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BAM 5, 503 (P400233)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 503 |
|---|---|
| ID | P400233 |
| 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' | _na#? bi gidim_ im#? [...] | That man was a ghost, clay ... |
| 2' | _{szim}sze-li babbar {szim#}[x ...] | white šeli-juniper, ...-aromatic |
| 3' | {u2}tar-musz {gesz}si-ha# [...] | The tarmuš plant, the siḫa tree |
| 4' | ina _a szim-hi-a_ sza2-szu-nu [...] | in the sap of those aromatics ... |
| 5' | ta-lal usz-sza2 sir2-da tim#? [...] | You are able to carry (them) off, you are capable of carrying the rope(?) |
| 6' | _i3 {szim}szesz_ ana _sag-ki_ [...] | You pour oil and myrtle on the forehead . |
| 7' | _DISZ ki-min {gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3 {gi#?}[du10-ga_ ...] | If ditto: cedar, cypress, sweet reed |
| 8' | 8(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz tesz2-bi_ ina _kasz-sag#_ [...] | 8 plants, brother-in-law, together in prime-quality beer ... |
| 9' | _pesz10-{d}id2_ ku-up-ri {d}id2#?_ [...] | Peš-Iddin, the kupru of Iddin |
| 10' | tu-qat-tar-szu2 hi-ib-s,a sza x [...] | You ask him: “What is the deficit of ...? |
| 11' | _DISZ na_ ina _dab_-it _szu-gidim-ma gesztu_ [...] | If a man, when he is seized by a ghost, hears .... |
| 12' | _{szim}{d}masz_ zap-pi _ansze-kur-ra_ ku# [...] | Ninurta's aromatic pomegranate ... a horse |
| 13' | _mud2 musz {u2}ki-se3-ge a-ri-a# [nam-lu2-u18-lu]_ | mud, snake, kisege plant, aia of mankind |
| 14' | _szu-si-mesz_-szu2 ina _gesztu-min_-szu2 i-ret-ti-ma#? [...] | his horns in his ears trembled and ... |
| 15' | a-szar tab-ba-szi-i {d}e2-a a-lik [...] | Where Ea resides, go |
| 16' | _egir_-szu2 _ka_ sa-par2-ti _si gu4_ [...] | After that, the gate of peace ... the horn of the bull .... |
| 17' | _DISZ na gidim dab_-su-ma _gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag#-[gu-ma? ...] | If a ghost has seized a man and his ears tremble and ... |
| 18' | _gazi{sar}_ zap-pi _ansze-kur-ra#_ x [...] | mustard, šappu-juniper, horses |
| 19' | x x [x x] ina# _mu gesztu#_ [...] | ... ... in the year of wisdom .... |
| 20' | _DISZ na szu-gidim-ma dab_-su-ma _gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma _{szim}szesz_ {szim#}[x ...] | If a man is seized by šugidimmu-disease and his ears roar, then murru-aromatic (and) ... . |
| 21' | _sud2_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ina _mud2 {gesz}erin su3 en2 gir-du8_ ib-ni _szid#_-[nu ...] | You spread a suppository on a piece of wool (and) you put it in the sap of juniper. Incantation: “Girdug erected, šidnu-plant |
| 22' | _en2 gir-du8_ ib-ni {d}e2-a _im-ma-an-na an-ki-a na4_ li-iz-zur-szu2 _na4_ li-is-kip#?-szu2# _na4#_ lisz#?-pi#?-[szu2 x] | Incantation: “Girdug, the creator of Ea, in heaven and earth may stone be his strength, may stone (be his strength), may stone release him |
| 23' | _na4_ li-pa-szis-su _tu6-en2 : _en2_ an-ni-tu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu_ lip2-pi _szid_-nu _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | may the stone release him. Incantation formula. : This incantation three times over the lippi. You place it inside his ears. |
| 24' | _DISZ ki-min {szim}gur2-gur2 {u2}har-har {u2}kur-kur_ {u2}ak-tam _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}tar-musz _za3-hi-li sud2_ | If ditto: you pound mint, ḫašû-thyme, kurkur-plant, nīnu-tree, alum, ṭūru-plant (and) šalālu-juniper. |
| 25' | ina _i3 {gesz}erin hi-hi_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-ma ina-esz : _DISZ ki-min gi du10_ ina _i3-gesz sud2_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | If ditto: you knead good reed in oil, you put it into his ears. |
| 26' | _DISZ ki-min {szim}szesz {na4}asz2-gi4-gi4 {na4}za-gin3 {na4}sig7-sig7 disz_-nisz _sud2_ | If ditto: you dry (and) pound together myrtle, ašgigu-stone, lapis lazuli and blue-purple wool. |
| 27' | ina _i3 {gesz}erin hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub uzu-min_-szu2 _szesz2_ | in oil of juniper, you pour it into his ears, (and) he will get better. |
| 28' | _DISZ na_ ina _dab_-it _szu-gidim-ma gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma _numun_ u2-ra-a-nu _numun {gesz}ma-nu_ | If a man, when he is seized by a ghost and his ears hurt, and seed of urânu-plant (and) seed of an ebony |
| 29' | ni-kip-tu2 _nita2_ u _munus_ zap2-pi _ansze-kur-ra {tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2_ ina _de3 gesztu-min_-szu2 tu-qat-tar | a male and a female nikiptu-shield, a horse, nidarašu-lalu-garment in order to raise his ears you will present. |
| 30' | _DISZ na_ ina _dab_-it _szu-gidim-ma gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma _suhusz {gesz}ma-nu_ ni-kip-tu2 _{tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2_ ina _de3 sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _sar_ | If a man, when he is seized by a ghost and his ears hurt, and the base of the manu-boat, nikiptu-spurge (and) a nigdašû-garment in order to soothe his ears |
| 31' | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}szesz {gesz}erin gi du10-ga {szim}mug gazi{sar} im-kal-gug_ | gurgur-aromatic, burāšu-juniper, myrtle, sweet reed, mugu-plant, gazelle, imkalgug-plant |
| 32' | 8(disz) _u2-hi-a_ qu5-taru sza _gesztu-min_ ina _de3 sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _sar_ | 8 plants, qutaru-plants of the ears in the midst of his ears sar |
| 33' | {na4}mu-s,u2 _si dara4-masz giri3-pad-du nam-lu2-u18-lu ka_ tam-tim!(DI) _giri3-pad-du ugu-dul-bi_ | muṣu-stone, horn of a gazelle, the ‘foot’ of humanity, the mouth of the sea, the foot-rest |
| 34' | _{u2}kur-ra_ ina _de3# sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 tu-qat-tar | You libate mountain plant in the midst of his ears. |
| 35' | kib-ri-tu2 _{u2}ku6 suhusz {gesz}ma#-nu#_ a-za-pi _ansze-kur-ra {tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2_ ina _de3 {gesz}kiszi16 sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 tu-qat-tar# | The kibrītu of fish, the base of a manu-boat, aza-pi-wood, horses and a nigdarašu-lalu-garment in order to raise the date palm in his ears |
| 36' | _si dara4-masz na4_ ga-bi-i _{u2#}[kur]-ra#_ sah-le2-e _ka_ tam-tim!(DI) kib-ri-tu2 | the horn of a gazelle, alum, mountain plants, cress at the mouth of the Sea of the World Quarters |
| 37' | _giri3-pad-du nam-lu2-u18#-[lu]_ ina _de3 {gesz}kiszi16 sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _sar_ | The 'path' of humanity in the way of the knot of his ears he wrote. |
| 38' | _DISZ na gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma _mud2#?_ [x] a#-ra-an-di _{szim}gur2-gur2_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi | If a man’s ears are swollen and he is covered with blood, he smears it with a paste of mint in a piece of wool. |
| 39' | ana _sza3 a-mesz szub_-di ina _izi szeg6#_-szal ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-ma _ti_ | You pour it inside water, you heat it with fire, you put it inside his ears, and then he will recover. |
| 40' | _DISZ na gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma _mud2 {gesz}erin# ki a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma hi-hi_-ma ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_-ma _ti_ | If a man’s ears are swollen and he is covered with blood of cedar, together with water of pomegranate, and then he falls into his ears and suffers from bile: |
| 41' | _en2# in-da-ra-ah ta-ra-ah#-ti# szu-bar in-da-ra-ah ta-ra-ah-ti_ | Incantation: “Indārāḫ turahtu-disease, šubār idrah turarah&btu, |
| 42' | _tir#-ki-bi in-da-ra-ah# [ta?]-ra#-ah-ti tir-ki-ba su-ud tu6-en2_ | The Tirkiba trembles, the Taraḫti is a flood, incantation of sustenance |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _en2 szu bi#-[in-du8 ...] bur#-sze bur-na bur-na-an-na su-ri-ih su-ri-ih-e-ne_ | Incantation: “You have smeared him with a hand of ..., you have covered him with burše, burna, and burnana. You have covered them with furious fury. |
| 2 | _su-ri-ih#_ x [x x] _su#-ri-ih ta-ah#-ta#-ah# tu6-en2_ | surihû-plant ... sarihu-plant, tamarisk, incantation formula. |
| 3 | _min ka-inim-ma# DISZ na gesztu-min#_-[szu2] i-szag-gu-ma | DITTO, an invocation for the case: If a man’s ears roar and |
| 4 | _du3-du3-bi_ {szim}x [x] x _{na4}asz2-gi4#-[gi4_ x x] ina#? _mud2 {gesz}erin hi-hi_ | Its ritual: ...-juniper ..., ašgigu-stone ... in the sap of cedar |
| 5 | _en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 szid#_ [x] _{sig2}aka3 nigin#?_-[mi] ana#? _gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | You recite the incantation three times into it. You wrap ... wool and place it on his ears. |
| 6 | _en2 si in-du8_ ib#?-[ni _im-ma]-an#?-na an-ki-a_ ib#-[ni du-up-ni gu2-us2]-sa# _tu6-en2_ | Incantation: “The horns of the innards were formed, the heavens were created, the earth was formed, its neck was swollen—Incantation formula. |
| 7 | _DISZ#? ka-inim#-[ma] DISZ gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma | If it is an invocation for the case that his ears roar |
| 8 | _du3#-du3-bi_ {szim}x [x] _{na4#}asz2-gi4-gi4_ ni-kip-tu2 ina _i3 hi-hi_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 | Its ritual: ...-juniper ..., ašgigu-stone (and) nikiptu-spurge you soak in oil in the star. You recite the incantation three times. |
| 9 | [ana] _sza3# szid_-nu _{sig2}aka3#_ [ana _gesztu-min]_-szu2 _gar_-an _en2 sza-ra-zu sza-ra-sa6-ga he2-a_ | You place a tuft of wool into it and you put it into his ears. Incantation: May your heart be as good as the heart of Sarsaga! |
| 10 | _[ur]-sag#? {d}nin-urta# sza-ra-zu sza-ra-sa6-ga he2-a_ | Hero Ninurta, may your ša-ra-zu be beautiful! |
| 11 | _[en] {d}nin-urta sza-ra-zu sza-ra-sa6-ga he2-a_ | Lord Ninurta, may your wailing be a šarasaga. |
| 12 | _lugal#? {d}nin-urta nam-ba-te-ga2-e-ne tu6-en2_ | King Ninurta, do not approach me! Incantation formula. |
| 13 | [x] _ka-inim-ma DISZ gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag#-gu-ma | ... the invocation for the case when his ears roar |
| 14 | _[du3-du3]-bi# {na4}esz3#-me-kan2#? {szim}szesz_ {u2}ur2-nu-u _tesz2-bi# sud2_ ina _mud2 {gesz}erin hi-hi_ | Its ritual: you mix together ešmekan-stone, myrrh, burnû-plant, (and) juniper in blood from a cedar tree. |
| 15 | [x] x ana _sza3 szid_-nu _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... into a šidnu-vessel. You wrap up a piece of wool and place it into his ears. |
| 16 | _[en2_ na]-pi#-ir sze-ri-isz ri-zu-ga#?-li#? ir-ri pa-at-hal-li pa-tar-ri | Incantation: “Napišna-priestess of the morning, Rizugali, Irri, Pathalli, Tarri |
| 17 | [su-ma-asz2] pa#-at#-ri#? di ra-ta# [x x] ik#?-ki-ri-ri sza-ra-asz _tu6-en2_ | “Sumaš, you are the one who ... the ... of the netherworld?, he is a lion, a wild bull, and a raven. Incantation formula. |
| 18 | _[ka-inim-ma DISZ na gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag]-gu#-ma# 3(disz)-szu2 [ana _sza3 gesztu] zag#?_-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 gesztu gub3_-szu2 _sar_ | Incantation: “If a man’s ears are swollen and three times into his right ear, three times to his left ear you write. |
| 19 | [...] x x [...] x [...] | |
| 27' | [...] _nig2#-ni2-zu mu#-un#-[szi]-in# [ga-zu]_ | ... your possessions, you know them. |
| 28' | [...] _ba#!-zu he2-en-ga2#-zu#_ | May your ... know ... |
| 29' | _[zu-an-na he2-pa3] zi# ki-a he2-pa3_ | may he be exorcised in the Zu-ana. May he prosper on earth. |
| 30' | _[ka-inim-ma_ ...] _zag#_-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 gesztu gub3_-szu2 _szid_ | Incantation formula: ... you place his right ear three times into his ears. |
| 31' | _[en2_ hu-hu-un-ti ib-ni-a-ti ib-ni-ir]-ra sza2-na-an | Incantation: “Ḫuḫunti, the one who created me, created another, |
| 32' | [ak-ka-li-ir-ri su-gar-ri sza2-at-ri ku-uk]-ti#? hu-ma-ad-ri su-ma-asz _tu6-en2_ | “Akkali-irri, šugarru-demon, kuktu-disease, ḫumadrāsh, humash!’ Incantation-formula. |
| 33' | _[ka-inim-ma_ ...] _gesztu# zag_-szu2 li-ih-szu2 | Incantation formula: ... may his right ear soothe him. |
| 34' | _[en2_ a-me-ma-am-ma-an ku-um-ma-am-ma su-um-ma]-at#-ri ki-ri-ri ku-uk-ti | Incantation: “It is me, it is me! It is me. It is the supplication of the kuktu-demon. |
| 35' | [ra-sza2-an ku-uk-ti hu-un-di hu]-ma an _tu6-en2_ | The lady of the kuktu-vessel, the hundi-votary, and the incantation of An, |
| 36' | _[ka-inim-ma_ ... _gesztu] gub3#_-szu2 li-ih-szu2 | Incantation formula: ... may his ears soothe him. |
| 37' | [...] {u2}kur-ka-na-a | ... kurkanû plant |
| 53' | [...] dup#-ra#-an# _{sig2#}aka3# su3_ 1(disz)#-tu4# 2(disz)#-szu2# 3(disz)#-szu2# ana# _sza3 gesztu-min#_-szu2# _gar_-an# | You set up a strewn-offering of baked bricks. You put one, two, three times into his ears. |
| 54' | _DISZ na# [gig_-ma _gig_-su?] ana# _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 i#-pu-usz-ma nesz-ma-a _dugud 1(disz) gin2 a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma#_ | If a man suffers from a sore and his sore is put into his ears and it is thick: 1 shekel of pomegranate juice |
| 55' | 2(disz) _gin2# {szim#}[gig :] i3 {szim}[gig] hi-hi {sig2}aka3 su3_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an _u4 3(disz)-kam2_ an-nam _du3_-usz# | 2 shekels of nīnû-aromatic (a kind of juniper) : oil of nikiptu (a type of sulphur) mixed with red wool you put into his ears. On the 3rd day you do this. |
| 56' | ina? _[u4 4(disz)?]-kam2# lugud_ sza2 _sza3 [gesztu-min_-szu2] _e11_-ma ta-kap-par2 _gin7 lugud_ it-tag-ma-[ru] | On the 4th? day, the lead from inside his ears comes out and you wipe it clean. Like the lead, it will accumulate. |
| 57' | _im-sahar-na4-kur-ra sud2_ ina _{gi#}sag-kud_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _sar du10#? [x] | You knead imsaḫar-nakurra-plant in a reed bundle into his ears. |
| 58' | _DISZ na# kum2_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 i-pu-usz-ma# nesz-mu-szu2 _dugud_ u3 lu _ir_ u2-kal _i3-gesz_ {gesz}dup-ra#-[ni] | If a man’s ears cause him a stinging pain and his hearing is weak or he is ill: sesame oil (and) dupranu-plant |
| 59' | _i3-gesz gi du10-ga_ ana _sag-du_-szu2 _szub_-di _{sig2}aka3 su3_ 1(disz)-szu2 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-[an] | You pour good reed oil on his head. You put red wool on his ears once, twice, three times. |
| 60' | nesz-mu-szu2 _bad_-te sah-le2-e sza2-nin ana _sza3 nu szub_ ina _ninda ziz2-an-na gu7_ [x] | Its ritual: you do not cast cress and sahlû-flour into it, you eat them in bread made of emmer ... |
| 61' | _DISZ na_ ina si-li-'-ti-su2 _kum2_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 ip-pu-usz-ma _gesztu-min_-szu2 _dugud i3 kur-gi-<rin2>-na#_ | If a man, while lying down, is swollen in his ears and his ears are stiff: you anoint him regularly with oil from kurgi-crina. |
| 62' | ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_-ma nesz-mu-szu2 i-qal2-lil2 _suhusz {gesz}nam#-tar nita2_ tu-pa-as, ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_-ma ina-[esz?] | into his ears, and his ears he shall praise. The base of a man’s namtar-tree you shall remove. into the ears of his ears you fall, and he will recover. |
| 63' | _DISZ na gesztu-min_-szu2 _gin7_ sza2 _szu-gidim-ma gu7-mesz_-szu2# lu _sig3#?-mesz_-szu2 _i3-gesz {szim}gig i3-gesz gi du10-ga#_ | If a man’s ears are swollen like that of a ghost, or his feet are covered with oil of šimmu-aromatic, oil of sweet reed |
| 64' | _i3-gesz {szim}li_ a-he-e tu-raq-qa _disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub sila11 mun_ eme-sal-lim | You mix together oil and juniper. You scatter the mixture into his ears. You pour a libation bowl of emesallu-salt. |
| 65' | _{sig2}aka# nigin#_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar dida sig5 zi3 gu2-gal zi3 gu2-tur zi3 imgaga_ | a tuft of wool was placed into his ears. Good quality emmer flour, gugal flour, small-grain flour, imgaga flour |
| 66' | _zi3 gazi{sar} zi3_ {gesz}ere-ni# ina _kasz_ tara-bak [x] _ti_-ut, | You stir in beer kasû-fennel flour and cedar flour. You will recover. |
| 67' | _DISZ na gesztu-min_-szu2 _dugud#_-[ma _sza3] gesztu#-min_-szu2 bi-'-isz _sig3-mesz_-su _gir2-gir2_-su# [x x] u2#-ra-nu# | If a man’s ears are stiff and his ears are swollen, his tendons hurt him, ... urânu-plant |
| 68' | _gu7_-szu2-ma la _na2#?_-[al] _{szim#}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}gir2 {szim}bulug2 gazi#{sar} im-kal-la_ | He eats it and does not sleep: lupin, mint, kukru-aromatic, cypress, tamarisk, gazelle, imkalla-plant |
| 69' | _im-kal-gug_ [x x an]-nam# ina _izi {gesz#}kiszi16 sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _sar_-ar2# | The imkalgug-plant ... this in the fire of his ears he burns. |
| 70' | [... _u4 x]-kam2_ an-nam _du3#_-usz#-ma ina _u4 4(disz)-kam2 sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 ta-kap-par2-ma | ... on the xth day you perform this and on the 4th day in his ears you wipe clean and |
| 71' | _[gin7 lugud]_ it#-tag#-ma#-ru _im-sahar-na4-kur-ra sud2_ ina _{gi}sag-kud_ ana _sza3# gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah | If he is ill with mucus (suālu): you knead imsaḫar-nakurru-aromatic (and) you put it on a reed mat into his ears. |
| 72' | _[DISZ na_ ina] _gesztu-min_-szu2 _lugud du_-ak _mud2 ellag2 gu4 mud2 {gesz}erin disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz_ | If a man’s ears are full of mucus (and) blood from an ox, blood from cedar: you mix them together into his ears. |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz a_ {gesz}x [...] | ... into his ears ... water ... |
| 2 | [...] x _bi-iz a [{gesz}]nu#-ur2-ma#_ ina# [x x] _erin# hi-hi_ | ... ... water from a pomegranate in ... cedar |
| 3 | [x x] _bi#-iz_ kam-ka-ma# sza2 kim-s,i _ansze#?_ [x] x sza2 _gu2#-murgu ansze_ ina _i3 {gesz}erin hi-hi_ | ... is present, and of the kimṣu(?) of the donkey, ... of the saddle-bearer of a donkey in oil of cedar oil. |
| 4 | [x x] _nigin#_-mi# ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an _i3 {szim}buluh_ x x _ze2 bil-za-za_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz_ | ... you put into his ears. You pour oil, baluhhu-aromatic (and) bilzāzu-juniper inside his ears |
| 5 | [x x x] x-an-ni-szu2 ina _i3 kur-gi{muszen} hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz_ | ... his ... with eagle's oil, he sat on his ears. |
| 6 | [...] x ina _zi3-kum hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_ | ... ... you put it on a piece of flour into his ears. |
| 7 | [x x] tu#-daq-qaq x [x _{gi}]sag-kud_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah _gazi{sar}_ ki-ma _sze-sa-a_ ta-qal3-lu | you sprinkle ... a sagkudu-vessel into his ears. You roast kasû-tamarind like sesame. |
| 8 | [x] x _gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah# [x x] _{gesz}ge6-par3_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ ina _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah tu-ru-'-a | ... his ears are swollen. ... the ‘seah’-tree is split open. You sprinkle a suppository inside his ears. You turn back. |
| 9 | [ta-sza2]-as#-si tap-pu-u2# [x] x tu-pa-s,a _a_-szu2 ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz#_ kam-ka-ma kin3-s,i _ansze_ | You recite the incantation ..., and his son sits in his ears, and the work on the donkey. |
| 10 | [x x] sza2 kal-bi _disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ [ana _sza3 gesztu]-min#_-szu2 _gar_-an-ma# _naga si kug-gan nita2#?_ u _munus erin nigin_ | You put ... of the mighty ... into his ears and you wrap it in a leather bag of gold, a man’s? and a female worker. |
| 11 | [ana _sza3] gesztu#-min_-szu2 _gar_-an _szum2 szir-dili{sar}_ tu-ha-sa ana _sza3 gesztu#-min_-szu2 tu-na-tak | you put into his ears. You mix širdilû-plant (and) you pour it inside his ears |
| 12 | _[DISZ na] gesztu#-min_-szu2 _lugud_ i-s,ar-ru-ur _[a {gesz}nu]-ur2-ma_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz u2# babbar sud2_ | If a man’s ears are swollen: he will be frightened. You pour water from a pomegranate into his ears. You pound white plant. |
| 13 | _{gi#}sag-kud_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah# [x] _{gesz}erin i3 {szim}erin i3 {szim}mug# [{u2}gamun{sar} sud2_ | You put a reed mat into his ears. You knead ... cedar, oil, juniper, mugû-aromatic (and) cumin. |
| 14 | [ina _i3]-nun# hi-hi {sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ana _sza3# [gesztu-min_-szu2] _gar : gamun-ge6#_ [x] _{szim}szesz i3 ku6_ | You stir it in ghee (and) wool from a sheep’s wool. You put it into his ears. : Gambunge, ... myrtle oil, fish oil |
| 15 | [bah]-ra# _disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an x [x x] _zi3-kum hi-hi_ [x x] _nigin#_-mi ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | You set up a libation bowl. You put ... flour, libations of ... in the middle of his ears. |
| 16 | _[{gesz}]nu#-ur2-ma had2-a sud2_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah# [x x] _erin#_ {szim}[x _ze2 bil]-za-za_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ | You pound pomegranate peel, you pour it into his ears, you boil down ... cedar, ...-juniper, bilzaza-plant, (and) you daub (his eyes). |
| 17 | [ana _sza3?] gesztu#-min_-szu2 _sar i3 {gesz}szur-min3 {sig2}aka3 su3#_ [x x _{u2}]kur-ra_ x [x x] _sza3# gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | into his ears you put sar, oil, cypress, wool, ... kurru-plant inside his ears. |
| 18 | _[kasz?]_ sza _{lu2}kurun2# u2 babbar_ ta-bi-lam ana _sza3# [gesztu-min_-szu2 x _im]-sahar#-na4-[kur-ra_ x x] _gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah | beer of the brewer’s prebend and white plant you will bring. In order to soothe his ears ... gypsum his ears will be pacified. |
| 19 | [{gesz}]bi#-ni _pa {gesz}u3-suh5#_ ina _kasz#-sag#_ [...] x [...] _kur-gi{muszen}_ | ... tamarisk, alum in prime-quality beer ... the kurgi bird |
| 20 | [...] _bil#-za-za_ | ... bilzaza |
| 21 | [...] _gesztu#-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... you set his ears ... |
| 22 | [... _{gesz}nu]-ur2-ma_ | a pomegranate |
| 23 | [...] _gar_-an | ... you set up. |
| 24 | [...] x har | ... bracelet |
| 25 | [...] _sar_ | ... he will die. |
| 31' | ina#? [...] | In ... |
| 32' | kam# [...] | ... ..., |
| 33' | kam2 x [...] | At the ... gate |
| 34' | u2 [...] | ... plants |
| 35' | ana _gesztu-min_ szu#? [...] x _{szim}gur2-[gur2_ ...] | For ears ... ... mint ... |
| 36' | _a {gesz}nu-ur2#?-ma#?_ x [x] x-ar ina _de3 {gesz}szinig_ ta-sa-raq#-[ma ...] | water from a pomegranate ... in a potter’s kiln you burn and ... |
| 37' | _DISZ kug-gan sud2_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 ta-sa-[raq ...] | If you pound kukru-aromatic, you scatter it into his ears ... |
| 38' | _DISZ ki-min# gazi#{sar} gin7 sze-sa-a_ ta-qal-lu _sud2_ ina _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 ta-[sa-raq ...] | If ditto: you roast saḫlû ('tamarind') like roasted grain, you pound suluppu ('seed') in his ears, ... |
| 39' | _DISZ# na lugud_ ina _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _du_-ak _a# {gesz}nu-ur2-ma i3-gesz bara2-ga i3-gesz erin_ x [...] | If a man has been seized by sulphur in his ears: you boil down pomegranate juice, baraga-plant oil, cedar oil ... |
| 40' | _i3 {szim}buluh {szim}li ze2# bil-za-za sig7_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _bi-iz_ sze-mi-[tu ...] | You pour oil, baluhhu-aromatic, lupin, yellow-green bilzaza-plant into his ears, listen to ... |
| 41' | _mud2 nim disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-[min_-szu2 ...] | a little rain shower, a bit into his ears ... |
| 42' | _DISZ na_ ina _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 lu _a-mesz_ lu _mud2_ lu _lugud du_-ak _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 ta-kap-par2# [...] | If a man, in his ears, either water or blood or sweat goes: you wipe away his ears .... |
| 43' | ina _{gi}sag-kud dub sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _luh_-si# _min#_-ma _a-gesztin-na bil-la2_ ana _sza3 gesztu#-[min_-szu2 ...] | In a reed mat you wrap a tablet inside his ears, ditto and you pour a censer of wine into his ears. |
| 44' | x x _sud2_ ina _lal3 hi-hi_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _dub {sig2}aka3 nigin lal3 kur-ra#?_ [...] x x [...] | You pound ... in honey, you pour it into his ears, you tie a tuft of wool, honey from the mountain(?) ... ... |
| 45' | _DISZ ki-min numun {u2}nu-luh-ha {sig2}aka3#_ [...] _sza3# gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | If DITTO, you put seed from nuḫurtu-plant, wool from ... into his ears. |
| 46' | _DISZ ki-min numun {szim}gur2-gur2 sud2_ [...] ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | If DITTO, you knead seeds of kurkuru-aromatic ... into his ears. |
| 47' | _DISZ ki-min gazi{sar}_ qa-lu-te _sud2_ [...] ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | If ditto: you dry, crush, ... into his ears. |
| 48' | _DISZ na gesztu zag_-szu2 ina _kum2#?_ x [... asz]-rat _{d}utu : {d}3(u) kin_-ma | If a man’s right ear in the heat of ... the sanctuary of Šamaš : Sin will work and |
| 49' | _du11-ga_ u _gesz-tuku_ sza2 [... _mun]_ eme#-sal-lim ina _i3 {gesz}szur-min3_ | Command and wisdom of ... salt of emesallu-plant in oil from cypress |
| 50' | _i3#-gesz# {szim#}gig#_ x [...] el-lam ana _sag-du_-szu2 _szub_-di | You pour oil, sulphur, ... elalam oil on his head. |
| 51' | [...] x _gur-gur_-szum-ma _ti_ | ... ... will return to him and he will recover. |
| 52' | [...] x _na bi_ asz-rat {d}nin-urta kin_-ma | ... ... that ... is the abode of Ninurta. |
| 53' | [...] x _mun_ eme-sal-lim x [x x] x _{szim#}gig_ | ... salt of emesallu-salt, ... sulphur |
| 54' | [...] x el-lam ana? [x x x x] di | ... ellam to ... |
| 55' | [...] _{szim#}li_ [x x x x x] x x | ... juniper ... |
| 56' | [...] _gur_-szum-ma _ti_ | ... turn to him and he will recover. |
| 57' | [... x]-szu2 _na bi_ asz-rat _{d}utu kin_-ma | ... his ... that ... the abode of Šamaš worked and |
| 58' | [... _{szim}]li# sud2 {sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | You wrap ... in juniper, šunû-fennel (and) wool, and you put it into his ears. |
| 59' | [...] ina _ninda imgaga gu7-min_ | ... he eats with imgaga-bread |
| 60' | [...] _gur-gur_-szu2-ma _ti_ | ... turns back and he will recover. |
| 61' | [...] _kin#_-ma 7(disz) _iti sig6-ga igi_-mar | ... he will work and will see 7 months of good fortune. |
| 62' | [...] x-szu2 sza2 _i3 bur_ el-lam ana _sag!(SI)-du_-szu2 _szub_-di | ... his ... of pure oil will fall on his head. |
| 63' | [...] _u4 7(disz)-kam2 gur-gur_-szum-ma _ti_-ut, | ... on the 7th day return him and live! |
| 64' | [...] _gig# u4-da gig na bi zi-ga_ | ... he will suffer from ... illness; that day, the illness will be released. |
| 65' | [...] x _sig5 igi_-mar ana _ti_-szu2 | ... ... will become good; it will be favorable for his life. |
| 66' | [...] _i3# {gesz}szur-min3_ ana _sag-du_-szu2 _szub_-di | ... you pour oil from a cypress tree on his head. |
| 67' | [... _u4 x]-kam2# gur-gur_-szum-ma _ti_-ut,# | ... on the xth day, return to him and live! |
| 68' | [x x x x x] qer#?-be2#-nu x [...] | ... in their midst |
| 69' | [x x x _u4] 9(disz)#-kam2 a#-esir#?_ szu2-szum# [...] | ... on the 9th day: a bitumen ... |
| 70' | [x x] _i3#-gesz# {szim}gig {sig2}aka3#_ [...] | ... juniper, šimgig-aromatic, wool |
| 71' | [x x] x-di bu-uh2-ra x [...] | ... received ... |
| 72' | _[DISZ na gesztu-min zag]_-szu2# _ir#_ ana qer-be2-nu ip-hur#-ma#? _lugud_ x-ni# x tag#? _lu2# kum2 gal2_-szu2 _na bi_ | If a man’s right ear causes him a stinging pain and then he is ill for a second time and ...: that man will be ill. |
| 73' | [x x x] _kin#_-ma _sig5 igi_-mar ana _ti_-szu2 _gada_ ta-s,ap-par _i3 {gesz}szur-min3 i3 {gesz}erin su3_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | You pound ... and it will become good. For his life you wrap a linen cloth. You put oil of cypress and juniper oil inside his ears. |
| 74' | [x x] x ana _sag-du_-szu2 _szub#_ an-nu-u x x _gu7#-min {u2}har-har_ ina _kasz nag-min u4 7(disz)-kam2 gur-gur_-szum-ma _ti_ | ... to his head fall. This ... you eat. You libate harhar plant in beer. On the 7th day return it to him and he will recover. |
| 75' | _[DISZ na gesztu] gub3_-szu2 _ir_ ana qer-be2-nu ip-hur-ma# _lugud szub_-ni _na bi_ asz-rat _{d}u-dar kin_-ma _sig5 igi_-mar | If a man’s left ear causes him a stinging pain, he turns around and falls into a grave: that man, the sanctuary of Udar, will work, and he will experience good fortune. |
| 76' | [x x] x di#? sza-szu2 hal-qam _igi_-mar ana _ti_-szu2 _i3#-gesz {gesz#}erin i3-gesz i3-gesz {gesz}szur-min3 i3-gesz {szim}bal#_ | ... his ... will be destroyed; he will see for his life oil, cedar oil, oil, cypress oil, balsam oil |
| 77' | [x x] _du10-ga i3-gesz {szim}gig {seg2}he2-me-da su3_ ana _sza3 gesztu_-szu2 _gar i3-gesz {szim}gig_ ana _sag#-[du_-szu2] | ... is good: oil of šumlalû-aromatic (and) ḫēmadu-plant you put into his ears. Oil of a ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ plant on his head |
| 78' | [x x] bu-uh2-ra _gu7-min kasz nag-min u4 7(disz)-kam2 gur-[gur_-szum-ma _ti]_ | ... he should eat ..., drink beer, and on the 7th day return to him and he will recover. |
| 79' | _[DISZ na_ x x]-szu2# _gu3-gu3_-si _tumu_ ha-sat ku#? _lugud du3_-ni asz-rat {d}[x ...] | If a man’s ... constantly roars, he is constantly afflicted by a stroke of the throat, a swollen neck, and he has a temple of ... |
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| 2 | _a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma ku7#-ku7# ra_-su _i3-gesz su3_ x [...] _sud2#_ ana _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2 _du10 [igi_-mar?] | You sprinkle water from a pomegranate tree on him, you ... juniper oil ... (and) you sprinkle it on his temples. He will experience good health. |
| 3 | _DISZ ki-min mun sud2 {sig2}aka3 nigin i3 {gesz}szur-min3 su3_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an _i3 {gesz}szur-min3_ ana _sag-ki#_ [x x x] | If ditto: you knead salt from a tuft of wool (and) you put oil from cypress oil into his ears. You ... oil from the cleaver into his temple. |
| 4 | bah-ra _gu7_ u _nag u4 3(disz)-kam2_ an-nam _du3_-usz-ma _du10 igi#?_-[mar x] | On the 3rd day you perform this and you will see good. |
| 5 | _DISZ ki-min {szim}li sud2 {sig2}aka3 nigin_ ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an _i3 illu {szim}buluh_ ana _sag#_ [...] | If ditto: you knead juniper, you wrap it in wool, you put it into his ears, you pour oil, water, baluhhu-aromatic on the head .... |
| 6 | sah#-le2#-e _ki kinda imgaga gu7-mesz 3(disz) u4_-mi an-nam _du3-du3_-ma x [...] | They eat cress, like a kind of imgaga plant, for 3 days and ... .... |
| 7 | [...] _henbur2#? {gesz}erin-na {sig2}ga-rig2-ag-a su3_ ana _sza3# [gesztu-min_-szu2? ...] | ... a cedar ḫendur-tree (and) a blue-purple wool (?) ... into his ears |
| 8 | [x x] ana# _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2 _szub-szub_-ma x [...] | ... fell to his temples and ... ... |
| 9 | [...] _{gesz}erin i3 {gesz}szur-min3 {sig2}ga-rig2-ag-a kur#_ [...] | ... cedar, oil, cypress, wool, the land |
| 10 | [x ana _sag]-ki#-mesz_-szu2 _szub-mesz {u2}har-har gu7#_ [...] | ... to his temples fell, he ate harhar plant ... |
| 11 | _[DISZ na] gesztu# zag_-szu2 _dugud szum2-szir-dili_ [...] | If a man's right ear is stiff: šumshirdilu-plant .... |
| 12 | _[{gesz}]szinig sig7_-su _sud2_ ina _zi3_ x [...] | his yellow tamarisk, you pound it in flour ... |
| 13 | _[{gesz}]erin {szim}li gamun-ge6 szum2_ [...] | cedar, juniper, black cumin |
| 14 | ana# _sza3 gesztu_-szu2 _gar_-an _i3-gesz_ [...] | You put it inside his ears. Oil ... |
| 15 | _{szim#}hab i3 szah {gesz}masz-husz sig2 {munus}[sila4_ ...] | ḫašû-aromatic, oil from a šaḥu-tree (and) mašrāqu-plant, wool of a weaned girl |
| 16 | _i3-gesz_ dup-ra-na _sig2#?_ [...] | oil of the duprānu-plant, wool? ... |
| 17 | _mud2 {d}nin-kilim edin-na# ki#_ [...] | The blood of Ninkilim in the steppe ... |
| 18 | _a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma an-zah-ge6_ x [...] | water from a pomegranate, anzaḫ-demon ... |
| 19 | _buru5-habrud-da nita2 sag-du buru4#?_ [...] | a male haruspex, the head of the harvest, ... |
| 20 | _DISZ na gesztu gub3_-szu2 _dugud {szim}szesz : {szim}gig sud2_ [...] | If a man’s left ear is swollen: bitter-plant (and) myrrh. : You pound šudû-mint ... |
| 21 | _lal3 kur_ ina _i3-uu ur_ x [...] | honey from the mountain in ... ... |
| 22 | _egir_-szu2 _dilim2 a-gar5_ [x x] _i3-gesz_ x [...] | After that, dillim-plant, agar5 ..., oil ... |
| 23 | _i3 {gesz}erin {sze}lillan_ [...] | oil, cedar, juniper |
| 24 | si-ik-ti {gesz}szu-szum# [...] | The bolt of a cypress |
| 25 | ha-si-sa-szu2 _dab_-bat lu# [...] ti#? szen# | his fever seized him, or ... fever? |
| 26 | _zi3_ bu-t,u-tu2 _la2_ [... x]-szu2#? _szub_ | ... flour of bututu-flour ... he will die. |
| 27 | _i3-gesz_ ina _du11-du11_ ana _sza3 gesztu_ [...] _dub#_-ak | You pour oil in the middle of the ear .... |
| 28 | kam2-ma sza _aszgab_ [...] _mu2_-ah | Come, and ... of the leatherworker .... |
| 29 | _DISZ na gesztu-min_-szu2 _dugud 1(disz) gin2 a_ {gesz#}[x ...] _sza3 gesztu_-szu2 _gar_ | If a man’s ears are thick: you put 1 shekel of water from ... into his ears. |
| 30 | 3(disz) _u4_-me an-na-a _du3-du3_-usz [... x]-szu2 ta-kap-par2 | You do this for 3 days. You wipe his ... clean. |
| 31 | _im-sahar-na4-kur-ra sud2_ x [...] _gesztu-min_-szu2 _mu2_-ah | You pound imsahar-nakurru-stone ... ... his ears will be swollen. |
| 32 | _gesz_ szu-ru-usz _{gesz}nam-tal nita2#?_ [...] x-szu2 _szu-ti_ | a šuruša tree, a male namtal tree ... his ... hand |
| 33 | _sig7_-su _sud2 a_-szu2 ana#? [...] x-szu2 _bad_-te | (If) his yellow-green hair is short: his son will ... to ...; his ... will become weak. |
| 34 | _{szim}hab i3 szah ka a-ab-[ba_ ... _{munus}asz2]-gar3# nita nu-zu_ | ḫašû-aromatic, oil of the mouth of the sea ... male kid |
| 35 | tur-ar2 _sud2_ [...] _sza3# gesztu-min_-szu2# _szub_ | it will be small, short ...; his ears will fall. |
| 36 | _szum2-sikil pa {gesz}ma?_ x [...] ki#?-ma an-nam i-te-ep#-szu# | šumsikil-plant, ... of a boat ... like this he did. |
| 37 | _za3-hi-li_ x [...] ina _kasz nag_-ma | You ... sahlû-cress ... in beer, and then |
| 38 | _{tug2}bar-si_ x [...] _{tug2}dul_-szu2 | a cloak ... his garment |
| 39 | x x [... _u4] 3(disz)-kam2 sar-sar_-ma _ti_ | ... 3rd day: he will cultivate and prosper. |
| 40 | [...] _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_-di | ... he will abandon his ears. |
| 41 | [...] x _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_-di | ... he will abandon his ears. |
| 42 | [...] _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_-di | ... he will abandon his ears. |
| 43 | [...] hi# ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 tu-na-tak | ... you pour into his ears. |
| 44 | [...] x ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... ... you place into his ears. |
| 45 | [...] _gesztu-min_-szu2 tu-na-tak | ... you keep his ears open. |
| 46 | [...] ana _sza3 gesztu-min_-szu2 _szub_ | ... fell into his ears. |
| 47 | [...] x un#? | ... un(?) |
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