. You knead the sap in wine ... |
| 19' | _DISZ kimin {tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2 giri3-pad-[ra2_ ...] | If the ankles of a nīnû-garment (and) a footstool |
| 20' | _DISZ kimin numun_ {gesz}szu-sze _numun_ {gesz}szu-nim x [...] | If the roots of a šuše tree, seeds of juniper ... . |
| 21' | ina _a id2 szub_-di _sza3-mesz_-szu2 [...] | in the water of the river, his intestines ... |
| 22' | _DISZ na szu-min_-szu2 _giri3-min_-szu2 an-ha tab-ka# [...] | If a man’s hands and feet are swollen: .... |
| 23' | x [x] x kad3 _sag-du-mesz_ [...] | ... ... the tops ... |
| 24' | [x x x] _sza3#_-szu2# x [...] | ... his heart ... ... |
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
- 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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