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BAM 5, 487 (P425272)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 487 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425272 |
| 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 3 | ||
| 1' | _en2#?_ [...] | Incantation: ... |
| 2' | _sza3-bi#? gu7#_-an-[ni ...] | Its inside? eats me ... |
| 3' | _du3-du3-bi_ ina _u4 sze-ga_ x [...] | Its ritual: on a propitious day ... .... |
| 4' | ina _ugu gi-du8 1(disz) kesz2-kesz2#_ [...] | on top of the door, 1 ... |
| 5' | _gi gar!_-an _lu2 bi dug3-gam_-su-ma# [...] | You set up a reed. That man will be satisfied and .... |
| 6' | 3(disz)-szu2 tu-szaq-ba-szu2-ma _{u2}igi#_-[lim ...] | You make him speak three times, and the door-jambs |
| 7' | _giri3-pad-du lu2_ kup-ra _{gesz}si# [ma2_ ...] | The footstool of a man is bent. The 'finger' of the boat |
| 8' | _usz2# {gesz#}erin i3 sumun bara2 {d#}utu#_ [...] | Dead: cedar, old oil, dais of Šamaš |
| 9' | _en2# [sag-ki] mu#-un#-[dab_ ...] | Incantation: He seized the forehead ... |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1' | [...] nu#? | ... not(?) |
| 2' | [...] _sar#_-ab | ... he will write. |
| 3' | [...] tala2-pap | ... you will measure. |
| 4' | [...] _kesz2#_-szu2 | ... his bond |
| 5' | [...] _lu2#-u18-lu_ | ... a man |
| 6' | [...] x{sar} | ... ..., |
| 7' | [...] _ti#?_-ut,#? | ... life? |
Sources & licences
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