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BAM 6, 549 (P426345)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 549 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426345 |
| 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 1 | ||
| 1' | _eme_-szu2 _dab_-bat [...] | his tongue seized ... |
| 2' | _DISZ na min a_ u _kasz_ ina _szen-tur szeg6_-szal# [...] | If a man, ditto: you heat water and beer in a small copper pot, .... |
| 3' | {u2!(LU)}sah-le2-e pa-s,a-te ana _sza3 szub gaz nu#_ pa#-[tan] | You crush saḫlû-cress into a paste, but you do not let it dry. |
| 4' | _DISZ na min_ qi2-lip2 _zu2-lum-ma ki i3 szah ge6_ x [...] | If a man ditto: he drinks a libation of dates in oil from a black ... .... |
| 5' | _nu_ pa-tan _gu7_-szu2 _egir_-szu2 _kasz lal3 muszen_ x [...] | If he does not eat it on an empty stomach, after that, beer, honey, bird ... .... |
| 6' | tu-sza2-'-ra-szu-ma ina _im-im-a-bi_ u _had2-da_ tu-x [...] | You make him tremble and ... in the wind and the rain ... .... |
| 7' | _DISZ na min_ tuk2-ka-a? _sud2_ ana _kasz-sag szub_-di ina _{im}szu-rin-na_ ta#-[x ...] | If a man has diarrhoea: you crush (and) pour it into beer, you ... in šurinnu-plant |
| 8' | ki-ma ip-ta-asz2-lu4 _e11_-a _lal3_ u _i3_ hal-s,a ana _sza3 szub#_-[di ...] | When it has cleared, you pour honey and filtered oil into it .... |
| 9' | lu ba-hi-ir ba-lu pa-tan _nag_-szu2 tu-szab-ra-szu-ma _ti_ | May he be accepted, may he drink it on an empty stomach. You make him tremble and life. |
| 10' | _DISZ na_ su-a-lam _gig u2 babbar sud2_ ina _i3_ hal-s,a _lal3_ u _kasz-sag gaz_ | If a man suffers from mucus (suālu): you pound white plant, you crush it in filtered oil, honey and premium beer. |
| 11' | _nu_ pa-tan _eme_-szu2 _dab_-bat _nag_-szu2 tu-szab-ra-szu2-ma | If he does not seize his tongue, you make him drink it, and then |
| 12' | _a-mesz_ ina _{dug}utul2 szeg6_-szal _gazi{sar} sud2_ ina _sza3_ tara-bak _nu_ pa-tan _nag_-szu2-ma _ti_ | You boil water in a bowl, you knead kasû-tamarind, you stir it into it, you do not let it cool on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ina ⸢x⸣ [...] | In the ... temple |
| 3' | _DISZ na_ su [...] | If a man .... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _{u2}an-dah-sze nu-luh kal ku7-ku7 3(disz) u2#_ [...] | “Andaḫše-plant, the purifier of all the sweets, 3 plants |
| 2 | _tesz2-bi_ ta-sak3 ki-am u _i3-nun#_ [...] | You pound together and ghee ... |
| 3 | _nu_ pa-tan _gu7-mesz_-ma# [...] | If he does not eat on an empty stomach, and .... |
| 4 | _DISZ na_ ta-bi-lam u2-sa-al ul _szub_-a el-la x | If a man is covered with sulphur: he will not be able to rise; ... . |
| 5 | ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}ur-ne2-e _a-gar-gar masz-da3 tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan# [...] | In order to heal it: you pound together urnû-plant, agargar-plant (and) gazelle droppings. You mix them in beer on an empty stomach ... |
| 6 | _en2_ su-a-lam _min min_ da-ni s,i-bit# [...] | Incantation: 'Suālam, ditto, d[itto], strong one, scion of .... |
| 7 | ina bi-rit ha-sze-e it-ta-di _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 at-lak su-alu lam x [...] | between the hāšû-trees he crossed. His throne I went, the ṣalu-vessel ... |
| 8 | sza2 ki-s,ir-ti gu-uh-ha u su# [...] | of the kiṣirtu, guhhu and šu. |
| 9 | {d}gu-la be-let _ti-la_ nar-bu x x x [...] | O Gula, mistress of life, great ... |
| 10 | _ka-inim-ma_ [...] | Incantation formula: ... |
| 11 | _du3#-du3#-bi#_ ana# _ugu#_ x [...] | Its ritual on ... .... |
| 12 | _DISZ na_ su-a-lam u _uh2_ [...] | If a man is full of mucus and saliva .... |
| 13 | 1(u) _gin2# {u2#}in-nu-usz_ x x [...] | 10 shekels of juniper ... |
| 14 | _szeg6_-szal ki-ma ib-ta#-asz2-lu [...] | It is cold, like it has been carried off ... |
| 15 | _egir_-szu2 1(disz) _sila3 kasz du10-ga nag#_ u# [...] | After that, you libate 1 qû of good beer and ... |
| 16 | _DISZ na min {u2}kur-ra sud2#?_ [...] | If a man, ditto: you pound mint(?) ... |
| 17 | _DISZ na min#_ [x] _{szim}li gi#_ [...] | If a man ditto: ... juniper, reed ... |
| 18 | ina lam# _[dab]_-bat [...] | If he is seized by lightning .... |
| 19 | _DISZ# na_ su#-alu# [u] ha-ah-hu [...] | If a man is full of mucus and hahhu-disease: .... |
| 20 | [x x] u#? _a-me_ [...] | ... water ... |
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- 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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