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BAM 5, 488 (P398685)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 488 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398685 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] _sila11#_-asz _ki#-[min]_ | ... sila-ash, ditto. |
| 2' | [...] te-qi2 | ... you take. |
| 3' | [...] _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz | ... ghee, mustard, and tamarisk |
| 4' | [...] x _la2_-ma _ki-min_ | ... ... and ditto. |
| 5' | [...] x _[ki]-min#_ | ... ... ditto |
| 6' | [...] te#?-qi2 | ... you take(?) |
| 7' | [...] x _ki-min_ | ... ... ditto |
| 8' | [... te]-qi2# | ... you take. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [... _he2]-bad a-la2 hul he2-bad_ [...] | May ... be destroyed, may evil ala be destroyed ... |
| 2' | [...] _hul# he2-bad maszkim hul he2-bad_ [...] | ... may it be destroyed, may the exorcist be destroyed ... |
| 3' | [...] _dim3#-me-LAGAB he2-bad zi an-na he2-pad3#_ [...] | ... may he block ... of Dilimbe-labab, may ... find the life of heaven ... |
| 4' | _[ka]-inim#-ma_ [...] | Incantation formula: ... |
| 5' | _[du3-du3-bi] sig2#? sa5 sig2#_ x [...] | Its ritual: red wool, red wool ... |
| 6' | [...] x-la? [...] | ... ... |
| 7' | [... _{szim}]gur2#-gur2_ x [...] | ... mint ... |
| 8' | _DISZ#_ sza2 _im-babbar si3_ x [...] | If imbabbar-stone ... .... |
| 9' | _i3 hul i3 ku6 disz_-nisz [...] | evil oil, fish oil ... |
| 10' | _en2 sag-ki i3 sag_ [...] | Incantation: “The forehead is oil, the head ... |
| 11' | _numun_ ru-ub-bi x [...] | the wild seed ... ... |
| 12' | _he2-en-da-lal2!(A)-na mul#_ [...] | If he is bright: the star .... |
| 13' | _ka-inim-ma_ [...] | Incantation formula: ... |
| 14' | _kid3-kid3-bi bar musz-tur-a?_ | Its ritual: outside a small snake |
| 15' | _en2 me ku3-ga ba-da-ra#_ [...] | Incantation: “The pure divine powers have been carried away ... |
| 16' | _me zi-zi me kur-ra_ | divine powers, divine powers of the mountain |
| 17' | _en2 ka szu-gim ka la_ [...] | Incantation: "The mouth is like the mouth of a ... mouth." |
Sources & licences
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