BAM 5, 462 (P400175)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 462 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400175 |
| 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 |
English translation
By Köcher, Franz · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a [0:1] a 1'a 1'–a 1'a 1' | Restore m[e] to health [so that . . .] |
| a [1:2] a 2'2'–a 2'2' | [. . .] wording of "if [. . .] |
| a [2:3] a 3'3'–a 3'3' | Its ritual: In the presence of [. . .] |
| a [3:4] a 4'4'–a 4'4' | [. . .] a censer of juniper with (glowing) charcoal of [. . .] |
| a [4:5] a 5'5'–a 5'5' | You libate first-rate beer. You prostrate yourself. A line/curtain [. . .] |
| a [5:6] a 6'6'–a 6'6' | That man, (with) censer, torch, a[gubbu-vessel . . .] |
| a [6:7] a 7'7'–a 7'7' | [In] between the lines, on top of the (medicinal) herbs [. . .] |
| a [7:8] a 8'8'–a 8'8' | He raises his hands; he recit[es] this recitation three times [. . .] |
| a [8:9] a 9'9'–a 9'9' | [And . . .] whatever vexes his heart [. . .] |
| a [9:10] a 10'10'–a 10'10' | The [an]ger of (his personal) god and (personal) goddess will be released. The witchcraft [. . .] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [bul]-li#-t,a#-[ni ...] | |
| 2' | _ka#-inim-ma_ szum4-ma# [...] | |
| 3' | _kid3#-kid3-bi_ ina _igi#_ [...] | |
| 4' | _nig2-na {szim}li_ ina# _ne#_ [...] | |
| 5' | _kasz-sag bal_-qi2 tusz-ken szid-di# [...] | |
| 6' | _na# bi nig2-na gi-izi-la2_ a#-[gub2-ba_ ...] | |
| 7' | [ina] bi#-rit szid-di ina _ugu u2_ [...] | |
| 8' | _[szu]_-su _il2_-szi _szid_-tu2 an-nit 3(disz)-szu2 _szid#_-[nu ...] | |
| 9' | mim#-ma ma-la _sza3_-szu2 _dab_-tu4 [...] | |
| 10' | [ki]-mil#-ti _{d}1(u) 5(disz) du8_-su kisz-pu# [...] | |
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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