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BAM 5, 471 (P418301)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 471 |
|---|---|
| ID | P418301 |
| 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' | [...] ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak ina# _i3#-gesz# szesz2#_-su# [...] | ... you pour it into his anus, you anoint him with it in oil, ... |
| 2' | _DISZ 4(disz) kasz3_ ru-sze-e-ti _ga u8 babbar-mesz lal3-kur-ra gesztin a_ [x x x x] | If 4 rushûtu-beer, white ewes, honey, wine ... |
| 3' | _kasz-sag i3-gesz disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak-ma ina-esz# | You pour first-class beer and oil, mix them into his anus, and then he will get better. |
| 4' | _DISZ 5(disz) {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li illu li-dur naga si {szim}buluh illu {szim}buluh {szim}mug_ | If 5 burāšu-juniper, lidur-aromatic, horned alkali-plant, buluḫ-plant (and) lupin |
| 5' | _nu-luh-ha{sar}_ ina 1/2(disz) _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal _en_ ana 2(disz) _sila3 gur 1/2(disz) sila3 kasz3 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz bara2-ga_ ina _sza3 kasz hi-hi_ | nuluḫaḫa-aromatic in 1/2 litre of first-class beer (and) šegašal-beer, until 2 qû of gur 1/2 sila3 of beer, 1/2 sila3 of baranga-oil in beer, |
| 6' | 1(disz)-szu2 2(disz)-szu2 3(disz)-szu2 ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak _egir_-szu2 _u4-sakar al-us2-sa {u2}gesztin ka5-a_ sah-le2-e | once, twice, three times to its base he strewn. After that I sat down on a sakar-vessel. A fox-vine, cress, |
| 7' | ta-pa-szar ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak _egir_-szu2 {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li naga si# {szim}buluh_ | You pour (it) into his anus. After that, gurgur-aromatic, lupin, horned alkali, buluḫ-plant |
| 8' | _zu2-lum-ma {zi3}sze-sa-a_ ina _kasz3 szeg6_-szal _i3-gesz_ u _kasz-sag_ ana _igi_ [x x x] _dub_-ma ina-esz | You crush dates and sašû-flour in beer, you pour oil and prime-quality beer before ... and he will get better. |
| 9' | _[DISZ] 6(disz)# {szim}szesz gazi{sar} {u2}nu-luh-ha {szim}gur2-gur2 naga si {u2}lag a-sza3_ | Alternatively, you crush and sift 6 herbs of gazelle, nuḫurtu-plant, mint, nīnû-mineral, horned alkali-plant |
| 10' | [x x] x _{u2}hur-sag_ ina _kasz_ u _kasz3_ ina _{im}szu-rin-na_ te-sek-ker tu-se-lam-ma | you crush ḫursag-plant in beer and beer in šurinnu-wood, you purify, and |
| 11' | [x x x x x] _had2-ra2 i3-gesz_ ana _igi szub_-di ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub egir_-szu _ga_ mat-qa ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ma ina-esz | ... you sprinkle oil on the surface. You pour it into his anus. After that, you pour a censer of juniper into his Anus and he will get better. |
| 12' | [...] _numun {gesz}szinig_ ni#-kip-tu2 | ... seed of a kiln, nikiptu-wood |
| 13' | [... _{szim}]li lu2_ ina _izi#_ [ta]-qat#-tar-szu2 | ... the man’s juniper you burn him with fire. |
| 14' | [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] _uh2-{d}[id2]_ | ... Uḫ-Id |
| 2' | [...] _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2 _la2_ [x] | ... his temples ... |
| 3' | [...] sza2 _hur-gal_ ma-gal _du11-du11_-ma# | ... you speak of a great mountain range and |
| 4' | [...] _be_-ma _szu gidim-ma {u2}kur-ra {u2}hur-sag_ | ... If Hand of a Ghost (appears) and a mountain plant (is) ḫursag plant |
| 5' | [...] _gi du10 {szim}am-ma {szim}mug_ szu-lut, _szim-hi-a_ | ... sweet reed, tamarisk, juniper, sulphur, aromatics |
| 6' | [...] ina _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal _i3-gesz_ ana _igi szub_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_ | ... in prime-quality beer it is cold, you pour oil over it. You pour it into his anus. |
| 7' | _DISZ 2(disz) numun gi-zu2-lum-ma {u2}ukusz2-hab {u2}kur-kur {szim}li {szim}sze-li-tu2 {u2}babbar_ | If 2 seeds of gizû-plant, kušḫābu-plant (a kind of juniper), mountain plant, liquorice, white plant |
| 8' | _na4_ ga-bi-i _disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ u _du3_-usz ana _dur2_-szu _gar_-an _illu li-dur {szim}buluh_ tak-ti-ru | You crush gabbî-stone (and) šūmu-aromatic in fat and you put it into his anus. May the river level recede, the baluḫ-plant is dried out. |
| 9' | _DISZ 3(disz) {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}mug szika nig2-bun2-na{ku6} naga si {u2}babbar_ {u2}ak-tam | If 3 burāšu-juniper, lupin, mugu-aromatic, nigbunnu-fish, alkali, white plant, baktam-plant |
| 10' | {gesz}erin mud2 {szim}szesz {szim}buluh illu {szim}buluh illu li-dur gi du10-ga {szim}man-du_ | mud-scented cedar, myrtle, baluḫ-aromatic resin, alum resin, resin of lidur-reed, sweet reeder, mandu-juniper |
| 11' | szu-lut, _szim-hi-a_ ina _kasz3_ ru-usz-sze-ti ina _{im}szu-rin-na bad_-ir _e11_-ma _i3-gesz_ u _kasz_ ana _sza3 hi-hi tu5_-szu2-ma _tin_ | šuluṭḫû-aromatic in beer (and) rūru-beer in a bowl, you remove (the mixture) and you wash him with oil and beer into the mixture, and then he will recover. |
| 12' | _DISZ 4(disz) {u2}a-zal-la {u2}babbar_ {u2}al-la-an-na {u2}ak-tam {u2}an-ki-nu-te numun gada ka a-ab-ba_ | If 4 azallû-plants, white plant, allanu-plant, baktam-plant (and) ankinūtu-trees, seeds of linen from the mouth of the sea |
| 13' | _{szim}szesz duh-lal3_ {u2}ap2-ru-sza _i3-gesz du10-ga disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ina _i3-gesz szesz2-mesz_-su | juniper, honey, aprušu-plant, good oil: you mix it with his brothers' oil. |
| 14' | _DISZ 5(disz) {u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}ha-sza2-na _{u2}kur-kur {u2}in-nu-usz en numun_-szu2 _numun {gesz}szinig_ | If five plants: ālu-līm-plant, ‘faces a thousand’ plant, ḫašanu-juniper, kurkur-plant (and) maštakal-plant the owner of his seed, seeds of tamarisk |
| 15' | _numun {gesz}ma-nu {na4}zalag2 {u2}dili ka a-ab-ba pesz10-{d}id2 {tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2 giri3-pad-du nam-lu2-u18-[lu]_ | seed of manu-wood, lapis lazuli, single-plant, in the mouth of the sea, Peš-Id, a nigdašulal garment, and a fingernail of humanity |
| 16' | _ur-dim_ {gesz}si-ha {u2}ar-ga-na {gesz}ba-ri-ra-tu2 _{szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}am-ma_ | a dog with sīḫu-wood, barganu-plant, barīrātu-tree, lupin, mint, cumin |
| 17' | _{szim}im-man-du {gesz}erin {gesz}[x x x x x x] _{szim}szesz 2(u) 5(disz) u2-hi-a szesz_ | Immandu-aromatic, cedar, ...-wood, myrtle, 25 plants for my brother |
| 18' | nap-szal-ti _szu gidim-ma_ [x x x x ] ni#-s,ir-ti _masz-masz_-ti | Life, hand of a ghost, ..., the protection of the incantation priest, |
| 19' | _[DISZ]_ 6(disz) {na4}mu-s,u _{na4}babbar {na4}an-zah_ {na4}[x x x x x] _ge6 {na4}ka-gi-na dab-ba_ | If six stones, mūṣu-stone, babbar, anzahhu-stone and ...-stone are seized by black kagina stone: |
| 20' | {na4#}dur2-mi-na {na4}{d}masz {u2}dili tesz2-bi_ ina [x x x x] _hi-hi szesz2-mesz_-su-ma _tin_ | You mix together dunminu-stone, ninurta-stone (and) juniper in ... and you daub his brothers and he will recover. |
| 21' | [x x] _lu2# gin7 {gesz}pa_ sza2 {d}suen gar_-szum-ma [x] szu2 i-kap-pap u i-tar-ra-as, | “If a man, like Sîn, puts a scepter of Suen on him, and ... he spits out and trembles. |
| 22' | [...] x x x x x ak _gidim_ mur-tap-pi-du ina _edin dab_-su | ... ... the ghost of Urtappidu seized him in the steppe. |
| 23' | _gurun_ {gesz}x [... x]{muszen#} _i3-udu ellag2 gu4 gin7 kusz sud2 lu2 usz2_ | ... fruit, ...-bird, fat from a sheep, like a bull, skin from an ox, the man will die. |
| 24' | _had2#-ra2 sud2 mud2_ tu-bah-x [...] sza2 _id2 had2-ra2 tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ | You dry, crush, and sift ... ... of the dry river, you mix them together in fat. |
| 25' | _iti szesz2#-[mesz]_-su#-ma _tin_ | In the month of his brothers he will give back the wine. |
| 26' | _DISZ na gidim dab_-su-ma i-mi-im i-ka-as,#-[s,a ma-da]-a#-at ha-a-a-ta-szu2 qer-bit | If a ghost has seized a man and he is covered in a cloud: the fate of his enemies will be decided. |
| 27' | _u4_ u _ge6_ la i-na-ah _gu3_-szu _gin7 gu3_ im-[me-ri] it-ta _szub_-di | If he does not sleep during the day and night, his voice will tremble like a flood wave; he will fall. |
| 28' | _szu gidim_ a-hi-i ina har-ba-ti _dab_-su ana _ti_-szu _su_-szu ina _kasz#_ [x] tu#-ka-ar tu-kas,3-s,a | If a ghost has seized a man in a ditch, for his life, you crush his flesh in beer ..., and then he will recover. |
| 29' | _{u2}gesztin ka5-a had2-a sud2_ ina _mud2 {gesz}erin2 : i3-bur hi-hi szesz2_-su {na4#}[x] {na4}ar2-zal-lu# | (If) he rubs himself with fox-vine: in the sap of cedar : ibūr-ḫišu-juniper (gloss: break) his brother's ...-stone (and) alum |
| 30' | _{na4}pa_ sza2 7(disz) _gun-mesz_ sza2 _{na4}gug sa5 {na4}zu2 ge6 {na4}[x] {na4}{d}[x ...] | Nabû-stone of 7 talents of red carnelian, black ...-stone, |
| 31' | {u2}tar-musz ina _kusz_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an _gidim_ sza2 _dab#_-[su ...] | You put tarmuš-plant in a leather bag on his neck. The ghost who seized him . . |
| 32' | _[en2] udug hul hun-ga2 a-la2 hul hun-ga2 gidim# [hul hun-ga2_ ...] | Incantation: O evil udug, evil ala-demon, evil paragon, evil ghost, ... |
| 33' | [x x x] _min maszkim2 hul min {d}[x ...] | ... ditto, evil maškim priestess, ... |
| 34' | [x x x] x _inim {d}en-ki-ke4#_ [...] | ... the word of Enki |
| 35' | [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | {u2}szu-mut-tu# [...] | šumuttu-plant |
| 3' | _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ [...] | Gurgur-aromatic, juniper |
| 4' | _suhusz {u2}gamun_ [...] | the foundations of cumin |
| 5' | _pesz10-{d}id2 uh2-{d}id2_ | Ištar, Uḫti-Issar |
| 6' | _{u2#}kur-ra naga si_ [...] | mountain plant, nīnû-plant |
| 7' | _[i3]-udu# gu4 i3-udu ur-mah_ [...] | fat of an ox, fat of a lion ... |
| 8' | _{u2}kur-kur {szim#}[x ...] | kurkur-plant, ...-juniper |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | [x x] _szinig#_ la# _ugu#?_ [...] | ... not on ... ... |
| 11' | _pap_ 1(u) qu-ta-ru sza# _szu gidim#_ [...] dup-pir lem-nu _en2#_ mu#-szal#-lim# [...] | Total: 10 qutaru of the hand of a ghost .... |
| 12' | _DISZ na szu gidim-ma gig 1/2(disz) sila3-ta-am3 kasz3 : a {d}id2_ sza2 sa-hi-ri u sa-hir#-[ti ...] | If a man suffers from hand of a ghost: 1/2 sila3 of beer (means): water of the god of the saḫiru-disease and sattūrtu. |
| 13' | _DISZ na szu gidim-ma_ ina _su_-szu2 il-ta-za-az-ma _nu du8_ ar2-an-na [x x] _kal_-szu2 [x x x] | If a man, hand of a ghost stands in his body and cannot be dispelled: ... his whole body ... |
| 14' | _DISZ ki-min kasz3_ ru-usz-sze-e-ti ina _nindu usz2_-er ina _u4 hul-gal2_ ina _e-sir2-limmu2-ma_ ir-ta-na-muk-ma [x] | If ditto: he drinks ruushsû-beer in a tureen, on a bad day he continually bathes in esirlimmu-plant, and then .... |
| 15' | ana _szu gidim-ma zi_-hi u3 _bur2_-ri _uzu_ esz-sze-bi{muszen} _gu7_-szu2-ma _ti ib2-taka4_ ina _izi_ tur-[ar2] | In order to cure a ghost and to release it, he eats ešebi-bird meat and then he will recover. He shall burn with fire. |
| 16' | ina _mud2 {gesz}erin hi-hi en2 szu-si hul-gal2_ ana _sza3 szid sag-ki_-szu _tag_-ma _nu gur_-ma _nu tag_ [x] | In the sap of a juniper you recite the incantation “The evil finger is placed inside his temple. He should not turn back and should not touch ... |
| 17' | _DISZ na szu gidim-ma dab_-su-ma _{lu2}mu7-mu7 zi_-szu la i-li-'e-u2 | If a man is seized by Hand of a Ghost and a ghost does not obey his life: |
| 18' | _{u2}an-ki-nu-ti {u2}dili {u2}asz-tal2-tal2 {u2}hur-sag sig7 gurun {gesz}masz-husz_ [x x] | ankinūtu-plant, a single plant, aštaltal-liquorice, yellow-green ḫursag-plant (and) gazelle droppings ... |
| 19' | [x x] ar#-zal-la {u2}tar-musz _{u2}sikil numun_ la _numun {gesz}szinig_ {u2}[x x x x] | ... arzalla, tarmuš-plant, sikillu-plant seed, not seed of tamarisk, ...-plant |
| 20' | [x x x] ina _i3 szesz2_ : ina _i3 {gesz}erin_ ina _kusz du3-du3-bi_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | ... in brother's oil : in cedar oil in a leather bag you put it on his neck. |
| 21' | [x x x]-ma _su lu2_ il-ta-za-az-ma _nu du8_ ana _zi_-szu _{na4}tu {na4}ka a-ab-ba_ | ... and the man stood up and did not go out to his life: tu-stone (and) agate |
| 22' | [x x ] _luh#-ha szub_-di ina _izi_ tur-ar2 ta-mar-raq ina _mud2 {gesz}erin hi-hi en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu | You throw ... of lupin, you ignite it in fire, you scatter it, you recite the incantation seven times. |
| 23' | [x x x] _ka-kib in-ka-kib in-ka-na-ka-kib in-tum3-ma ta en_ sza2-qa-a | ... he will be able to open the door, he ... the door. He will bring it and take it from the owner of the gate. |
| 24' | [x x x x] x _ib-tum3-ma ta_ pu-t,ur lem-nu _te-a tu6 en2_ | ... he brought and from the release of the evil. Incantation formula. |
| 25' | [x x x x x]-ra#-tu2 na-ad-ra-a-tu2 gas,#-s,a-tu2 dan-na-tu2 pa-asz-qa-tu lem-ne2-tu2 | ... ..., nadrītu-disease, severe cramps, apprehension of evil, |
| 26' | [...] _{d#}asal#-lu2#-hi_ man-nu u2-pa-szah-ka | ... Asalluhi, who will soothe you? |
| 27' | [...] x _tu6 en2_ | ... ... incantation, |
| 28' | [...] x AH | ... ... |
| 29' | [...] HI | ... ... |
| 30' | [...] _{d}masz_ | ... Ninurta |
| 31' | [...] _{gesz}szinig_ | ... a kiln |
| 32' | [... x]-szu2 _szesz2-mesz_ | ... his ... brothers |
| 33' | [...] SI _gu4 nita2_ | ... horn of a male ox |
| 34' | [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x _nu te_ | ... ... will not approach. |
| 3' | [...] TI | ... will recover. |
| 4' | [x x x] lu _naga si{sar} pesz10-{d}id2 si# dara3-masz_ [x x] _nig2#-ib-dara2 lal2_ | ... either horned alkali-plant, pešū-iddin-sulphur, horn of a stag, ... ibdaru-tree, honey |
| 5' | _[giri3-pad]-du nam-lu2-u18-lu_ la-asz-hi _szah nita tesz2-bi hi-hi_ ina _izi sar_-szu-ma _ti_ | a man's foot is swollen: a male pig, together with its saliva, you burn him with fire, and then he will recover. |
| 6' | [x x]-qul#-qul2-la-at _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ {u2}a-bu-uk-ka-tu2 _{u2}kur_ [x x] _gaz_ | ... of humanity, abukkatu-plant, mountain-plant ... he shall kill. |
| 7' | _[gin7 nig2-ar3]-ra# ta_ sa-mu-ud _tesz2-bi_ ina _i3-udu gu4 hi-hi_ ina _izi_ tu-qat-tar [x x x] | You fumigate him like a fumigant with sammû-plant, together with fat from an ox, in fire ... |
| 8' | [x x x] tu2-kal-la sza _gul-gul nam-lu2-u18-lu a-gar-gar#_ [x x x] | ... you hold. The one who destroys humanity, the agargar priestess |
| 9' | [x x x] _tesz2-bi_ ina _i3-udu gu4 hi-hi_ ina _izi_ tu-qat-tar-szu [x x x] | ... together with fat from an ox, you ignite it with fire ... |
| 10' | [x x x] im-gur-ra-am sza _nam-lu2-u18-lu i3-udu ellag2 gu4_ [x x x] | ... of the people, fat from an ox's kidney ... |
| 11' | [x x] _hi-hi_ ina _gul-gul nam-lu2-u18-lu_ ina _izi_ tu-qat-tar-szu# [x x x] | ... you ignite a fire with a censer of human flesh ... |
| 12' | [x x] _sze10 ur-bar-ra_ ka-as-si-bu _i3-udu ur-mah i3-udu ellag2 gu4#_ [x x x x] | ... lion's urine, kassibu-disease-jaundice, lion’s fat, lard, oxen ... |
| 13' | [ina] _kasz# hi-hi_ ina pe2-en-ti _{gesz}kiszi16_ tu-qat-[tar-szu x x] | You libate a libation of hihu-beer in the opening of a date palm ... |
| 14' | [x x] _giri3-pad-du nam-lu2-u18-lu_ u _me-he2_ sza2 _gu4_ [x x x x x] | ... the footstool of humanity and the stormwind of an ox ... |
| 15' | [x x] _hi-hi_ ina _gul-gul nam-[x ...] | ... ... in a ruined house ... |
| 16' | [x x x x] _lu2-usz2 i3 kin-tur{ku6} i3 ur4{ku6} i3 gu4[{ku6}_ ...] | ... the dead man, oil of the kintur-fish, ur-fish and oxen oil |
| 17' | [x x x x] _szesz2-szesz2_ [...] | ... brother ... |
| 18' | [...] _szir# nam-lu2-u18-[lu_ ...] | ... song of humanity ... |
| 19' | [...] | |
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