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AMT pl. 031 02 (P398257)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 031 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398257 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] ina _de3 sar_-szu2 | ... in order to kill his garden plot |
| 2' | [...] x s,e-en-ni-it-tu2 s,i-rip-tu2 | ... a ṣīnnu-disease, a seizure |
| 3' | [... bu-'a-a]-ru bu-u'-sza2-nu | ... bu'aru, bu'šanu |
| 4' | [... _an]_-e# ur-du-nim-ma | ... the heavens rejoiced over me, and |
| 5' | [...] bu#-ud ta#-ri-te | ... of the tarītu-festival |
| 6' | [... ka-nu-szi]-na# sza _{na4}nir2_ | ... their seals of nir stone |
| 7' | [... _a]-ab#-ba_ ta-ma-ti _dagal_-tim | ... the wide sea, |
| 8' | [... ina _sza3]_-bi# li-bi-la-nim-ma lit-tal-ka-ni# | ... may he bring me there and come to me. |
| 9' | [...] sza2#-na-du sza2-asz2-sza2-t,u | ... the šanādu-disease, the sorcery |
| 10' | [...] bu-u'-sza!-nu tal2#-a-szu2 | ... a buʾšānu-disease afflicting him |
| 11' | [...] li-bu-re-e | ... the libūru priestess |
| 12' | [... a-na] ah#-ra-a-ti | ... to the future |
| 13' | [...] s,e#-en-ni-it-tu2 | “... frightened ..., |
| 14' | [...] bu#-'a-a-ru | ... buʾāru |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] _de3# szurun# [gu4 nigin]_ | ... to go; in the morning watch, an ox's tail is set. |
| 2' | [...] {d}utu nu igi-du8_ | ... Utu is not seen |
| 3' | [... _{gesz}]geszimmar-tur_ {u2}ak-tam ana _sza3 szub_ | ... a date palm tree (and) a nīnû-plant fell into it |
| 4' | [...] _szu#-min_ ina _sza3 ra_-su-ma _ti_ | ... ditto ... in his heart and he will recover. |
| 5' | [... i]-sza-ma#-ma _na bi_ sza2-asz2#-sza2-t,a _gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 _kasz3 gu4_ | ... he hears and that man suffers from shakshitu-disease: for his life he should drink ox beer. |
| 6' | [...] _de3# szurun gu4 nigin {gesz}na2_-szu2 ta-szar2-rap _za3-hi-li_ qa-la-ti | ... to go: you scatter the horns of an ox, the length of his bed, (and) the zaḫilu-stones of the loins. |
| 7' | [...] tara#-bak ina _kusz-edin sur_-ri _la2_-su-ma _ti_ | ... you stir it in a leather bag, you bandage him with it, and then he will recover. |
| 8' | [...] ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2-me_ | ... in oil, he will get better. |
Sources & licences
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