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BAM 6, 516 (P432416)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BAM 6, 516 |
|---|---|
| ID | P432416 |
| 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 | _DISZ na igi-mesz_-szu2 _lu3-lu3 lal3# babbar_ ina _i3#_ [...] | If a man’s eyes are full of mucus, white honey in oil .... |
| 2 | e#-nu-ma _igi-min_-szu2 bu-ur-s,a id-da-nag-ga-la _szu-gidim#-[ma_ ...] | When his eyes are full of tears, the šugidma-demon ... |
| 3 | ana# _ti#_-szu2 _{na4}ka-gi-na-dab-ba {na4}an-na {na4}an-zah#-[ge6_ ...] | For his life kaginadabba-stone, anu-stone (and) anzaḫ-stone |
| 4 | {na4#}mu#-s,a# _{na4}zalag2 {za4}za-gin3 {na4}szuba na4 bal uruda-nita na4#_ [...] | mūṣu-stone, lapis lazuli, zagin, šuba stone, bal-stone for male copper, ... stone |
| 5 | _[numun {gesz}]szinig numun {gesz}ma-nu numun_ asz2-li _nita_ {na4}as2-har# [...] | seed of tamarisk seed of manu-tree seed of ašlu-plant male stone |
| 6 | [ta]-sza-pah ina _i3-udu ellag2 gu4 ge6 gin7_ kam2-ma ina _ugu uruda sud2_-ma# [...] | You heat it up in fat from a black ox, you put it on top of the copper and ... |
| 7 | _[DISZ kimin] numun {gesz}szinig numun {gesz}ma-nu numun_ asz2-li# _[numun_ ...] | If seed from tamarisk, seed from manu-tree, seed of ašlu-plant, seed |
| 8 | _[numun {szim}]li# gin7_ qu-ta-ri _igi-min_-szu2 u _sag-ki_ [...] | The seed of juniper, like a qutaru-plant, his eyes and forehead . . |
| 9 | _[DISZ na szu]-gidim#-ma dab_-su-ma i-na _igi igi-min_-szu2 _gin7_ nu-ri x [...] | If a man is seized by a ghost and in front of his eyes like a torch ... .... |
| 10 | [lu-u _gin7_ ...] x x lu#-u _gin7 ud5 gar-gar_-an _na bi szu#?-[gidim-ma dab_-su ...] | Be it like ... or like a nanny goat, that man will be seized by a ghost .... |
| 11 | [...] _{szim#}li# {szim}gur2-gur2_ x [...] | ... juniper, mint ... |
| 12 | [...] _disz_-nisz _sud2_ x [...] | ... he will die ... |
| 13 | [...] _illu# li-[dur_ ...] | ... the river level ... |
| 14 | [... _x-{d}]id2_ [...] | ... ...-Id ... |
| 15 | [...] x [...] | |
| 35' | [...] _mar#?_ | ... west? |
| 36' | [...] _mar#?_ | ... west? |
| 37' | [...] _diri#_ | ... clouds |
| 38' | [...] _mar#_ | ... west |
| 39' | [...] x | |
| 50' | [x x] x [...] | |
| 51' | _zu2-lum#-ma#_ [...] | dates ... |
| 52' | _DISZ kimin {gesz}szinig_ [...] | If a pig’s tongue . . |
| 53' | _en2_ KI SA DI x [...] | Incantation: ... .... |
| 54' | a-da-pa-tu4 in-x [...] | The adapātu priestess ... |
| 55' | _ka-inim-ma igi-min_ a-pa-ti _igi-mesz_ a#-[sza-ti ...] | Wording of a spell for eyesight. Eyes of eyes .... |
| 56' | _du3-du3-bi 7(disz) sze illu li#-[dur_ ...] | Its construction: 7 barleycorns, the river level ... |
| 57' | ina _ge6_ ina _ur3_ ana _igi mul#_ x [...] x [...] | During the night, in the middle of the sky, in front of the star ... ... |
| 58' | ina sze-ri3 la-am _{d#}utu#-e3# u2#-hi-a_ an-nu#-[ti ...] | In the morning before sunrise these plants |
| 59' | x x ana _sza3 szub_-di _igi-min_-szu2 _mar egir#_-[szu2 _dilim2 a-bar2_ ul _du8_-ar2] | If ... falls into it: his eyes will become dark; after that, he will not be able to see the light. |
| 60' | _igi-min_-szu2 tu-szam-har ina _a gazi{sar} igi-min_-szu2 tu-ha-pap# [...] | You rub his eyes, you stir them into a paste in the sap of gazelle ... |
| 61' | te-qi2-it _igi-min_ sza _szu-gidim-ma_ {na4}mu-s,a _na4_ [...] | You take the eye-stones of a ghost, mūṣu-stone, ...-stone. |
| 62' | _{na4}an-zah-babbar {na4}an-zah-ge6 ku3-gan pa {gesz}nam-tar nita2 pa#_ [...] | Anzahbabbar, anzaḫ-gēnu-stone, plated with silver, Namtar-wood, male and female ... |
| 63' | _pap 1(u) 1(disz) na4-mesz_ u _u2-hi-a szesz_ ana _a szub_-di ina _mul4_ tusz-bat [...] | Total: 11 stones and plants, brother fell into water; you sat down in the star ... |
| 64' | ana _i3+gesz szub_-di _igi-min_-szu2 _szesz2_-asz ana _kasz szub_-di-ma _nag#_ ina# _gu2#_-[szu2 ...] _gar#_-an-ma _silim#_-im | You pour it into oil, you put it into beer, and he drinks it. You put it on his neck ... and it will be well. |
| 65' | an-na-nam ina _iti 1(disz)-kam2 u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam2 du3#_-[ma] i#-szal-lim# | Now, in the first month, the 21st day, he will work and will be well. |
| 66' | _DISZ kimin na4 sa5_ ki-ma bu-la-li _igi-min_-szu2 _szesz2_-asz : _DISZ kimin#_ [{na4}]mu#-s,a-am _kimin_ | If a man’s eyes are yellow-green: he will get better than a bull's-eye. : If he is surrounded by mūṣam-stone: |
| 67' | _DISZ kimin_ {na4}kut-pa-a ina _i3-nun sud2 kimin : DISZ kimin {na4}za-gin3 kur-ra# [ina] _i3#-nun sud2 kimin_ | If a man has been seized by kutpâ-stone in ghee: he will be seized. |
| 68' | _DISZ kimin {na4}musz-gir2 kimin : DISZ kimin szim-bi-zi-da4_ ina _ga# [{munus}]u2#-zug2 sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _szesz2_-asz | If a snake is surrounded by a lizard: : If šimbi-zida-aromatic is located on the breast of a pregnant woman: his eyes will hurt him. |
| 69' | _DISZ kimin {na4}zu2 ge6_ ina _i3 kur-gi# sud2# kimin_ | If night-watch: you dry and crush black saḫlû (‘cress’) in ghee (and) you daub his eyes. |
| 70' | _{szim}gur2-gur2_ mi-riq2 _u2_ a-szi-i {u2}kur#-[ra] gazi#{sar} i3-udu gi-mesz_ | tamarisk resin, ašû-plant, mountain plant, gazelle, oil and reeds |
| 71' | _{na4}ka-gi-na-dab-ba_ {na4}mu-s,a _i3-gesz muszen#-habrud#? libir-ra duh-lal3_ | kaginadabba-stone, mūṣu-stone (and) old bird-feather oil, honey |
| 72' | 1(u) 1(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz_ rib-ku sza _szu-gidim#-ma# igi-min_-szu2 _mar-mesz_-ma _ti_ | 11 plants, brother of Riku, whose eyes are like a ghost, and whose life |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x ina# 9(disz) _u4-kam#?_ [...] | ... ... on the 9th day? ... |
| 2' | _udu#-siskur# du3#_-ma _uzu_-szu-nu [...] | He performs a sheep offering and their flesh .... |
| 3' | _ugu_ sza _giri3-pad-ra2 lugud2-da udu#_ x [...] | On top of the footstool ... sheep ... |
| 4' | _gamun-ge6 a {gesz}nu-ur2-ma_ {gesz}x [...] | The black-headed ones, water from a pomegranate, ... ... |
| 5' | _disz_-nisz _hi-hi_ ina _lal3 i3-nun i3-gesz erin sud2#?_ [...] x [...] | You knead it in honey, butter, sesame oil, ... ... |
| 6' | _DISZ na igi-min_-szu2 la ina-t,a-la _na bi u4-da tab-ba# 1(disz)# gin2# u5# argab#{muszen}_ | If a man’s eyes cannot see: that man will be weighed out for a long time. 1 shekel of argab bird oil |
| 7' | 1/2(disz) _gin2 u2 babbar igi-4(disz)-gal2-la mun_ eme-sal-lim ina _lal3#-kur_ u _i3-nun# [sud2] igi#-min_-szu2 _mar_ | 1/2 shekel of white plant, one-fourth of a mina of emesallu-salt solution in honey and ghee, you daub his eyes. |
| 8' | _DISZ# na#_ di-gi-il _igi-min_-szu2 ma-a-t,i _i3-udu musz-ge6# {u2#}in#-nu-usz zu2#-[lum]-ma#? _{gesz}szinig_ | If a man’s eyes are full of di&mgul-disease: mušgēnu-soapwort, juniper, dates (and) tamarisk |
| 9' | _i3#-udu ur-mah illu_ {u2}ti-ia2-tu _ukusz2-hab : {szim}hab# naga# si# [u2] babbar mun_ eme-sal-lim {u2#}gamun#-ge6_ | lion’s fat, flood of tīyatu-plant, ukušhab-plant (means) : ḫašimmu-aromatic, horned alkali, white plant, salt, emesallu-salt, cumin |
| 10' | [mal]-ma#-lisz ina _sahar-uruda_ inax!(DISZ) _lal3-kur-ra hi-hi sud2 mar za#-[na_ te]-pu#-usz _{u2}esi naga si# igi-min_-szu2 _luh_-si | Alternatively, you mix it in copper saharû-mineral, kurru-flour, ḫīhu-aromatic, šānu-plant (and) zālu-stone. You wash his eyes with esi-plant, nagāru-alkali, horned alkali. |
| 11' | _[egir_-szu2] _igi#-min#_-szu2 _mar_-ma _u4#? x-kam2_ x [...] x _szub en 7(disz)_-szu2 _mar# egir#_-szu2# _dilim2# a-bar2#_ ul _du8_-ar2 | After that, his eyes are dark and on the ...th day ... ... falls. Until the 7th day, after that, he will not be able to see the light. |
| 12' | [...] _{szim#}li naga si# nu-luh-ha_ sah-le2-e | ... juniper, horned alkali, nuhurtu-plant, cress |
| 13' | [... ina ...] _sila11_-asz _la2_ | ... in ... it is reduced by a third. |
| 14' | [...] x-ma# _igi_-szu2 | ... ... and his face |
| 15' | [...] x x _mun#_ eme#-sal#-lim# | ... ... salt of emesallu-plant |
| 16' | [...] x _sud2_ | ... ... it rains. |
| 17' | [... ka-la _u4_-me x-szu2] _keszda_ u2-kal | ... for all days ... he holds a ritual assemblage. |
| 18' | [...] _igi#-min#_-szu2 _mar-mesz_-ma _ti_ | ... his eyes become visible and he will recover. |
| 19' | [... _szu] {d#}szul-pa-e3-a : {d#}iszkur# ra#-hi#-is,# | ... Hand of Šulpa’ea |
| 20' | [...] _szu {d}1(u) 5(disz) | ... Hand of Ishtar |
| 21' | [...] ina# _NE gar_-an | ... will take place in V. |
| 22' | [...] _sud2#? mar-mesz_-ma _ti_ | ... he will be ill and will recover. |
| 23' | [...] x MI szum4-ma la i-na-at,-t,a-la _szu {d}isz8-tar2 | ... ... If he does not keep clean Hand of Ištar |
| 24' | [... ina] _lal3#_ u _i3-nun sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar-mesz_-ma _ti_ | You pound ... in honey and butter, you daub his eyes, and then he will recover. |
| 25' | _DISZ na_ szi-[li? _igi-min_-szu2 ...] x x x x x _nu na2 ugu#_ mi-na-te-szi-na _dugud_ | If a man’s eyes ... ... and he does not sleep: he will be ill for many days. |
| 26' | _i3-udu musz#-ge6_ ina _i3-nun lal3#-kur_-e _hi#-hi_ te-qi2 | You mix black sheep fat in ghee and honey. |
| 27' | _DISZ na_ szi-li# _igi#-min_-szu2 szad-du-ma _ki-na2# nu# il2# pa {gesz}sze-nu2-a pa {gesz}pesz3_ | If a man’s eyes are full of šilû-disease and he does not lift his bed: the face of a cedar is that of pomegranates. |
| 28' | _pa {gesz}ge6-par3# pa gi-zu2-lum-ma_ ina _a_ ina _ninindu# usz2#_-ker ana _sza3 szub-szub_-szu2 | (If) a hole in the roof-beam of a reed-bed is located in water from a cedar tree: it will cause him to fall into distress. |
| 29' | _a-gar-gar masz-da3# szurun# gu4 disz_-nisz _gaz sim ki zi3 sze-sa-a hi-hi_ ina _a# gazi#{sar} sila11_-asz _la2_ {u2}ak-tam ina _kasz nag_-ma _ti_ | mašdānu-soapwort, oxen's prebend: you crush (and) sieve together sim-plant, flour and šesâ-flour in juice from gazelle pomegranate, you knead baktam-plant in beer, and then he will recover. |
| 30' | _DISZ na# u4# du3#-a-bi nu igi-du8 ge6 du3-a-bi igi-du8# {d#}3(u)#-lu-ur-ma-a | If the rising of the sun is not seen during the daytime, during the nighttime it is seen by Sin-lurmâ |
| 31' | _DISZ na# u4# du3-a-bi igi-du8 ge6 du3-a-bi nu igi-du8# {d}3(u)-lu#-ur#-ma-a | If a man’s light is seen on a dark day, but his light is not seen, then Sin-lurmâ |
| 32' | _DISZ na igi#-min_-szu2 si-lu-ur-ma-a ma-ku-ut ga-bi-di sza _ansze uzu_ la-ba-ni-szu2 | If a man’s eyes are full of sulphur: he will be deprived of fat from a donkey's flesh. |
| 33' | ina _szu#-sar#_ ta-szak-kak ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an _a-gub2-ba-a gin_-an ina sze-ri3 _{tug2}sza3-ha_ | You place it in the garden plot, you put it on his neck, and he will get better. In the morning, a šaḫu-garment |
| 34' | ana _igi# {d#}utu la2_-as, _nig2-na {szim}li gar_-an _lu2_ szu2-a-tu2 ina ku-tal _{tug2}sza3-ha_ ana _igi {d}utu_ | He shall take a censer of juniper in front of Šamaš. That man shall lie in the back of the šalaḫ-garment in front (of the sun). |
| 35' | tusz-za#-as#-su _masz-masz 7(disz) ninda il2_-szi sza2 _igi-min_-szu2 _gig 7(disz) ninda il2_-szi-ma | The incantation priest lifts 7 loaves of bread for her, whose eyes are sick. He lifts seven loaves for her. |
| 36' | _masz#-[masz?]_ ana _{lu2}tu-ra_ mu-uh-ra nam-ra i-ni i-qab-bi | The incantation priest speaks to the nadītu: |
| 37' | _[{lu2}tu]-ra#_ ana _masz-masz_ mu-uh#-ra# bal-s,a i-ni i-qab-bi | The nursemaid speaks to the exorcist: “I am alive,’ |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | _[DISZ na] igi#-[min_-szu2 si-lu-ur-ma-a] ma#-ku-ut ga-bi-di ta-har-ra-as, | If a man’s eyes are swollen, and he is covered with a mole: you rub him regularly. |
| 2 | [...] _masz#? {lu2}tur-mesz_ tu-pa-har-ma ki-a-am i-qab-bu-u | ... the kid(s) you have examined, and thus they say: |
| 3 | [...] i#-qab-bu-u _i3-nun_ u _i3-gesz sag disz_-nisz _hi-hi igi-min_-szu2 _mar-mesz_ | ... they say. He should wash his eyes with butter and oil. |
| 4 | _[du3-du3-bi_ ...] szu-a-tu _szu-bi-gin7-nam_ | Its ritual: ... that ... is like its own hand. |
| 5 | _[en2_ ... sze?-me?-ma? mu?]-uh2-ra {d}e2-a lisz-ma-a {d}e2-a lim-hu-ra | Incantation: “May Ea hear and hear, may Ea accept |
| 6 | [... a]-mur# nam-ra i-ni a-mur bal-s,a i-ni _tu6 en2_ | ... see the light, see the bright light, watch the light! Incantation formula. |
| 7 | _[du3-du3-bi_ ...] 7(disz)#? _szu-si_ ha-sze-e _ti_-ma _en2_ an-ni-tu2 | Its ritual: ... 7? fingers of chickpeas, and then you recite this incantation. |
| 8 | _[szid_-nu ... ina] _{gesz}ig_ ina _szu_-szu2 _gar_-ma _gu7_ | You put ... in the door in his hand and he will eat. |
| 9 | [...] x _pa_ ma-ku-ut ga#-bi#-di# e#-ma# her-s,i | ... ..., the one who eats the bread, wherever he goes, |
| 10 | [...] _nundum#_-szu2 u3# [... x]-ma# ina#-esz# | ... his offspring and ... ... and he will get better. |
| 11 | [...] x GI mi-na-ta#? [...] x x [x] | ... why ...? |
| 12 | [...] _pa sze#-sa#?-a#?_ [...] | ... barley rations ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _dilim2 a-bar2 gin7 nig2#-[sila11-ga2#?] gar#_-nu _{szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2 u2#_ [...] | You set up a censer of juniper, mint, ... plant |
| 2 | _gazi{sar} naga# [si] za3#-hi#-li u2_ a-szi-i _pesz10-{d}id2 uh2-{d}id2 esir#_ [...] | gazelle, horned alkali, zaḫili-plant, ašî-plant (and) ēšu-iddina-plant. |
| 3 | _i3-udu ellag2 gu4# disz#_-nisz# ta#-sak3 ana _sza3 a-bar2 szub_-ma _szu-si [mar?]_ | You pound fat from an ox's kidney, you pour it inside the abaru-vessel and you daub his finger with it. |
| 4 | te-qi2-tu sza-lim-tu sza _szu um-me-a_ la-te-ek ba-ri# | The good advice from the hand of the elders is to be heeded. |
| 5 | _gazi{sar#} za3#-hi-li {u2}kur-kur {u2}masz-tab-ba {szim}gur2-gur2 duh-lal3 {u2}kur-ra i3-udu {szim}gig numun {szim#}li#_ | saḫlû-tamarind, nīn kurkur-plant, masztaba-plant (and) gurgur-aromatic, honey, kurru-plant oil, ghee, seed of lupin |
| 6 | 9(disz)# _u2-hi-a_ rib-ku sza _igi-min_ | 9 ribku-plants, of the eyes |
| 7 | _{u2}kur-ra_ sah-le2-e _gazi{sar} {u2}nu-luh-ha {u2}kur-kur {u2}masz-tab-ba_ | mountain plants, cress, gazelle, nuḫurtu-plant, mountain plants (and) maštaba-plant |
| 8 | kam-mu _{szim}gur2-gur2 {u2}har-har_ ina _NE szeg6_-szal ina _i3-gesz_ u _duh-lal3 babbar sud2_ | You boil gurgur-aromatic (and) harhar-plant in embers, you knead them in oil and white wax. |
| 9 | 9(disz) _u2-hi-a_ sza nap-szal-ti lu-ub-ki | 9 uḫītu-plants for the meal, let me bring. |
| 10 | _{u2}kur-ra {u2}kur-kur gazi{sar} {u2}masz-tab-ba {szim}szesz numun {szim}li kam-mu sza2 _aszgab 7(disz) u2-hi-a_ | kurru-plant, nīnû-tree, gazelle, maštaba-plant (and) myrrh, seed of lupin, kammu of ašagab-plant: 7 plants |
| 11 | rib-ku sza _igi-min_ ina _NE_ ta-qal-lu ina _i3-udu duh-lal3_ u _i3-nun sud2 igi-min_-szu2 _mar_ | You heat up ribku-plant of the eyes in embers, you pound it in fat, honey and ghee, and you daub his eyes. |
| 12 | _{na4}an-zah-ge6_ tusz-ku {na4}as-har {na4}mu-s,a _naga si {szim}gur2-gur2 u2 babbar za3-hi-li_ | black anzaḫ-stone tušku-stone, ashar-stone mūṣu-stone alabaster, horned alkali, mint, white plant (and) alum |
| 13 | kam-mu _pesz10-{d}id2 i3-udu gu4 a-gar5 dilim2 a-bar2 szu {lu2#}a#-zu_ | kammu of Peš-Id, fat of oxen, agar, dilim-plant, iron, hand of the physician |
| 14 | _an-zah-ge6 pesz10-{d}id2_ ku-up#-ra# [...] | Anzaḫ, Ištar, ... a knife |
| 15 | _{u2}gamun-ge6 gazi{sar} za3#-[hi-li_ ...] | black cumin, mustard, šalaḫilu-aromatic |
| 16 | _i3-udu gu4 i3-udu gir3-pad-ra2#_ [...] | fat from an ox, fat from a suckling sheep ... |
| 17 | it-qur-ti _ir#?_ [...] | Itqurti ... |
| 18 | _{szim#}gur2#?-[gur2?_ ...] | gurgur(?) resin |
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