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BAM 6, 583 (P398917)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 583 |
|---|---|
| ID | P398917 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | ina _sza3 ne_ x ka ti ina _kusz_ x [...] | in ... ... in a leather bag ... |
| 3' | _DISZ gig_ ina _su na# e3-gin7_ {im}t,e4-ru#-ti#!-szu2# _nigin_ u# [ti-ik-ka-szu2 _dab_ x] | If a sore keeps coming out from a man’s body like a stag: his tīrūtu-disease will seize him and his neck .... |
| 4' | kir-ba-nu _mu-ni DISZ gig_ ina _su na e3_ da#-[an pa-an _uzu-mesz_-szu2 _gar]_ | If he is sick with kirbānu-disease: he will come out from his bed, before his flesh. |
| 5' | u3 _kum2-kum2_-im _min min_ ana _zi_-szu2 _{szim}gur2-[gur2_ ...] | and kumkum-plant, ditto. For his life, mint, ... |
| 6' | _gi du10-ga disz_-nisz _ara3#_-en _sim ki i3-udu#!_ x [...] | good reed, Niš of the arānu-plant, the smell of sheep ... ... |
| 7' | _[DISZ gig_ ina _su na] e3# ge6 sa5 igi-du8#_ [...] | If a sore comes out from a man's thigh: redness of the eye .... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x _zi3 gu2-gal_ | ... ... coarse flour |
| 2' | [...] x 1(u) 1(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz_ | ... ... 11 uhiya-plants, brother |
| 3' | [... ina] _kusz#_-ma _ti_-ut, | ... with a cloth and he will recover. |
| 4' | [...] x _gaz# man di_ | ... ... will be killed, the king will die. |
| 5' | [...] x x | |
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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