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BAM 5, 485 (P399328)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 485 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399328 |
| 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' | [... _gesz3]-nu#-zu#_ | ... your bed |
| 2' | [...] _{u2#}igi_-lim | ... a bull's-eye plant |
| 3' | [... {u2}]ak#-tam# {u2}el-kul#-la | ... aktam-plant, elkulla-plant |
| 4' | [... _{u2}har-lum]-ba-szir {u2#}in-nu-usz#_ | ḫarlum-bašir-plant, maštakal-plant |
| 5' | [...] _kesz2#_ ina# _{sig2}he2#-me-da nigin_-mi# | ... you tie ... together in a knot. |
| 6' | [...] _sag#-ki_-szu2 _kesz2_-su | ... his temples are bound. |
| 7' | [...] _{na4#}sag-gil-mud_ | ... saggilmud stone |
| 8' | [... {na4}lu-lu]-da#-ni#-tu2 | ... luludanitu-stone |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] _dara3#?-[masz_ ...] | ... gazelle? ... |
| 2' | [x x x] _nigin# en2_ 7(disz)-szu2# [...] | ... surrounds ... You recite the incantation seven times .... |
| 3' | _[gul]-gul# lu2-u18-lu_ tur#-[ar2 ...] | Destroyer of the enemy, destroyer of ... |
| 4' | _giri3#-pad#-da lugud2-da szah#_ [...] | The foot is swollen, the pig .... |
| 5' | _{u2}gamun-ge6_ sah-le2#-[e ...] | black cumin, cress |
| 6' | _{u2}an-ki-nu#-te#_ {u2#}[eli-kul-la ...] | Ankinūtu-plant, elikulla-plant |
| 7' | {na4}mu-s,a _disz_-nisz [...] | Muṣu-stone ... |
| 8' | _en2 sag-ki#_ [...] | Incantation: “The forehead ... |
| 9' | _sag#-ki_ [...] | The forehead ... |
| 10' | zi [...] | ... life |
| 11' | _du3#-du3#-[bi_ ...] | Its ritual: ... |
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