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BAM 5, 509 (P426115)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 5, 509 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426115 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] a-na _gu2-gal_ [...] | ... to the canal ... |
| 3' | [... sza2] _ku3-babbar_ gi-dim-me-e-ti [sza2 _ku3-sig17]_ | ... of silver, gidimmê-silver, of gold |
| 4' | [li-pat-ta-a] _id2-mesz_ li-pat-ta-a a#-[tap-pa-ti] | May the rivers be open, may the canals be open! |
| 5' | [x] li#-par#-szi-du-ni lu-s,u-u2-ni zu-u2#-[szu2] | ... let them paršidû, let them bring out his teeth! |
| 6' | [a]-szam#-szu-tum sza2 _sza3_-bi-szu2 li-s,a-am-ma _{d}utu_ li-mur# | May the ašamšūtu-disease of his heart be released, and may Šarru see (it). |
| 7' | _[en2]_ ul# ia-ut-tu-un _en2 {d}asal-lu2-hi_ u _{d}gu-la_ | Incantation: “I do not know how to heal.’ Incantations: Asalluhi and Gula |
| 8' | [x] x id-di-ma a-na-ku asz2-szi | ... he gave, and I myself |
| 9' | _[{d}gu]-la# ti-la_-ma _nig2-ba_-ki li-qe2-e _tu6-en2_ | May Gula live and your property take. Incantation formula. |
| 10' | [x x] bu# e-ki-a-am tal-lak | ... you will go to Babylon. |
| 11' | [...] x _sza3_-bi _ki-sikil_ a-na _gaz_-ia | ... ... the heart of a young woman to kill me |
| 12' | [... _sza3]_-bi# _ki-sikil nu gaz#_ | ... inside it, the maiden will not be killed. |
| 13' | [...] bi# lu _nita2#_ [...] | ... that man ... |
| 14' | [...] x 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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