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AMT pl. 042 02 (P426164)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 042 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426164 |
| 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 | [...] _kasz# nag_-ma _sza3-mesz_-szu2 _mu2-mesz_-hu _na bi dur2-gig u2 babbar {szim}szesz {szim}buluh_ | ... you pound beer, and then his internal organs become swollen. That man suffers from durgig-disease: white plant, murru-aromatic, baluhhu-plant |
| 2 | [...] ra _illu {szim}buluh i3-gesz bara2-ga szeg6_-szal ta-sza2-hal _i3-udu uz{muszen}_ | ... a flood of baluhhu-aromatic, oil of the dais you will heat up. The sheep and birds |
| 3 | [...] u _i3-udu gu4_ nap-szal-tu | ... and fat from an ox for the meal |
| 4 | [...] _na# bi# [dur2]-gig 1/2(disz) sila3 zu2-lum 1/2(disz) sila3 nag2-ar3-ra gig-ba_ | ... ...: that patient will suffer from Dur-gig, 1/2 sila3 dates and 1/2 sila3 nag-arra-disease. |
| 5 | [... _szeg6]_-szal# tu-kas,3-s,a ta-sza2-hal _i3-gesz_ ana _igi szub_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak | ... you cool down, you filter it, you pour oil over it, and pour it into his anus. |
| 6 | [...] _{u2#}ur2-nu-u 1(u) _gin2_ {u2}szib-bur-ra-tu4 | ... burnû-plant, 10 shekels of šibburratu-plant |
| 7 | [...] _{u2#}hur-sag 1(u) gin2 {u2}za3-hi-li_ | ... ḫursag-plant, 10 shekels of zahalû-plant |
| 8 | [...] _{u2#}szu-mut-tu2 1(u) _gin2 mun_ | ... šumuttu-plant, 10 shekels of salt |
| 9 | [...] _{szim#}gur2-gur2 1(u) gin2 {szim}gam-ma_ | ... mint, 10 shekels of cumin |
| 10 | [...] x 1(u) _gin2_ szim [x x] | ... ... 10 shekels of aromatic ... |
| 11 | [...] x [x x x] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] u2# [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] {u2}u5#-ra#-[nu? ...] | ... tamarisk |
| 3' | [...] _hi-hi en2#?_ [...] _ti#?_ | ... ... incantation? ... |
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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