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AMT pl. 086 01+? (P426431)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 086 01+? |
|---|---|
| ID | P426431 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | [DIŠ NA ... ALAM.MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢šu⸣-nu-lu | If a man’s statues (are) of ešû-nulu-plant |
| 2 | [... ALAM.MEŠ]-⸢šu₂⸣ šu-nu-lu | ... they are statues of themselves |
| 3 | [... ALAM].⸢MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂⸣ I₃.UDU šu-nu-lu | ... his statues are filled with fat |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ALAM⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ DUḪ.LAL₃ šu-nu-lu | ... its e’alammu-houses are filled with honey |
| 5 | [...] x-tum ALAM.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ IM šu-nu-lu | ... ... his statues are of clay |
| 6 | [...] ALAM.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ šu-nu-lu | ... his statues are of a scepter |
| 7 | [...] ALAM.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ I₃.UDU šu-nu-lu | ... his statues are of fat |
| 8 | [...] ⸢ALAM⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ DUḪ.LAL₃ šu-nu-lu | ... its e’alammu-houses are filled with honey |
| 9 | [...] x ⸢šu⸣-te-mu-du-ma ana ID₂ ŠUB-u₂ | ... ... and you throw (it) into the river |
| 10 | [... šu]-⸢te⸣-mu-du-ma ana IZI ŠUB-u₂ | (If) ... and you throw it into the fire |
| 11 | [... kiš]-⸢pu⸣ DAB-šu | ... he has been seized by witchcraft |
| 12 | [...] ep-šu₂-šum | ... the deed |
| 13 | [...] ⸢šu⸣-kul | ... the ešukul priest |
| 14 | [...] ⸢šu⸣-kul | ... the ešukul priest |
| 15 | [...] ⸢ti⸣ | ... of the Nineveh |
| 16 | [...] x | |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | DIŠ KIMIN MUN NAGA ina A {giš}x [...] | If DITTO, salt (and) nīnû-plant in water from ...-tree |
| 2 | ta-ḫab-bu A šu₂-nu-ti x [...] | Taḫabbu from the family |
| 3 | DIŠ NA SAG.DU-su iṣ-ṣa-na-bat-su šit-⸢tum⸣ [...] | If a man’s head is swollen (and) his temples are full of blood |
| 4 | MAŠ₂.GE₆.MEŠ-šu₂ par₂-da ina šit-ti-šu₂ ig-⸢da-na⸣-[lu-ut] | His dreams were shattered in his flesh |
| 5 | bir-ka-šu ka-si-a ba-ma-as-su šim-⸢ma⸣-[tum u₂-kal] | He holds a reed bundle of kasû-flour, he holds šim-emātum-plant. |
| 6 | UZU-šu₂ ru-ṭi-ib-[ta] im-ta-⸢na-al-lu-u⸣ | (Sum) His flesh is swollen by a raging wind (Akk) He has smeared his flesh with shivering wind |
| 7 | LU₂ ⸢BI⸣ ka-ši-ip {⸢giš}ŠINIG {u₂}IN⸣.NU.UŠ | A man, he is the one who crushes tamarisk (and) ēru-plant. |
| 8 | PA {giš}ḪA.LU.UB₂ TEŠ₂.BI ta-⸢sak₃⸣ ina A ⸢tu⸣-[ra-ma]-⸢ak⸣-šu | Its ritual: you pound alum in the sap of etu-rāma-eak. |
| 9 | I₃ {giš}EREN ŠEŠ₂-su EGIR-⸢šu₂⸣ {[giš]}⸢ŠINIG⸣ | He shall wash himself with cedar oil after he has cleaned himself with tamarisk oil |
| 10 | {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ u NAGA ina [A] ⸢GAR⸣-an | maštakal-plant and nīnû-plant in the sap of an ešāru-plant |
| 11 | ina {im}ŠU.RIN.NA te-sek-ker TU₅-[šu₂]-⸢ma⸣ TI | You crush (and) sieve (them) in šūru-plant, (then) he will recover. |
| 12 | DIŠ NA GU₇ NAG-⸢ma⸣ ana UZU.BI NU i-ṭe₄-eḫ-ḫe za-mar SIG₇ | If a man eats (and) drinks, he does not restrain from eating his flesh, (then) he will get better. |
| 13 | za-mar SA₅ za-mar pa-nu-šu₂ iṣ-ṣa-na-al-li-mu | a red zamar stone, whose face is reddish |
| 14 | u₂-ta-ad-dar ⸢uš-ta-na⸣-aḫ | he has shaved off, eštanaḫ |
| 15 | ana da-ba-bi ŠA₃-⸢šu₂ NU⸣ [IL₂-šu₂ iš]-⸢šu-uš⸣ | He is not able to raise a claim concerning that man, he is unable to raise his voice |
| 16 | qa₂-ad-di-iš ⸢il⸣-[la-ka ...] | The “hand-of-the-goddess of the elalu-temple . . |
| 17 | ma-a-a-al-šu₂ [lā inašši ...] | There is none (of it) |
| 18 | LU₂ BI {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ...] | That man, a fugitive or a woman |
| 19 | ALAM {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU DU₃-uš] | The statues of the dead and the living |
| 20 | IGI {d}UTU GAR-an-šu-⸢nu-ti⸣ [...] | Before Šamaš, the “seizing-of-the-mouth(-priestess) of the ..., |
| 21 | lu NITA lu ⸢MUNUS⸣ [...] | Whether male or female, |
| 22' | ⸢KA.A.AB.BA⸣ ... {⸢u₂⸣}x [...] | The KA.AB.BA.E-plant |
| 23' | I₃ {giš}EREN I₃.⸢GIŠ⸣ {giš}⸢ŠUR⸣.[MIN₃ ...] | Cedar oil, sesame oil, ēšû-plant oil |
| 24' | ⸢ana⸣ ŠA₃ {dug}A.GUB₂.BA ⸢ŠUB⸣-[di ...] | Anu-ešu (means) hand. A cup of fig-beer. |
| 25' | [ina] ⸢šer⸣-ti tu-ra-ma-⸢ak⸣-[šu₂-ma TI] | You perform it in the morning, and then he will recover. |
| 26' | [DIŠ] ⸢NA⸣ IGI{ii}šu₂ iṣ-ṣa-nun-du UGU-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | If a man’s eyes are full of sulphur: he will be deprived of sleep. |
| 27' | [u] i-da-im ši-kin-šu₂ it-⸢ta⸣-[na-ak-ki-ir] | and the fate of his offspring he shall change |
| 28' | [ši]-⸢kin⸣-šu u-ta-aṭ-ṭa at-mu-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) Its priestess, the šamû-priestess is the one who is praised (Akk) His priestesses are praised, his temples are glorified |
| 29' | [ḫu]-⸢uṣ⸣-ṣa GAZ ŠA₃ TUK.TUK ana MUNUS a-la-ka ⸢u₂⸣-[ma-aṭ-ṭa] | (If) he kills ēru-plant: hand-washing will not be given to a woman. |
| 30' | [ik]-ka-šu₂ ik-te-ne₂-er-ru₃ GEŠTU{ii}šu₂ i-⸢šag⸣-[gu-ma] | He has sinned, he has ceased, his ears tremble |
| 31' | [NA] ⸢BI⸣ ALAM.MEŠ-šu₂ ša IM šu-⸢nu⸣-[lu] | a statue of himself, whose image is written on a tablet |
| 32' | [ze]-⸢ri⸣ ša NAGA SI ka-mun {giš}⸢bi⸣-[ni] | sweet horned alkali-plant |
| 33' | [x-(x)]-x AN KI-tim ZI₃ GU₂.GAL ZI₃ GU₂.⸢TUR⸣ | ... of heaven and earth, flour of the gugal-plant, flour from the etur-plant |
| 34' | [GI.ŠA₃].⸢GI⸣ ša ŠA₃ GI DU₁₀.GA ta-⸢sak₃⸣ | You recite the incantation 'hand of good reed'. |
| 35' | [ina I₃.GIŠ {giš]}⸢ŠUR⸣.MIN₃ ŠUB EN₂ ez-ze-ta ana ŠA₃ ŠID-nu | You knead (them) in cypress oil. You recite the incantation “You are angry, you are furious. |
| 36' | [ina U₄] 27.KAM U₄ 28.KAM ina šer₃-ti | on the 27th day and the 28th day in the evening |
| 37' | [AN.BAR₇ u ši-me-tan] ⸢ta⸣-ap-ta-na-aš-ša₂-as-su-ma TI | At noon and at night you rub him with eta-e-aptanassu-plant, and then he will recover. |
| 38' | [DIŠ NA x-x-x-(x)] x ub ki-in-ṣa-a-šu₂ ir-ta-nam-ma-a-šu₂ | If a man ... his knees continually hurt him |
| 39' | [x-x-x-(x) il]-⸢ta-na⸣-za-zu u i-ta-na-ša-aš | ... he will give back to you and will give to you. |
| 40' | [...] x-⸢am⸣ GEŠTU{ii}šu₂ GU₃.GU₃-a | ... his ears roared |
| 41' | [...]-⸢šu₂ i⸣-kaṣ₃-ṣa-ṣu₂-šu₂ | ... he will conquer him |
| 42' | [...] ⸢ḫur⸣-ba-šu₂ TUK.TUK | ... his eḫur plant |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | [x-(x)]-x-x ma-li-a-⸢at ru⸣ x x x-ma-a-[šu] | ... aliāt ru’e ... his |
| 2 | [ŠA₃]-⸢šu₂⸣ i-ta-⸢na⸣-aš-ša-aš ip-ta-na-⸢ar-ru⸣ | His hand trembled, he screamed |
| 3 | ⸢LU₂⸣ BI ⸢ALAM⸣.[MEŠ]-⸢šu₂⸣ ina IZ.ZI pe₂-ḫu-⸢u₂⸣ | (If) a man enters that temple, the alammu-ešû-priests will be gathered in the fire. |
| 4 | {giš}ŠE.U₃.SUḪ₅ 1 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [x-(x)]-x ⸢ana⸣ ŠA₃ I₃.GIŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ ḪE.ḪE | A reed bundle of 1 shekel of ēšû-plant, ana-e23-plant: oil of cypress. |
| 5 | EN₂ ez-ze-ta šam-[ra-ta nad]-⸢ra-ta⸣ ga-ap-ša-ta | Incantation: “You are furious, you are frightened, you have been slandered. |
| 6 | gaṣ-ṣa-ta [lem-ne₂]-⸢ta⸣ dan-na-ta | from the ... of the strong evildoer |
| 7 | ša la {d}e₂-⸢a⸣ [man-nu u₂]-⸢na⸣-aḫ-ka | Whoever does not Eaeaḫ |
| 8 | ša la {d}asal-⸢lu₂⸣-[ḫi man-nu u₂]-⸢pa⸣-aš-šaḫ-ka | Who is it that does not Asalluḫi? |
| 9 | {d}DIŠ ḪUN.GA₂-ka {d}⸢asal⸣-[lu₂-ḫi li-pa-aš]-⸢šiḫ⸣-ka TU₆ EN₂ | May Asalluḫi and Ištar release you. Incantation formula. |
| 10 | ana ŠA₃ I₃.GIŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ [ta]-⸢na⸣-ad-di-ma | You add to the oil of cypress |
| 11 | U₄ 21.KAM U₄ 22.KAM U₄ 23.[KAM ina] ⸢šer₃-ti AN.BAR₇⸣ | The 21st day, the 22nd day, and the 23rd day in the evening watch: at noon. |
| 12 | u ši-me-tan ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣.[MEŠ-su]-⸢ma⸣ [x-x-(x)] | and the šimetan offerings |
| 13 | mu-ša₂-ap-ši-ir ⸢NITA u MUNUS⸣ [NA] ⸢BI⸣ ina-[eš] | Who provides for the male and female ēru-priestess, the one who renovates its E₂-BI-e23 |
| 14 | ⸢DIŠ LU₂⸣ x-x-x-x [x-x] x [...] | (If) a man |
| 15' | x [...] | |
| 16' | ina U₄.⸢NA₂⸣.[AM₃ ...] | (If) on the day of the moon's disappearance |
| 17' | {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU x [...] | A fugitive |
| 18' | DIŠ LU₂ ka-⸢šip⸣ [...] | If a man is seized |
| 19' | EGIR-šu₂ ⸢NAGA⸣ [...] | After that, the ēšakku-plant |
| 20' | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip qu₂-lip-ti ⸢KU₆⸣ [...] | If a man is bewitched: quliptu-plant |
| 21' | ina A i-ra-muk I₃ [...] | He bathes in water, ... oil |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip {u₂}kaš-ši-bu mim₂-⸢ma⸣ [...] | If a man is bewitched (and) swollen by fog |
| 2 | u₂-bal i-ḫaš-šal-ma iš-tu ⸢A⸣ [...] | he carried off, he took it away, and from the E-a-e- |
| 3 | u šu-a-tum ki-ma I₃.GIŠ ip-⸢ta-aš⸣-[ša₂-aš ...] | and that man, like oil, he has poured out for him |
| 4 | I₃.GIŠ ip-ta-na-aš-ša₂-⸢as⸣-[su ...] | he poured oil on him |
| 5 | kiš-pu la i-[ṭe-eḫ-ḫu-u₂-šu] | the witchcraft shall not approach him |
| 6 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip ma-ḫi-ir-ti ⸢ADDA⸣ [...] | If a man is bewitched: he will become poor. |
| 7 | I₃.GIŠ ta-ṣap-pu SAR-ma [...] | You shave (and) bandage (his head) and |
| 8 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip {u₂}NAGA [...] | If a man is bewitched with nīnu-plant |
| 9 | tu-uš-te-mi-id x [...] | You have ...ed |
| 10 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip NUMUN x [...] | If a man is bewitched: seed |
| 11 | ša {u₂}⸢NAGA⸣ [...] | of ēšu-juniper |
| 12 | x x [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x ka x [...] | ... ... |
| 14' | [...] x ⸢ina LAL₃⸣ KUR u I₃.[GIŠ] | ... in honey from the mountain and oil |
| 15' | ⸢tu-uš-ta⸣-bal iš-tu SAG-šu₂ EN GIR₃{ii}⸢šu₂⸣ | I have carried off from his head to the feet of the enemy. |
| 16' | ⸢ra⸣-man-šu ŠEŠ₂-ma KIN BI NU TE-⸢šu⸣ | It is an ara’emanšu-disease, and that month will not approach. |
| 17' | ⸢ana⸣ kiš-pu NU TE-e {na₄}AN.BAR URUDU NITA₂ GAR-ma | The witchcraft will not approach the ana-e-plant, the iron (and) male copper will be placed. |
| 18' | ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣ NU TE-šu₂ | a snake that does not approach it |
| r v | ||
| 1 | ⸢DIŠ⸣ LU₂ ka-šip SUM{sar} ta-sak₃-ma ina AGARIN₄ GU₇-ma | (If) a man is bewitched: you pound garlic and he eats it in the meadow. |
| 2 | KAŠ.SAG NAG u I₃.ŠAḪ u₂-na-ṣab-ma AL.TI | He drinks prime-quality beer and filtered oil, and then he will recover. |
| 3 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip ba-lu-ḫa {u₂}ḪAR.ḪAR {u₂}NU.LUḪ.ḪA | If a man is bewitched: baluḫa-plant, burāšu-juniper, nuhurtu-plant |
| 4 | ina A tara₃-sa₃-an ina UL tuš-bat ina šer₃-ti ba-lu pa-tan NAG-ma TI | You knead them in water, you leave (the mixture) out overnight under the stars, he drinks it on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 5 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip {u₂}ḪAR.ḪAR ti-ia-tu | If a man is bewitched with tīyatu-plant |
| 6 | nu-ḫur-tu₂ ṭe-ri-tu₂ a-da-mu-ti 1 GIN₂ NAG-ma TI | He drinks one shekel of adamutu-salt, and then he will recover. |
| 7 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip ELLAG₂ ka-lu-mi TUR ša a-di-na šam-mu | If a man is bewitched: all the kidneys will be small. |
| 8 | la i-le-em-mu tu-bal ta-ḫaš-šal | he will not be able to comprehend, you will bring (them) down. |
| 9 | ina NAGA tuš{uš}te-mid ina A TU₅-ma AL.TI | You stir it into a paste, you mix it in water, and then he will recover. |
| 10 | DIŠ LU₂ ka-šip ḫa-ṣa-ab-ti ID₂ u ku-up-ra | If a man is bewitched: flood of the river and the netherworld. |
| 11 | ina {urudu}ŠEN.TUR iš-te-niš su-lu-uq-ma KAŠ.SAG i-di | In a sheep's-tongue it is split apart, and the prime-quality beer is missing. |
| 12 | ina U₄.NA₂.AM₃ IGI {d}UTU ši-ti-ma ki-a-am qi₂-bi | (If) on the day of disappearance of the moon he sees Šamaš, say thus: |
| 13 | kaš-šap-tum kiš-pu-ki i-sa-aḫ-ḫa-ru-ni-ik-ki-im-ma | The witchcraft will afflict you, and |
| 14 | i-ṣa-ab-ba-tu-ki i-qa-ab-bi-ma TI | He will speak to you, he will recover. |
| 15 | [DIŠ LU₂] ⸢ka⸣-šip an-nu-ḫa-ra a-ru-uq-tu₂ ḫa-ši-i | If a man is seized by an ekkaešip-demon, he is in a famine |
| 16 | [ar]-⸢qu⸣-ti {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ a-ru-uq-tu₂ i-kal-ma ⸢TI⸣ | (If) he eats an aruqtu-plant, he will become ill and will die. |
| 17 | [... ša₂] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ u NINDA tur-ar₂ ta-sak₃ ina A GIM ⸢NAGA⸣ | You pound ... of ēšû-sheep and bread, you knead them in water like the nāru-plant |
| 18 | [turammakšu u] ⸢EGIR-šu⸣ NAGA TU₅-ma [AL.TI] | You wash his tammaksu-plant and his afterbirth-plant with potash and then he will recover. |
| 19 | [...] x-(x) [...] | |
| 20' | ⸢DIŠ LU₂⸣ [ka-šip ...] | (If) a man is bewitched |
| 21' | ina x [...] | in ... |
| 22' | DIŠ LU₂ ka-⸢šip⸣ x [...] | If a man a kaešip ... |
| 23' | ina ⸢A GAR-an ni⸣ [...] | You place (it) in a censer. The nī’e-plant |
| 24' | DIŠ LU₂ ⸢ka⸣-[šip ...] x | If a man ... ekaešip |
| 25' | la i-x-[...] ⸢ta⸣-sak₃ | he did not ... the esak-vessel |
| 26' | ina re-eš x [...] TI | At the beginning of ... he will recover. |
| r vi | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...] x | |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| 5 | [...] x | |
| 6 | [...] x | |
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