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BAM 5, 474 (P398678)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 474 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398678 |
| 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' | [x x x x x] _lugal#_ x _kal#-ga#_ [...] | ... the king ... mighty ... |
| 2' | _[{d}asal]-lu2#-hi lu2-bi-da_ [...] | Asalluhi, the messenger |
| 3' | _zi# an-na he2-pa3 [zi ki-a he2-pa3_ ...] | May it be favourable in heaven, may it be favorable on earth .... |
| 4' | _ka# inim-ma_ [...] | The mouth of a word .... |
| 5' | _du3#-du-bi sig2 sa5 sig2 babbar disz_-nisz _nu-[nu_ ...] | Its ritual: red wool, white wool ... |
| 6' | _pesz10-{d}id2 uh2-{d}id2 ka_ [...] | “Peš-Iddin, Uḫ-Ididdin, the mouth of ..., |
| 7' | lip#-pi tala-pap 7(disz) u 7(disz) _kesz2-kesz2_ [...] | You crush and sift together 7 and 7 bundles of ... |
| 8' | [x x] ma _szid_-u2 e-ma lip-pi _i3_ el-[lu ...] | ... ... whenever he fills it with pure oil ... |
| 9' | [ina] _a2_-szu2 a-szar _gu7_-szu2 _kesz2_-szu2# [...] | If he ... on his right side, where he hurts him, his knees .... |
| 10' | [a]-na# _ugu# a2_-szu2 _szid_-nu [...] | You recite over his arm .... |
| 11' | [x x x x x] {u2}im-hur-asz-ra u2# [...] | ... imḫur-ašrā-plant and ... |
| 12' | [...] _{u2}kur-kur pesz10-{d}id2#_ [...] | ... kurkurru-plant, ēšu-iddu-plant |
| 13' | [... lip-pi] tala#-pap 7(disz) _kesz2#_ [...] | You pound ..., you scatter it, you tie 7 knots ... |
Sources & licences
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