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AOAT 46, p. 487, pl. 38 (P480830)
Medical, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | AOAT 46, p. 487, pl. 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480830 |
| Museum no. | BM 038666 + BM 039447 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Achaemenid · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
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 | ||
| 12' | ⸢EN₂ u₂⸣-ša₂-ni na-mir-tum ag-gu ŠA₃-ki li-nu-ḫa | Incantation: “May the bright light of the heavens calm your mood! |
| 13' | ⸢ka-bat⸣-ta-ki lip-pa-aš₂-ra | May your ekabatu-vessel be released |
| 14' | {⸢d}ME.ME GAŠAN⸣ ṣir-tum ba-na-at₂ te-ne₂-še-e-ti | “Mullissu, lady of the netherworld, creator of the people, |
| 15' | ⸢na⸣-di-na-at GIŠ.ŠUB.BA kur-mat u NIDBA at-ti-ma | You are the one who gives the prebend, the kurmatu-gift, and the food offerings. |
| 16' | [...] di-ni-ia₂ i-ziz-zi-im-ma | ... stood by my case and |
| 17' | [...] di-ni-ki i-ša₂-ru-tu₂ lul-lik | ... may I attain your verdict. |
| 18' | [aš₂]-⸢šum⸣ kiš-pi ru-ḫe-e ru-se-e | Ašum-e23 witchcraft, ruḫbê-sorcery |
| 19' | [up-ša₂]-⸢še-e ḪUL.MEŠ⸣ ša₂ EN da-ba-bi-ia | The evil machinations of the lord of my words |
| 20' | [...] ⸢lib-bal-ki⸣-[tu-šu₂-nu]-⸢ti-ma⸣ | ... their libbal-kī-etu-šuma-e3 |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | {u₂}⸢tar⸣-[muš ...] | Etar-emuš |
| 2' | {u₂}eli-⸢kul⸣-[la ...] | Eli-ekula |
| 3' | {giš}EREN.BABBAR KA ⸢A.AB.BA tala₂⸣-[pap] | “White cedar, the gate of the Eababa temple, the gateway |
| 4' | ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-ma SILIM-im NU KU₃ NU GAR-an | You place it on his neck, and he will not make a purification ritual. |
Sources & licences
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