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BAM 5, 483 (P398345)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 483 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398345 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] ud | ... day |
| 3' | [... _dur2?]-mi#-na_ | ... the throne-bearer |
| 4' | [... ina _i3]-nun# hi-hi_ | ... in ghee |
| 5' | [...] _ti_-ut, | ... he will live |
| 6' | [...] _dab_-su | ... seized him. |
| 7' | [...] s,al#?-li | ... figurines(?) |
| 8' | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [x x] masz x [...] | ... goat ... |
| 2' | [x x] x an x [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | [x x] ma#? nu ina#? [...] | ... not in |
| 4' | _mud2# {gesz}erin#_ [...] | The blood of cedar ... |
| 5' | [szum4]-ma _sag-ki-dab-ba#?_ [...] | If the sagkidabba-demon ... |
| 6' | _nu du8_ ina _igi_ s,i-in#-[di u3 _en2 nu kud_-as] | It is not broken. In front of the crown and the incantation is not closed. |
| 7' | _kur-gi{muszen}_ bu-'-[ra? ...] | The kurgi bird, the bu'ra bird |
| 8' | mu-sze-szit-ta-szu2 [...] | (Sum) The one who smite(?) him(?) ... (Akk) His incantation ... |
| 9' | sza2 pi-szur-ri-szu2 x [...] | (Sum) The one whose mouth is ... (Akk) His mouth ... |
| 10' | ana _sza3 mud2 {gesz}erin#_ [...] | into the mud of cedar ... |
| 11' | u _nam-lu2-u18#-[lu_ ...] | and humanity . . |
| 12' | _sag-ki_-szu2 _gu2_-su [...] | his forehead, his neck ... |
| 13' | _tag-tag_-ma [...] | you rub, and . . |
| 14' | _en2 szu-si hul-gal2#_ [...] | Incantation: Hand of Evil ... |
| 15' | _du11_ sza2 _hul-gin7_ [...] | The command which is like an evil ... |
| 16' | da-an [...] | Strong ... |
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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