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AMT pl. 021 04 (P398763)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 021 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398763 |
| 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' | [...] _sza3#_-szu2# x x [x x x x x x] | ... his heart ... ... |
| 2' | [...] szu2 u _giri3 na_ x [x] _mud2 kir4_-szu2 x x [x x x x x] | ... ... and the foot ... blood from his nose ... |
| 3' | [...] x {gesz#}nu#-luh#-ha#_ tu [x] _sud_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat x x x x [x x] | ... a nuḫurtu-vessel ... stood in the star ... |
| 4' | [...] _eme#!_-szu2 _dab_-bat 1(disz)#-[szu2 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)]-szu2# an-na-a _du3-du3_-[ma _du10-ga igi]_-mar | ... his tongue seizes him: you do this once, twice, three times and you will see good. |
| 5' | [... _{szim}]szesz na4_ ga-bi-i _ka_-szu2 ta-kap-[par] _gesztin du10-ga nag_-ma _ti_ | You crush ..., murru-stone (and) saḫlû-stone into his mouth, you libate sweet wine, and then he will recover. |
| 6' | [... hal]-s,i _lal3_ u# _kasz# hi#-hi# eme!_-szu2 _dab_-bat 1(disz)-szu2 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 an#-[na]-a# _du3#-du3_-ma | ... honey and beer ... his tongue seized, once, twice, three times you do this, and then |
| 7' | [...] x _du10-ga ki lal3 nag-mesz_-ma _ti_ | ... ... is good; when you drink honey, he will recover. |
| 8' | [...] _nu-luh-ha {szim}gur2-gur2_ | ... nuḫurtu-plant (and) mint |
| 9' | [... _u2]-hi-a szesz tesz2-bi sud2_ | ... you mix together ... and myrrh. |
| 10' | [...] _nag#-mesz_-ma _ti_ | ... he drinks it and will recover. |
| 11' | [...] u2 x [...] | ... ... |
| 12' | [...] x | |
| 13' | [...] kur [...] | ... mountain |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] {u2#}a-zal-la-a | ... azallu-plant |
| 2' | [...] _min min_ | ... ... ditto, second time |
| 3' | [...] _szesz# tesz2-bi sud2_ | ... brother, you pound together. |
| 4' | [...] _kusz#-edin sur la2_-su-ma _ti_ | ... he is covered with a leather bandage and he will recover. |
| 5' | [...] _nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | ... he should not drink it on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 6' | [...] x _{u2}kur-ra {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ | ... mountain plants, mint, juniper |
| 7' | [...] tu#-szam-s,a _ara3_-en _sim_ ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu_ | You mix ... and alum in fat from a sheep's kidney |
| 8' | [...] _kiszi16# szub_-di _{dug}bur-zi-gal nig2-bur3-bur3_ | ... you cast the šibdi-plant. You sprinkle a burzigal-vessel. |
| 9' | [... _ziz2]-a#-an bad_-hi _{gi}sag-kud_ ana _sza3 gar_-an _lal3_ u _i3-nun_ ana _ka_-szu2 _gar_-an | You set up a libation-vessel (and) a thick reed bundle inside. You put honey and butter into his mouth. |
| 10' | [...] _mur#-mesz_-szu2 _sig3_-as, 7(disz) _u4_-me an-na-a _du3-du3_-ma | ... his limbs are reddish. For seven days you do this and |
| 11' | [...] _gu7#-mesz kasz {lu2}kurun2-na du10-ga nag_-ma _ti_ | ... eats; you drizzle sweet beer; and then he will recover. |
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
- 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)
- 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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