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AMT pl. 016 05 (P425358)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 016 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425358 |
| 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)
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 | [...] tusz-kin | ... you established. |
| 2 | [...] _du3#_-usz | ... he will do. |
| 3 | [...] x | |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | ina _a gazi{sar} sud_ ta-la3-asz _gig mud2 musz [ge6]_ | you knead it in ghee, you shave (and) you bandage him with it. The sick man was covered in blood, measured. Night |
| 2 | ana _igi mar la2_-su-ma _ti_-[ut,] | in front of his eye he will recover. |
| 3 | 3(disz) _keszda-mesz szesz 1(u) 5(disz)-ta-am3 u4_-me _la2_-[su] | 3 keshda-vessels for the brother, 15 days its deficit |
| 4 | szum4-ma ina _sza3 keszda_ mah-re-e la isz-ta-rik# | If he has not placed it in a previous binding, |
| 5 | _keszda_ sza2-na-ma _la2_-su ina _sza3 keszda lugud_-ma _gar sza3_-bi-szu2 _keszda# [du8]_ | You put another knot inside the knot and you put it inside it. You remove the knot. |
| 6 | _{tug2}gada_ te-s,e-pir2 _lal3 [sud]_ | You wrap a linen garment, you bandage him with honey. |
| 7 | _na4#_ ga-be2-e tu-lam ana _sza3 gig gar_-an _la2_-[su] | You put a piece of baked brick into a sore's inside; you bandage him. |
| 8 | _[DISZ] sza3#_-szu2 _kalag u2 babbar min duh-lal3 sig7 [min]_ | If his belly is full of red plant, ditto: honey, yellow-green. |
| 9 | _[DISZ] na# gig gin7_ il-qi2# u2-ma-gag x [...] | If a man has been taken as if it were a sick person, he will become ill ... .... |
| 10 | [x x] x bu _hi-hi_ [x x] x [...] | ... confusion ... ... |
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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