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BAM 5, 455 (P398166)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 455 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398166 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [x ina] _mul4#_ tusz#-[bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga]_ | ... sits in the star; in Aguziga |
| 2' | [ina?] _igi# man_ ina _ugu# [esir had2-ra2 gub_-ma] | In the presence of the king, he stood on top of the brickwork and |
| 3' | usz-ta-kal-ma _ku3#-[sig17_ ...] | he weighed out and gold ... |
| 4' | _DISZ na ki-min_ it-ta-na-[ad-lah it-te-nen-bit,] | If ditto a man is constantly irritated, he keeps getting better. |
| 5' | _igi-min_-szu2 ir-ru-ru u _uzu#-[mesz_-szu2 ...] | his eyes become dark and his flesh ... |
| 6' | szi-in-na-szu ka#-[li-szi-na ...] | his allure . . |
| 7' | _ninda gu7 kasz nag#_ [...] | You eat bread, drink beer ... |
| 8' | ana _lu2 bi zi-ku5#-[ru-da_ ...] | For that man, a zikurû-demon ... |
| 9' | szum-ma _kin#_-[szu2 ...] | If his work ... |
| 10' | la-ma _[te_-szu2-ma ...] | If he does not approach him and .... |
| 11' | {u2#}ur2-ne2#-[e ...] | burāšu plant |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] ni#? | ... fear(?) |
| 2' | [... i-szam-ma-am?]-szu | ... will listen to him |
| 3' | _[lu2 bi_ ina _igi? {d}szul-pa]-e3#-a_ | That man before Šulpae |
| 4' | [ina _u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ rik-su] ra#?-kis-su | On the 21st day, on the 22nd day, a ritual arrangement |
| 5' | [ina _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam inim]-bi# al-til_ | On the 27th and 28th days the wording is finished. |
| 6' | _[szu zi-ku5-ru-da] ba-usz2_ | Hand of the Zikuruda was killed |
| 7' | [...] _te#?_ [x] | ... ... |
| 8' | [...] x [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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