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BAM 7, 008 (P425326)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 7, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425326 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | _{na4}zalag2 {na4}an-zah {na4}an#_ [...] | lapis lazuli, anzahhu-stone, ...-stone |
| 2 | [...] _munus {na4}gi-dub_ tam-tim na4# [...] | ... a woman with a seal of the sea stone ... |
| 3 | [... mal-ma]-lisz tu-szam-s,a szum-ma ina _gesztin-sur_ szum-ma ina [...] | ... you make ... flow as if in wine or in ... |
| 6 | [...] _mud zabar_ ana _gesz3_-szu2 _dub_-ak [...] | ... you pour bronze clay into his skull ... |
| 7 | [... ga]-bi#-i _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _gesztin kal-ga nu_ pa-tan [...] | ... he should not eat ...; alternatively, you should not drink it in strong wine. ... |
| 8 | [... _{u2}kur]-kur {u2}dili disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _kasz-sag nu_ pa-tan _nag_-[ma _ti]_ | You pound together kurkurru-plant (and) juniper, you have him drink it in prime-quality beer on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 9 | [...] x _u2 du3-a-bi sig disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _gesztin kal-ga nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | ... ... you anoint it with ...-plant, you knead it in strong wine on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 10 | [...] ga#-bi-i _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _a zu2-lum-ma nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | You pound ... of gubbî-plant, you boil it down in water from a date palm on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 11 | [... _gesztin] ka5-a disz_-nisz ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | ... you smear it on a piece of pressed wine, he drinks it in beer on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 12 | [...] x a _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina ha-szu-ri sza-ah-li _nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | You pound ... ..., you put it on as a bandage, you do not eat it on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 13 | [... _sze10] eme-szid iz-zi disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _gesztin nag-mesz_ ina mar-ha-s,i _ra_-su | ... he sat down on a censer of emmer; he drinks it in wine, and then he will recover. |
| 14 | [... _{u2}nu-luh]-ha {u2}har-har illu li-dur ki dida gu7 ze2 gu2-bi2{ku6} nag_ | nuluḫaḫa-plant, harhar-plant (and) lidur-plant; he should eat sweet corn and drink gubi-fish. |
| 15 | [...] _dida# {buru5}usz2-ku6 u2 babbar disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina sze-ri3 _nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma _ti_ | ... sweet tamarisk, ēru-fish and white plant you sprinkle. In the morning you should not drink it on an empty stomach, then he will recover. |
| 16 | [...] x ur _i3-gesz ka_-ka _diri_ ana _giri17 gesz3_-szu2 tu-qar-ra-ar | ... ... you pour oil from your mouth over the surface of his temple. |
| 17 | [...] ga# _ki {szim}gig i3-gesz_ ta-mah-has, ba-lu pa-tan 3(disz) _u4-me nag_-ma ina-esz | You crush ... milk with šimgig-aromatic (a kind of juniper) and oil. You drink it on an empty stomach for three days and then he will get better. |
| 18 | [... x]-szu2 _kasz3_-szu2 _gin7 kasz3 ansze babbar_-a _egir kasz3_-szu _mud2_ u2-kal-lam _na bi_ | ... its ... is like a white horse's. After its boiling he will hold mud. That man |
| 19 | [...] 2(disz) _gin2 illu {szim}buluh 1/3(disz) sila3 a-gesztin-na_ ina _{dug}kam_ tu#-[x ...] | ... 2 shekels of water, baluhhu-aromatic, 1/3 sila3 of grapes in a vessel ... |
| 20 | [...] _mud# zabar_ ana _gesz3_-szu2 _dub 1/2(disz) sila3 i3 kasz-sag szub_-di [...] | ... you pour bronze on his neck. You pour 1/2 sila3 of first-class oil ... |
| 21 | [...] {gesz#}szu-szi ina _i3-gesz hal-s,i u _kasz nu_ pa-tan _nag#_-[ma ...] | ... šuši-tree in filtered oil and beer on an empty stomach you pound and ... |
| 22 | [... _gesztin] kal#-ga hi-hi_ e-nu-ma _tag_-szu2 _nu_ pa-tan [ina-esz] | ... a strong wine will be consumed; when it touches him, he will not recover. |
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