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BAM 5, 423 (P422428)
Medical, Middle Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 423 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422428 |
| Museum no. | BM 122654 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 x x x x] _u2#_ x x [...] | ... plants ... ... |
| 2' | [x x x x x] _u2_ szi-qi2 _tar_-si#? [...] | ... šiqi-plant, tarsi?-plant ... |
| 3' | _{u2}lag# a-sza3 u2 dur2-gig-ga#_ [...] | a plant from a field of dugigu-plant ... |
| 4' | {u2}ha-sza-nu _u2 mur-mesz_ [...] | ḫašānu-plant, murrû-plant |
| 5' | {u2}pu-ug-la-nu _u2 ki-min_ [...] | Puglānu-plant, ditto ... |
| 6' | {u2}bu-ut,-na-nu _u2 ki-min ki#?-[min_ ...] | ruṭnānu-plant and ditto ... . |
| 7' | {u2}szuq-da-nu _u2 tab u4-da sud2_ [...] | You pound šuqdanu-plant, you smear it on the day ... |
| 8' | {u2}pu-uh-pu-hu _u2_ ir-ri _gig sud2_ ina _kasz#?_ [...] | Puhpuhu-plant, irrigated plant, sore from a sore, in beer ... |
| 9' | _u2 nunuz a-sza3 u2 gissu_ sza2 _igi zi sud2_ ana _gissu_ [...] | You pound alum from a field. You pour it into a ... ... |
| 10' | {u2}kur-s,ib-ti _a-sza3 u2 ki-min ki-min_ | kurṣibtu-plant in a field ditto, ditto, |
| 11' | {u2}szi-gu-usz-te _sig7 u2_ a-mur-ri-qa-ni _sud2_ ina _gesztin sur nag#_ | red šiguštu-plant, amurriqani-plant (and) suda-plant in wine you heat up. |
| 12' | _u2 suhusz kur-gi-rin2-na u2_ masz-ka-di _{sig2#}aka3# nigin_ ina _gu2 na gar_ | You wrap kurgirinnu-plant, maškadu-plant (and) blue-purple wool around the neck. |
| 13' | 1(u) _{u2}kur-gi-rin2-na u2_ szim-ma-ti _zi ki-min_ | 10 kurgirinnu-plants, plant of šimmatu-aromatic, ditto, |
| 14' | _u2 bil-la2 gi szul#-[hi] u2 ki-min sud2_ [ina] _i3-gesz szesz2_ | You knead billa-plant, reed, sulhu-plant and ditto, you mix them in pressed oil. |
| 15' | _u2 bil-la2 gi u2 ki-min ki-min_ | billû-plant, reed, ditto ēru-plant |
| 16' | _u2 henbur2 gi szul-hi u2 ki-min ki-min_ | henbur-plant, reed, šulhu-tree, ditto ēdu-plant |
| 17' | _u2 henbur2 gi ki-min ki-min_ | henbur-plant, reed, ditto, ditto, |
| 18' | _u2 henbur2 {gisz}dih3 {d#}dim3#-me# ki-min_ [...] | henbur-plant, tamarisk of Lamaštu, ditto |
| 19' | _u2 henbur2 {gisz}kiszi16 u2_ [x x] _ki-min ki-min_ [...] | henbur-plant, juniper, ...-plant ditto, [ditto ...] |
| 20' | _u2 numun {gesz}szinig u2#_ [x x x] x x x ina _gu2 na gar#_ | You put seed from a tamarisk, ...-plant on the neck. |
| 21' | _{u2}numun {gesz}ma-nu u2 dab_ {d}[x ...] | seed from a manu-tree, plant that seized ... |
| 22' | _u2 ka a-ab-ba u2_ be-en-ni# [...] | The mouth of the sea, the tongue of ... ... |
| 23' | 1(u) _u2 numun ha-lu-ub2 u2 usz11-bur2#-[ru-da_ ...] | 10 plants for the destruction of the seed, for the ushburû-demon ... |
| 24' | _{u2}illu szinig u2_ it-te#-[x ...] | a plant, a šigû-container of plants ... |
| 25' | _{u2}illu {szim}buluh u2_ a-szi-i# [...] | a plant, baluhhu-aromatic, ašû-plant |
| 26' | _{u2}ab2-duh u2 [ki-min_ ...] | Abduḫu-plant and ditto . . |
| 27' | _{u2}pa gi-zu2-lum-ma u2 zu2-ur#_ [...] | juniper, reed bundles, grass, ... |
| 28' | _u2 numun ki-min u2_ e-bu-ut#? [...] | plant of seed, alternatively plant of ebut ... |
| 29' | _{u2}suhusz ki-min u2_ a-mur-ri-qa#-[ni ...] | The root of ditto plant, amurriqanu-plant |
| 30' | _{u2}pa sze-na2 u2 dab sza3_-bi# [...] | The šēnu-plant, the ālu-plant (and) the ēru-plant ... its inside |
| 31' | _{u2}pa sze-na2 u2 gig_ sza2 da#? [...] | šēnu-plant, a bitter plant that is next to ... |
| 32' | _{u2}pa sze-na2 u2 dab dingir_ mar# [...] | šēnu-plant, a kind of plant that afflicts a god |
| 33' | 1(u) _{u2}gesztu {gesz}dih3 sa5 u2 dab_ li-li [...] | 10 (pieces of) geštu-plant, tamarisk, reddish plant, dab-plant lili |
| 34' | {u2}e-li-kul-la _u2_ gi-lit _dingir_ [...] | elikulla-plant, the plant of the rejoicing of the god |
| 35' | {u2}el-kul-la _u2_ x [...] | Elkulla-plant, ...-plant |
| 36' | _u2# BAD?_ x x i bal? {u2#}x [...] | ... ... plant |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | {u2}[x ...] | ... plant |
| 2' | {u2}[x ...] | ... plant |
| 3' | {u2}[x ...] | ... plant |
| 4' | {u2}[x ...] | ... plant |
| 5' | {u2}x [...] | ... plant |
| 6' | 1(u) {u2}HAR#? [...] | 10 ...-plants |
| 7' | {u2}ra# [...] | ... juniper |
| 8' | {u2}qa# [...] | ... qa plant |
| 9' | _{u2}numun_ x [...] | ... juniper |
| 10' | _{u2}lag [a-sza3?_ ...] | a plant from a field |
| 11' | _{u2}igi_-[x ...] | ... juniper |
| 12' | {u2}x [...] | ... plant |
| 13' | {u2}x [...] | ... plant |
| 14' | x [...] | |
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
- 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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