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JMC 26, 001-032 (P480845)
Medical, Achaemenid, Babylon · c. 539 BCE–330 BCE
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| Designation | JMC 26, 001-032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480845 |
| Museum no. | BM 042272 |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | _{u2#}kur-ra {u2}kur-kur {u2}lag a#-sza3#-ga#_ sah#-lu#-[u2 ...] | Mountain plants, mountain plants, sahlû-plant |
| 2 | 5(disz) _u2-mesz usz11-bur2-ru_ ina x [...] | 5 plants, weavers in ... |
| 3 | {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ <<u2>> _{u2}kur-x_ [...] | tarmuš-plant, ālu-līm-plant (‘faces a thousand’ plant) (and) kur-x-plant |
| 4 | {u2}ur2-nu-u2 {u2}ti-ia!(ZA)-a-ti _{u2}nu#-luh-ha#_ [{u2}sah-lu-u2] | burnû-plant, tīyatu-plant (and) nuḫu-plant |
| 5 | _gazi{sar}_ {u2}ak-tam _{gesz}gesztin ka5-a {u2}<luh>-mar-tu_ [...] | saffron, nīnû-plant, tamarisk, fox-vine, ḫašmartu-plant |
| 6 | _numun {u2}min mun_ <eme>-sal-lim _{u2}sikil szinig numun szinig# [{szim}li]_ | seed of ditto plant, salt, emesallu-salt, sikillu-plant, seed of juniper, šimmu-aromatic |
| 7 | _numun {szim}li {u2}a-zal-la2 numun {u2}min {u2}in-[nu]-usz# | seed of juniper, azallu-plant, seed of ditto plant, innusz-plant |
| 8 | 2(u) 5(disz) _u2-hi-a sza3 du10-ga usz11-bur2-ru-da_ u _nam-erim2#-bur2#-re#_ | 25 plants, whose heart is good, to undo witchcraft and evil machinations |
| 9 | _gaba-ri_ ir-ni-ni-ni | the breast that he erected |
| 10 | _en2_ ana-ku nu#-bat-tu4# a-hat _{d}amar-utu_ {d}za-ap-pi i-ra-an-ni# | Incantation: “I, in the evening watch, Marduk and Zappi bless me. |
| 11 | {d}bal#-lu4# u2#-li-dan-ni _{d}lu2-husz_ ana li-qu-ti il3#-qa-an-ni | Ballu gave me, Luḫuš took me to the liqūtu. |
| 12 | [ana]-asz2#-szi _szu-si-mesz-gu10_ ina bi-rit {d}za-ap-pi# u {d}bal#-lu4 u2-szesz-szib | I made my horns stand between Zappu and Ballu. |
| 13 | usz#-te#-esz#-szib ina _igi-gu10 {d}1(u) 5(disz) gal_-tu4 a-pi-lat ki#-mu#-u2#-a _szesz# {d#}amar#-utu_ | I settled. Before me, the great Ishtar, the daughter-in-law, after me, brother of Marduk |
| 14 | um-mi# _u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam ad_-a u4-mu _ki_-ia-a-ma lip-szu-ru ka-la [ta-ma]-a-ti | My mother, on the 15th day, my father, let the day pass by with me; all the reeds |
| 15 | ma-mit sza2 at-tim-mu-u2 la u2-qar-ra-ab re-me2-nu-u2 {d}amar#-utu# tu6# en2#_ | The curse which I have committed shall not approach. Merciful one, Marduk, incantation formula. |
| 16 | _du3-du3-bi_ ina nu-bat-ti _en2_ an-ni-ti ana _ugu u2 usz11-bur2-ru#-da_ | Its ritual: in the evening watch, this incantation on top of the plant to undo witchcraft. |
| 17 | u _nam#-erim2#-bur2-ru-da szid_-ma _u4 3(disz)-kam u4 7(disz)-kam u4 (1) 6(disz)-kam szub#_-ma | and the namerimburuda ritual you perform, and on the 3rd, 7th, (and) 1st day fall, and |
| 18 | kisz#-[pu] u3# _nam-erim2_ pa-asz2-ru | witchcraft and evil machinations |
| 19 | _{u2}[kur-ra] {u2#}har-har {u2}nu#-luh#-ha# gazi{sar}_ sah-lu-u2 | mountain plants, harhar plant, nuḫurtu-plant, mustard, sahlû-plant |
| 20 | _{u2}[lag a]-sza3#-ga_ {u2}ur2-nu-u2 [7(disz)] _u2#-[hi-a]_ sza2# _nam-erim2_ | a plant of the field, burnû-plant, 7 plants of evil |
| 21 | _{u2}[igi]_-lim# _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}tar-musz _suhusz#? {gesz}hab 4(disz) u2#-hi#-a#_ [sza2#?] | a plant, a date palm, tarmuš-plant, the base of a threshing floor, 4 plants |
| 22 | _nam#-erim2#-<bur2-ru>-da_ ina _kasz nag_-szu2 _en2_ id-di {d}e2-a# _szid#_-nu | You anoint him with a libation of namerudû-sulphur in beer. You recite the incantation. Ea šidnu. |
| 23 | _DISZ na_ il-la-tu-szu2 il-la-ku _nu ku5-mesz_ ana _ti_-szu2 _{u2}igi_-lim | If a man’s limbs hurt him, they are not cut off for his life: apricot |
| 24 | {u2}tar-musz {u2}eli-kul-la _numun {u2}in-nu-usz_ ba-lu pa-tan a-he-e _nag_ | tarmuš-plant, elikulla-plant (and) seed from a plant without rival you drizzle. |
| 25 | _DISZ na_ il-la-tu-szu2 ina _ki-na2_-szu2-ma ina kal u4-mi lu ina kal _ge6 du-mesz_-ma | If a man’s limbs hurt him in his bed all day or all night, and |
| 26 | _nu ku5-mesz_ ana _ti_-szu2 _{u2}har-har {u2}kur-kur 1/2(disz) gin2_ an-nu-ha-ra _szinig_ | They are not cut. For his life, harhar-plant, nīnû-plant: 1/2 shekel of annuḫara-plant. |
| 27 | _illu {szim}buluh {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ ina _kasz nag_-szu2 | A well, baluhhu-aromatic, mint (and) lupin in beer will soothe him. |
| 28 | _DISZ na_ il#-la-tu-szu2 _du-mesz_-ma _a-zu_ u _masz-masz ku5_-sam la i-le-'i-i | If a man’s limbs hurt, and the physician and the exorcist cut him off: he will not learn. |
| 29 | ana _ti#_-szu2# _{u2}igi_-lim _{u2}igi-nisz_ {u2}tar-musz _{u2}nu-luh-ha {u2}har-har_ | For his life ilim-plant, ipiniš-plant (a kind of juniper), turban, nuḫurtu-plant and harhar-plant |
| 30 | _{u2#}[kur]-kur# {u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2}in-nu-usz naga si_ an#-nu-ha-ra | The kurkur plant, emesu-plant, dog's tongue plant, innuš-plant (and) horned alkali are here for you. |
| 31 | _[u2]-hi-[a]_ szu2#-nu-tim _disz_-nisz _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz bara2-ga lal3_ u _gesztin nu#_ pa#-tan _nag_-ma _din_ | You anoint these plants with oil from a baraga-vessel, honey and wine on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. |
| 32 | _DISZ na kum2# dab_-su _{u2}gamun#{sar}_ {u2}kam#-man-tu2 {u2}kam-ka-du# | If a man is seized by kumu-disease: cumin, kammantu-plant, kamkadu-plant |
| 33 | _{u2}eme ur-gi7 {szim}{d}masz nita_ u _munus szim?? babbar {szim}li# {u2}har-sag{sar#} {gesz}gesztin ka5-a# sig7#_ | dog’s tongue plant, ninurta-aromatic, male and female, white juniper, lupin, harsag-plant, red wine |
| 34 | _kusz uzu-dir-kur-ra disz_-nisz!(U) _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz hi-hi_ ana _{uruda#}szen#-tur dub_-ak _eme-szid_ | You pound udirkurru-flour, you mix it in oil, you pour it into a small copper pot, (and) you anoint him with it. |
| 35 | _ti_-sa ana _sza3 szud_-di ina _de3 szeg6#_-[szal] _gin7#_ ip-ta-ru-u2 _e11_-ma ta-na-suk# | You recite her incantation over it. In the process of clearing it like a rainstorm, you wipe it clean and you anoint it. |
| 36 | tu-kas,3-s,a _en an ba-gul ki ba-gul#_ 3(disz)-szu2 _szid_-ma _szesz2_-su-ma _din_ | You recite the incantation three times until heaven is destroyed and earth is destroyed, and then his brother will recover. |
| 37 | _DISZ kimin_ {u2}an-ki-nu-tu2 _{szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}gam-ma disz_-nisz ta#-sak3# [ina] _i3# hi-hi_ | If a man is sick with an ankinūtu-disease: you pound together lupin, mint, cumin, (and) cumin. You mix them in oil. |
| 38 | _szesz2_-su szum4-ma _en-[te]-na_ ina _de3_ tu he-pi2 | his brother, if he is a prisoner in battle he will be killed. |
| 39 | _DISZ kimin sahar sila-lim2-ma sahar# e2 esz2-dam-ma sahar ka2 e2-gal sahar ka2 e2 dingir_ | If silt, sila-limmata-sand, dust from a built-up house and dust from the gate of the palace and the door of the god's house: |
| 40 | _sahar ka2 e2 {lu2}kurun-nam shar ka2 e2 {lu2}muhaldim sahar ka2 e2 {lu2}ka-pirig3!(MUSZ)_ | the earth of the door of the storehouse, the mud of the gate of the kitchen, the earth (of the door) of the house of the miller, |
| 41 | _sahar {gesz}ma2-diri-ga sahar_ kar-ri u ne2-bir ina _i3 hi-hi a2 la2-la2_ he-pi2-sza2 _sza3_-sza2 | clay from a boat, clay from the quay and a reed-bed with oil of ḫūlu-salt, her broken arms, her heart |
| 42 | u _bad_-sza2 _ti keszda_ tara-kas he-pi2 ina _ugu!(|BAD.KA|) gesz_ he-pi2 _bi# szid_-nu _en2 {d}kamad-me_ | and its wall you tie a knot. The broken wood is placed upon the broken wood. Incantation: Kadammu |
| 43 | _dumu an#-na_ 7(disz)-szu2 ana _igi {d}utu_ ana _sza3 i3-gesz szid_-nu me2-el-tu2 ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an u3 _i3-gesz_ an-na-a | the son of Anu 7 times in front of Šamaš in oil you strew. Defiled oil on his neck you place and this oil |
| 44 | _szesz2_-su-ma _din_ | his brother he shall pay. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ kimin_ {u2}s,a-s,u-um-tu2 {u2}ap2-ru-sza2 _{gesz}gesztin ka5-a had2-ra2 sud2_ ina _i3-gesz_ | If a sore, ṣaṣumtu-plant, apruša-plant (and) kāqāru-juniper, you mix them in oil |
| 2 | _hi-hi_ <ina> _{na4}bur algamesz_ tu-ba-har-ma _szesz2_-su _{sig2}he2-me-da sig2 ur-mah_ | You stir it into a paste in a bowl of algameš-stone, then his brother will be covered with red wool, red wool of a lion. |
| 3 | _sig2 {munus}asz2-gar3 disz_-nisz _dur nu-nu {u2}eme ur-gi7 {u2#}igi_-lim _{u2}lu2_-a-nu | wool of an ašgar female kid, dung of nūnu-plant, dog’s tongue plant, ilim-plant (and) lupin |
| 4 | _{u2}la2 szurun {d}szerisz ki_-szu2-nu ina _dur nigin_-mi ina _gu2_-szu2 _[gar_an]-ma# ina-esz | You place a lamentation flute of the god Šeriš with them on a cord, on his neck, and then he will recover. |
| 5 | _DISZ na min kum2 dab_-su hal-lu#-la-a-a ina _i3 szesz2_-su [... ina] _de3 sar_-szu2 | If a man is seized by a second wind: you anoint him with halulâ-plant in oil, ... in order to kill him. |
| 6 | _ansze-kur-ra_ pu-ha-la ina _{gesz}gigir_ ana _gub3 la2_-su-ma x [x] sza2 _gub3_ | a horse with a harness strapped to the back of the chariot, and the ... of the back |
| 7 | _i3-udu libir-ra_ tu-kas,??-s,a tu-kasz-szad-ma _ansze-kur#-[ra ir?] szub#?_-di-ma# | You will harness the old sheep, you will harness (them), and the horse will fall. |
| 8 | _ir_ szu-a-ti _{lu2}gig szesz2 i3-udu u4_-um _dab_-su2 ina _[de3_ ...] 2(disz)-szu2 | that stag, the sick man, the brother, the fat of the day, his capture in the battle ... two times |
| 9 | 3(disz)-szu2 tu-qat-tar-szu2 a-hu-u2 u2-qat-tar-szu-ma _ti_ [...] | You tuqattar him three times, the brother you tiqatar him and ... life. |
| 10 | _DISZ kimin_ ina _an-bir9# sahar gissu#_ u# _u4#-da ti_qe2-ma he-pi2 x x x x | If a mole is located on the surface of the 'finger', you take the soil from the tree and the day, and then he will recover. |
| 11 | _sahar kun4# igi_-i _sahar ki-ta munus#_ sza2 _u3-tu ku5_-si _sahar ki#-mah# {u2#}kur#-[zi]{sar#}_ | the ground surface of the eye, the earth below the woman who gave birth, the ground of the kimah plant, kurzi plant |
| 12 | _sud2_ ina# _i3# bur hi-hi {na4}bur algamesz_ ina _de3 szeg6_-szal _eme-szid ti_-sa# ana _sza3 szub#_-di# | You dry (and) pound suluppu-plant in oil from a bowl of ḫīḫu-aromatic ('burāšu-plant') and algamesh-stone. In order to dry (the mixture) you sprinkle emešid-plant ('faces a thousand' plant) (and then) you throw it inside. |
| 13 | _e11_-ma# ta-na-suk ana _sza3_ ki-a-am _szid_-nu _en2_ ki-i _u4-da kum2_-im | You go out and you recite the incantation over it. |
| 14 | ki-i# _gissu_ lik-s,a ki-i zag-du8!(GA)_ ana _zag-du8!(GA)_ la# i-qer-ru-bu mur#-s,u# | If he walks around in his bed, if he does not enter into the bed: illness. |
| 15 | _nenni [a] nenni#_ a-a iq-rib-szu2 ki-ma _kun4!(|ID+LU|)_ li#-kab-bi-su-szu2-ma ma-am-man | May my so-and-so, son of so, not approach him. Like a snake may they make him tremble and no one |
| 16 | a-a [ir]-szi# ki#-ma pi-sa-an-na ana ur-ri-szu2 u ti-bi-szu2 la -iz-zi-bu mur-s,u | May he not become ill like the opening of a jar, for his life and his life. |
| 17 | a-a in-ne2-zib# [ki]-ma mi-tu la in#-nu-u2 _ellag2_-su _gig ellag2_-su | May he not seize him like a dead person; his illness, his illness. |
| 18 | a-a# i-ni _tu6# en2 en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3 szid_-ma _szesz2#_-su _eme-szid ti_-ma | May this not happen! Incantation: 'Incantation.' You recite the incantation seven times into it and his brother will recover. |
| 19 | ana _sza3#_-bi# _szub_-di ina _tug2 ge6 ka2#_-szu2# _keszda#_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an _din_ | You put a kishda-vessel around his neck and he will recover. |
| 20 | _DISZ kimin# i3-udu ellag2 gu4 ge6 a-gar-gar# masz#-da3 si dara3-masz gir3-pad-ra2 nam-lu2-u18-lu_ | If a black ox, agargar-soapwort, mašda-sulphur, the horn of a stag, ‘snake’, (and) a man's nose: |
| 21 | _naga [si] pesz10-{d}id2_ ina _de3_ tu#-qat-tar-szu2-ma _ti_ | You fumigate him with alum (and) the horn of a peš-id2 snake in the process, and then he will recover. |
| 22 | _DISZ kimin# {u2#}igi-nisz sahar ki-ta munus_ sza2# _u3-tu_ par2-sat _e2 nim_ lab-bi-ni# | If a woman gives birth to twins of ibex: dust from the lower part of the woman who gave birth to a baby; she is confined in a high-rise house. |
| 23 | ina _i3-gesz_ ina _{sig2}aka3_ | in oil, in wool |
| 24 | _DISZ kimin asz_ sza _nim#_ i-bar-ru hal-lu-la-a-a _nim ur-gi7_ | If an anomaly - a dog's nose is full of sulphur, a halullâ-demon, lion's tail. |
| 25 | _{u2}eme ur-gi7_ ina _i3-gesz_ ina _kusz#_ | dog's tongue plant in oil in a leather bag |
| 26 | _DISZ kimin_ {u2}u5-ra-an-nam _e2 nim_ <lab-bi-ni> _{tug2}nig2-dara2#-szu-lal2#_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _bar musz_ | If a man is covered with sulphur from a high house: you wrap a nigdašû-garment around his neck, you anoint him repeatedly (with the mixture), and then he will recover. |
| 27 | um-me _gir2-tab za3-hi-li{sar} {tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2 sig2-szab_ ina _de3 sar_-szu2 | a stag's horn, a yellow-green šaḫili-plant, nigdašu-lalû-garment, wool, in order to make his sar |
| 28 | _DISZ kimin sig2# ugu-du6-bi gir3-pad-ra2 nam-lu2-u18-lu_ ina _kusz_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an | If the hair of a man’s neck is thick: you put sulphur (and) human bone in a leather bag around his neck. |
| 29 | _DISZ kimin asz_ sza _nim_ i-bar-ru ina _{sig2}aka3_ | If an anomaly - a meteor flashes in the east: in wool. |
| 30 | _DISZ kimin ge6 pap-hal ansze ge6 pap-hal ansze-kur-ra kur-ra_ sza2# _{lu2#}aszgab_ ina _kusz du3-du3_ | If a black cloud covers a night-time ram, a dark cloud covers an ewe, the horse of the mountain of the šakku-priest, with a leather (bag). |
| 31 | u {u2}ap2-ru-sza2 ina _i3-gesz_ | and aprušu-plant in oil |
| 32 | _DISZ kimin bar musz gir3-pad-ra2 nam-lu2-u18-lu_ um-me _gir2-tab {tug2}nig2-dara2-szu-lal2_ {na4}kut-pa-a | If a snake with a tail (and) a man’s nose is swollen: you wrap it in a šunû-garment, kutpānu-stone. |
| 33 | {na4}mu-s,a {u2}s,a-s,u-un-tu2 ina _kusz#_ | Muṣu-stone and ṣaṣuntu-plant in a leather (bag). |
| 34 | _DISZ kimin sig2 ansze-kur-ra sig2 ur-mah sig2 ur-bar-ra sig2 ur-gi7 ge6_ ina _kusz# du3-du3_-pi2 | If a horse's hair is thick: you wrap it in a leather bag. |
| 35 | ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an _{u2}kur-ra_ sah-le2-e ina _de3_ ni-kip-tu2 _ka_ tam-tim ina _i3-gesz szesz2#_-su-ma _[din]_ | You put it on his neck. You mix kurru-plant and cress in nikiptu-juniper from the mouth of the sea with oil and give it to him. |
| 36 | _DISZ kimin pesz2-sila3-gaz u2 {d}kamad-me_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an# | If pešsīlû-colocynth and kammatu-plant grow in wool, you put it around his neck. |
| 37 | _DISZ kimin {gesz}gesztin ka5-a {u2}in-nu-usz_ ina _kusz_ [...] | If a man has been seized by the sting of pressed grapes, tamarisk in a leather (bag) |
| 38 | _DISZ kimin sag-du su-tin!(UD){muszen} {u2}gir3-uga{muszen}_ sza2 7(disz) _sag-du-mesz_ x [...] | If the head of a Sutin bird (and) a Giruga bird with 7 heads ... |
| 39 | _DISZ# kimin# {u2}la2 {szim}li_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi [...] | If the hair of a larder (and) burāšu-juniper is located on a piece of wool: .... |
| 40 | _DISZ# kimin# pa {gesz}dih3_ ina _i3-gesz_ [ina] _{sig2#}aka3# [nigin?_ ...] | If he is surrounded by a mole: you wrap tamarisk leaves in oil in a tuft of wool |
| 41 | _[DISZ] na# kum2 dab_-su {u2}an-ki-nu-[tu2? ...] | If a man is seized by kumu-disease: ankinūtu-plant |
| 42 | 3(u) pir-su _DISZ na# ugu#_-[szu2 _kum2_ u2-kal ...] | 30 pirsu-vessels: If a man's cranium holds heat .... |
| 43 | _{gesz}da_ x x [...] | a bolt ... |
| 44 | _sar_-ir _im#-[gid2?-da?_ ...] | Written and collated according to its original |
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