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AMT pl. 052 05 (P451829)
Medical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AMT pl. 052 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P451829 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ra _henbur2_ {gesz#}x [...] | ... henbur-tree, ...-wood |
| 3' | [...] ina _a id2_ ina _nindu usz2_-er x x [...] | ... will die in the river's water in a cauldron ... ... |
| 4' | [...] kun _uzu-mesz_-szu2 szim-ma#-tu2 u ri-mu-tu2 _tuku-mesz_ u szi-hat _uzu-mesz_ | ... the tail of his flesh has radiance and brilliance, and the shape of the flesh. |
| 5' | [... ana] _ti#_-szu2# {gesz}si-ha {gesz}ar-gan-na {u2}ba-ri-ra-tu2 _{u2}ab2-duh_ | ... for his life: sīḫu-tree, acacia, barīrātu-plant, abduḫ-plant |
| 6' | [...] {u2}kur-kur {gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3 {gesz}dap2-ra-nu _gi du10-ga {szim}im-di_ | ... kurkur-plant, cedar, cypress, daprānu-tree, sweet reed, imdi-juniper |
| 7' | [...] _szim-szal {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {szim}gam-ma {szim}gir2 {gesz}szinig_ | ... juniper, mint, lupin, cumin, šunû-aromatic, tamarisk |
| 8' | [...] _gi szul-hi {u2}in6-usz2 ri-ri {gesz}geszimmar pa {gesz}ildag2 pa_ {gesz}dul-bi | ... reed, šulḫu-plant, rīru-tree, juniper, fig, iridag, thornbush |
| 9' | [...] {gesz#}pesz3 pa {gesz}haszhur pa {gesz}szennur pa_ {gesz}til-la-<at> _gesztin pa_ {gesz}a-szu-hi | ... juniper, apple, cypress, fig, vine, grapevine, ašuḫi, |
| 10' | [... bu]-ut,#-na-ni _gurun {gesz}kiri6 du3-a-bi u2-hi-a du3-a-bi szim-hi-a du3-a-bi_ | ... būṭnani, the fruit of the orchard is planted, the plants are planted, and the aromatics are planted |
| 11' | [...] _szub#_-di ina _{uruda}szen-tur szeg6_-szal ina _sza3 ra_-su | ... you cast. With a small copper kettledrum you heat it up in its midst. |
| 12' | [...] _{gesz}erin szesz2 : DISZ kimin {u2}igi-nisz_ ina _i3-nun szesz2_ | ... brother's cedar : Alternatively, you anoint him with juniper seed in ghee |
| 13' | [...] {szim#}{d}nin-urta {u2}gamun-ge6_ ina _i3-nun mud2 {gesz}erin szesz2_ | ... Ninurta-juniper and black cumin in ghee, blood and cedar resin |
| 14' | [...] ri#-mu-ti szu-up-szu-hi _ti-la pa_ {gesz}szu-szi _pa {gesz}sze_-nu | ... rejoicing, awe-inspiring radiance, life, limbs of šuši, tendons of barley |
| 15' | [...] x _numun {gesz}ma-nu numun {u2}ukusz2-ti-gil2-la {u2}har-har_ {u2}u5-ra-nu | ... seed of manu-tree, seed of tigris, harhar-plant, urānu-plant |
| 16' | [...] {u2#}ba-ri-ra-tu2 _u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti tusz-te-mid ina _{dug}utul2_ | You mix these plants in a large bowl. |
| 17' | [...] _i3#-gesz_ u _kasz-sag szeg6_-szal _la2-la2_-ma _ti_ | ... you heat up oil and prime-quality beer, and then he will recover. |
| 18' | [... szu-up]-szu#-hi _{gesz}masz-husz im-gu2#-[en-na_ ...] | ... the supšuḫi-plant, the mašrāqu-plant (and) the imgû-plant |
| 19' | [...] _gesztin#_ x [...] | ... wine ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] szu2#? | ... hand(?) |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [... ina]-esz | ... he will recover. |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x | |
| 7' | [...] szu2? | ... hand(?) |
| 8' | [...] _en2#_ | ... .... Incantation: |
| 9' | [...] tum | ... ... |
| 10' | [...] ak | ... done |
| 11' | [...] 'a | ... ʾA |
| 12' | [...] li | ... may |
| 13' | [...] 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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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