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BAM 7, 016 q (P399164)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 7, 016 q |
|---|---|
| ID | P399164 |
| 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' | [... x]-szap#-li# | ... ...-šali |
| 2' | [...] tara-muk | ... you set up. |
| 3' | [...] _nag_ | ... you drink. |
| 4' | [... _mud] zabar#_ ana _gesz3_-szu2 _mu2_ | ... bronze ... for his skull. |
| 5' | [...] _u4 3(disz)-kam_ i-szah-hu-uh2 | ... on the 3rd day he will tremble. |
| 6' | _[DISZ na_ ...] x u3 _kasz3_-szu2 it-ta-na-as,-ba-ta | If a man’s ... ... and his urine constantly drips: |
| 7' | [...] _szeg6_-szal bi-rit pi-ni-te-szu2 | ... it is black: between its openings |
| 8' | [...] _na4_ i-szah-hu-uh | ... he crushes stone. |
| 9' | _[DISZ ki-min_ ...] _u4# 3(disz)-kam szub_-di ina _mul4_ tusz#-bat _nag_ | If ditto: you pound ... on the 3rd day, you leave it out overnight under the stars, you suck it, |
| 10' | [...] {u2#}tar-musz a-ar2#-_ku3-babbar_ | ... tarmuš-plant, silver |
| 11' | [... _numun {u2}eme] ur-gi7 numun {u2}dili numun# [{u2}nu]-luh#-ha!_ | ... emesu-plant, dog’s tongue plant, single plant, nuḫurtu plant |
| 12' | [... _gi]-dub_ tam-ti mi-sis# [a]-ab#-ba_ | ... a reed tablet of the sea, a flood of water. |
| 13' | [... _a]-ab#-ba_ {na4}la-[x ...] ru# | ... sea, ...-stone |
| 14' | [...] {na4}min babbar {na4}min ge6 x [...] mesz# | ... white dagger, black dagger |
| 15' | [...] gesztin# ka5-a {szim}szesz [{szim}]x | ... pressed grapes, myrrh, juniper |
| 16' | [...] x ina _kasz lu2-kurun2-na nag-nag#_-[ma] ina-esz | ... he drinks it in beer from a kurunnu-man, and then he will get better. |
| 17' | _[DISZ na_ ...] _gig# numun {u2}eme ur-gi7 had2-a gaz ti_-ut, | If a man suffers from ... illness: you crush, crush, and sift seed from emesu-plant (and) dog's tongue. |
| 18' | _[DISZ na_ ...] _gig#_ ana _ti_-szu2 _{szim}szesz {szim}buluh_ | If a man suffers from ... illness: for his life, you anoint him with murru-aromatic (and) baluhhu-plant. |
| 19' | [...] _numun# {u2}eme ur-gi7 numun {u2}gir2-hab_ | ... emesu-plant, dog’s tongue plant, girhab-plant |
| 20' | [... _szika] nunuz# ga#-nu11#{muszen} tesz2-bi gaz sim_ | ... šika-plant, nuzuz-plant (and) kanūnu-flour, together they are poisoned. |
| 21' | [...] x x ina _mud zabar_ ana _gesz3_-szu2 _mu2_ | ... ... in bronze for his skull. |
| 22' | [...] _sahar# munu4 ki_-szu2-ma _ti_ | ... dust from the malt is with him and he will recover. |
| 23' | [... x]-szu2# ed#?-de#-eh# u# ha#-x [...] | ... his ..., he was frightened and ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | _1(disz)-[szu_ ...] | 1 hand ... |
| 2' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2}[x ...] | 1 ...-plant |
| 3' | _1(disz)-szu du3-mesz#_ [...] | 1 mana wool for ... |
| 4' | _1(disz)-szu {u2}igi_-[lim ...] | 1 bull colossus |
| 5' | _1(disz)-szu {u2}sumun-dar# [...] | 1 bundle of juniper |
| 6' | _1(disz)-szu {u2}nig2-bur3#-[bur3_ ...] | 1 nigburbur plant |
| 7' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2}a [...] | 1 ... plant |
| 8' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2}a [...] | 1 ... plant |
| 9' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2#}[x ...] | 1 ...-plant |
| 10' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2}sza2-ga-bi#-gal#-zu# _1(disz)#-[szu_ ...] | 1 hand of šagabigalzu-plant, 1 hand |
| 11' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2}eli-kul-la _1(disz)-szu_ [...] | 1 hand of elikulla-plant, 1 hand |
| 12' | _1(disz)-szu_ {u2}pad-da-nu _1(disz)-szu_ [...] | 1 hand of paddanu-plant, 1 hand |
| 13' | _1(disz)-szu sze10 eme-diri iz-zi 1(disz)-szu_ [...] | (If) he is stricken with a fever: he will become poor; ... .... |
| 14' | _1(disz)-szu numun {gesz}li 1(disz)-szu numun {gesz}al-[x ...] | one seed of a līm tree, one seed (of an acacia tree) |
| 15' | _1(disz)-szu numun {gesz}esi 1(disz)-szu numun_ {u2}x [...] | One seed of ebony, one seed of |
| 16' | _tesz2-bi gaz sim_ szum4-ma ina# [...] | Its ritual: You burn a censer of juniper, if in ... |
| 17' | sza2#-ram-ma tu-sa-mah# [...] | You are exalted, you are magnificent |
| 18' | x x x | |
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- 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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