AfO 18, 062-080, pl. 05-09 (P491487)
Medical, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 18, 062-080, pl. 05-09 |
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| ID | P491487 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07525 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
English translation
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| Line | English |
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| obverse col 1 1 | If a man . . . |
| obverse col 1 2 | he will always have . . . |
| obverse col 1 3 | he will go through life . . . |
| obverse col 1 4 | If a man . . . |
| obverse col 1 5 | he will always have [. . .] |
| obverse col 1 6 | If a man always carries . . . |
| obverse col 1 8 | If a man's . . . are turned back, a creditor |
| obverse col 1 9 | he will become. |
| obverse col 1 11 | If a man . . .: he is a liar. |
| obverse col 1 12 | If a man . . . like the spawn of the stars . . . |
| obverse col 1 13 | Shulpa'e . . . |
| obverse col 1 14 | . . . stands. |
| obverse col 1 15 | If a man’s nails are long, he will not be talkative. |
| obverse col 1 16 | If a man’s nails are short: he will be noisy. |
| obverse col 1 17 | If a man is perfected by (his) beautiful hair: |
| obverse col 1 18 | his days are near. |
| obverse col 1 19 | If the hair on a man’s chest turns toward him |
| obverse col 1 20 | (and) it looks at his chin: he will become a slave. |
| obverse col 1 21 | If the hair on a man’s shoulder is coiled: |
| obverse col 1 22 | women will love him. |
| obverse col 1 23 | If the scrotum of a man’s testicles is large, |
| obverse col 1 24 | but his testicles are . . .: |
| obverse col 1 25 | he will be close to a woman. |
| obverse col 1 26 | If a man’s ankles are large, he will be worried. |
| obverse col 1 27 | If a man has no ankles: worry |
| obverse col 1 28 | will not approach him. |
| obverse col 1 29 | If a man remains silent (lit. silence falls to him) entirely on his own: |
| obverse col 1 30 | the wrath of the gods will be relieved |
| obverse col 1 31 | If a man who has seen a dream does not retain it, |
| obverse col 1 32 | his god will be angry with him. |
| obverse col 1 33 | If a man’s bed continually throws him off: |
| obverse col 1 34 | that man will experience . . . |
| obverse col 1 35 | If a man has anointed himself (and) his body is like . . . oil: |
| obverse col 1 36 | evil will seize him and his companion. |
| obverse col 1 37 | If a man anoints himself with oil, and in his body |
| obverse col 1 38 | he has no desire: his god and his goddess will not approach him. |
| obverse col 1 39 | If a man laughs in his sleep: |
| obverse col 1 40 | he will get very sick. |
| obverse col 1 41 | If a man grinds his teeth in his sleep: |
| obverse col 1 42 | he will worry. |
| obverse col 1 43 | If a man weeps in his sleep: |
| obverse col 1 44 | his . . . will decide his fate. |
| obverse col 2 1 | If a man speaks in his sleep: [. . .] |
| obverse col 2 2 | If a man’s garment is . . . and very . . .: |
| obverse col 2 3 | there will be a diminution in his household. |
| obverse col 2 4 | If a man’s garment constantly hangs down: |
| obverse col 2 5 | confusion will come into existence. |
| obverse col 2 6 | If a man’s garment has fallen down and it is spotted with white specks: |
| obverse col 2 7 | it is a garment of diminished circumstances. |
| obverse col 2 8 | If a man’s garment does not stay put on his body and |
| obverse col 2 9 | moves around a great deal: that man . . . |
| obverse col 2 10 | If a man always makes everything unclear: his deity is angry with him and he will not receive mercy. |
| obverse col 2 11 | If a man constantly forgets the essence of what he wants to say: this household will . . . |
| obverse col 2 12 | If a man, when he is looking at someone, does not recognize him (viz. even though he knows him): |
| obverse col 2 13 | this man will be entrusted to the hands of death. |
| obverse col 2 14 | If a man recognizes another man at a distance of 1 usz to 30 ninda: |
| obverse col 2 15 | that man’s personal god will always be with him. |
| obverse col 2 16 | If a man, when he looks at someone, his eyes loose their focus and |
| obverse col 2 17 | do not emerge (viz. from this state), that man’s mind will be deranged. |
| obverse col 2 18 | If a man, when he looks at someone, his eyes are fixed: |
| obverse col 2 19 | internal confusion will be inflicted on him. |
| obverse col 2 20 | If a man’s gaze is off-center, viz. he has lazy eye, he will die a death of constriction. |
| obverse col 2 21 | If a man’s gaze is straight ahead: |
| obverse col 2 22 | his personal god will always be with him in a positive way, |
| obverse col 2 23 | he will go through life in truth. |
| obverse col 2 24 | If a man, when he looks at someone, his right eye twitches, |
| obverse col 2 25 | he will suffer hardship. |
| obverse col 2 26 | If a man, when he looks at someone, his left eye twitches, |
| obverse col 2 27 | he will live in a righteous way. |
| obverse col 2 28 | If both of a man’s eyes twitch, |
| obverse col 2 29 | he has been struck on the top of his head; like the top of his head |
| obverse col 2 30 | his mind will be. |
| obverse col 2 31 | If a man’s eyebrows cover his eyes: |
| obverse col 2 32 | food will be given to him along with the gods. |
| obverse col 2 33 | If a man has no eyebrows, |
| obverse col 2 34 | as for that man, . . . will not be given to him. |
| obverse col 2 35 | If a man’s hair is red like wool dyed red: |
| obverse col 2 36 | that man will go through life without any joy. |
| obverse col 2 37 | If a man’s hair is black like black paste: |
| obverse col 2 38 | as for that man, the food of his deity will be given to him to eat. |
| obverse col 2 39 | If a man’s hair is spotted with white and |
| obverse col 2 40 | it is like flames: |
| obverse col 2 41 | that man will go through life in good health. |
| obverse col 2 42 | If the flesh of a man’s trunk is completely covered with white spots, |
| obverse col 2 43 | with nuqdu-spots scattered about, |
| obverse col 2 44 | that man will be rejected by both his god |
| obverse col 2 45 | and mankind. |
| reverse col 1 1 | If a man’s flesh is greasy as if (it had been anointed) with oil |
| reverse col 1 2 | (and) it stays that way constantly: |
| reverse col 1 3 | as for that man, . . . will be given to him. |
| reverse col 1 4 | If a man is extensively covered with black halu-moles: |
| reverse col 1 5 | the position . . . . |
| reverse col 1 7 | If a man is speckled with isolated black halu-moles: . . . |
| reverse col 1 8 | If a man’s face, chest, |
| reverse col 1 9 | stomach, hands and feet are evenly covered with black halu-moles: . . . |
| reverse col 1 11 | If a man is covered with umsatu-moles: he will have food to eat even during a famine. |
| reverse col 1 12 | If a man is covered with cracked or split umsatu-moles: no joy (in his life). |
| reverse col 1 13 | If a man is covered with extremely soft umsatu-moles: that man, in his youth, |
| reverse col 1 14 | will experience famine, but in his old age he will have food. |
| reverse col 1 15 | If a man is covered with bruised umsatu-moles: |
| reverse col 1 16 | even in difficult situations, he will have food to eat. |
| reverse col 1 17 | If a man’s navel is . . ., he will constantly be getting rich without even trying. |
| reverse col 1 18 | If a man’s hair . . . the thigh . . .: |
| reverse col 1 19 | famine will seize him. |
| reverse col 1 20 | If the sinews of a man’s feet are constantly moving . . .: |
| reverse col 1 21 | it is . . . |
| reverse col 1 22 | If the sinews of a man’s feet |
| reverse col 1 23 | are always frozen, viz. standing still, he will suffer from . . . |
| reverse col 1 24 | If the sinews of a man’s feet are . . . |
| reverse col 1 25 | for two or three months . . . |
| reverse col 1 26 | they are this way: |
| reverse col 1 27 | that man will die within two years. |
| reverse col 1 28 | If a man, when he sleeps, viz. dreams, a city repeated falls upon him |
| reverse col 1 29 | and he shrieks, but there is no one to hear him: |
| reverse col 1 30 | as for that man, lamassu- and shedu-spirits will be attached to his body. |
| reverse col 1 31 | If a man, when he sleeps, viz. dreams, |
| reverse col 1 32 | a city repeatedly falls upon him |
| reverse col 1 33 | and he shrieks, but there is someone who hears him: |
| reverse col 1 34 | an evil shedu-spirit to his body |
| reverse col 1 35 | will be attached. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [_DISZ lu2_ ... x]-mu# | |
| 2 | [... ir]-ta#-na-asz-szi | |
| 3 | [... i-il]-la#-ak | |
| 4 | [_DISZ lu2_ ...] x a-at | |
| 5 | [...] ir-ta-na-asz-szi | |
| 6 | [_DISZ lu2_ ...] x ma da it#-ta-na-bal | |
| 7 | [...] ra i#-[x]-it# | |
| 8 | [_DISZ lu2_ ...] tu-ur#-ra qa2-ia-pa-nu-tam | |
| 9 | i-ip-pu-usz | |
| 10 | [...] szu x x bu ta wi i | |
| 11 | [_DISZ lu2_ ...] sa3-a-ar | |
| 12 | [_DISZ lu2_ ki-ma] ri#-hu-ut ka-ka-bi-im | |
| 13 | [...] x _{d}szul-pa-e3_ | |
| 14 | [...] szu iz-zi-iz | |
| 15 | [_DISZ lu2_ s,u2-up]-ra#-szu ar-ra-ki-a qa2-ia-al | |
| 16 | [_DISZ lu2_ s,u2-up]-ra-szu ku-ur-ri-ia ha-bu-ur | |
| 17 | [_DISZ lu2_] szar#-tam da-mi-iq-tam szu-uk-lu-ul | |
| 18 | _u4_-ma-tu-szu qi2-ir-ba | |
| 19 | _DISZ lu2_ szar-tum sza i-ir-ti-szu su2-hu-ra-at-su2 | |
| 20 | su2-qa2-as-su2 i-na-t,a-al ri-szu-tam i-il-la-ak | |
| 21 | _DISZ lu2_ szar-ti bu-di-szu ku-un-nu-na-at | |
| 22 | si2-in-ni-sza-tum i-ra-am-ma-szu | |
| 23 | _DISZ lu2_ tu-ka-na-at isz-ki-szu ra-ab-bi-a | |
| 24 | u3 isz-ka-szu na-sza-al-lu-la | |
| 25 | a-na si2-in-ni-isz-tim qe2-ru-ub | |
| 26 | _DISZ lu2_ ki-s,a-al-la-szu ra-ab-bi-a na-zi-iq | |
| 27 | _DISZ lu2_ ki-s,a-al-li-in la i-szu ni-zi-iq-tum | |
| 28 | u2-ul i-t,e-eh-hi-szum | |
| 29 | _DISZ lu2_ it-ti ra-ma-ni-szu-ma qu2-lum im#-qu2-us-su2 | |
| 30 | e-zi-iz!(MA) i-lim ta-ia-ar-tam i-szu | |
| 31 | _DISZ lu2_ szu-ut-tam sza i-im-ma-ru la u2-ka-al | |
| 32 | _dingir_-szu it-ti-szu# ze-e-ni | |
| 33 | [_DISZ] lu2#_ ma-ia-al-szu it-[ta-na]-as#-su2-uk-szu | |
| 34 | _lu2_ szu-u2 i#-[x x i]-im#-ma-ar | |
| 35 | _DISZ lu2# i3-gisz_ ip-ta-sza-asz zu#-[mu]-ur#-[szu] ki-ma _i3-gisz_ ru-pa-szu | |
| 36 | lu-um#-nu sza-a-ti u3 t,i-ih-hi-szu i-s,a-ba-at | |
| 37 | _DISZ lu2 i3-gisz_ ip-ta-sza-asz-ma i-na zu-um-ri-szu | |
| 38 | e-ri#?-sza-am la i#-szu _dingir_-szu u3 _esz+dar4_-szu u2-ul sa3-an-qu2-szu | |
| 39 | [_DISZ lu2_] i-na s,a-la-li-szu is,-s,i2-ih | |
| 40 | ma-di-isz i-ma-ra-as, | |
| 41 | [_DISZ lu2_] i-na s,a-la-li-szu szi-in#-[ni-szu] i-ka-s,a-as, | |
| 42 | [i-na]-an-zi-iq | |
| 43 | [_DISZ lu2_ i-na s,a-la]-li-szu i-[ba]-ak-ki | |
| 44 | [x x]-ti-szu i-szi-a-am | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ lu2_ i-na s,a-la-li-szu i-da-ab-bu-ub# [x x] | |
| 2 | _DISZ lu2_ s,u2-ba-at-su2 i-ti-szu ma-ga-al i-x-[x] | |
| 3 | nu-szu-ur2-ru-um i-na bi-ti-szu sza-ki-in# | |
| 4 | _DISZ lu2_ s,u2-ba-at-su2 ma-ga-al it-<ta>-na-ra-ad# | |
| 5 | di-il-hu-um ib-ba-asz-szi | |
| 6 | _DISZ lu2_ s,u2-ba-at-su2 wa-ri-id u3 pu-s,a-am i-ta#-[ad-du] | |
| 7 | s,u2-ba-at ta-am-t,i-a-tim | |
| 8 | _DISZ lu2_ s,u2-ba-at-su2 i-na pa-ag-ri-szu la i-ka-an-ma# | |
| 9 | ma-ga-al it-ta-na-asz-ha-at, _lu2_ szu-u2 x x x [x] | |
| 10 | [_DISZ] lu2_ et,-t,a-u2 _dingir_-szu it-ti-<szu> ze-e-ni ta-ia-ar-[tam ul i-szu] | |
| 11 | [_DISZ] lu2#_ szi-ki-in s,al-ti-szu im-ta-na-asz-szi bi-tum szu-u2 i#-[x x] | |
| 12 | [_DISZ] lu2_ i-na na-ap-lu-si2-szu a-wi-lam la u2-te-ed-di | |
| 13 | _lu2_ szu-u2 a-na qa2-ti mu-tim pa-qi2-id | |
| 14 | _DISZ lu2_ isz-tu _1(disz) usz_ a-na _3(u) ninda lu2_ u2-we-ed-di | |
| 15 | _lu2_ szu-u2 _dingir_-szu it-ti-szu ka-ia-an | |
| 16 | _DISZ lu2_ i-na na-ap-lu-si2-szu i-ni-szu za-qa2-pa-am u2-qal-la-al-ma | |
| 17 | la i-li-i _lu2_ szu-u2 t,e2-em-szu pu-ur-ru-ur | |
| 18 | _DISZ lu2_ i-na na-ap-lu-si2-szu i-na-szu it-ta-na-za-az-za | |
| 19 | di-li-ih ra-ma-ni-szu na-di-i-szu | |
| 20 | _DISZ lu2_ na-ap-lu-su2 ha-mi-is, mu-ut hi-in-qi2 i-ma-at | |
| 21 | _DISZ lu2_ na-ap-lu-su2 szu-szu-ri-isz i-ba-asz-szi | |
| 22 | _dingir_-szu a-na da-mi-iq-tim ka-a-a-an-szum | |
| 23 | i-na ki-na-tim i-il-la-ak | |
| 24 | _DISZ lu2_ i-na na-ap-lu-si2-szu i-in-szu sza i-mi-tim is,-s,a-pa-ar | |
| 25 | i-na da-an-na-tim i-il-la-ak | |
| 26 | _DISZ lu2_ i-na na-ap-lu-si2-szu i-in-szu sza szu-me-lim is,-s,a-pa-ar | |
| 27 | i-na i-sza-ra-a-tim i-il-la-ak | |
| 28 | _DISZ lu2_ i-ni-szu sza ki-la-at-tim-ma is,-s,a-pa-ar | |
| 29 | mu-uh-ha-szu ma-hi-is, ki-ma mu-uh-hi-szu-ma | |
| 30 | t,e2-em-szu i-ba-asz-szi | |
| 31 | _DISZ lu2_ szu-uh-ra-szu i-ni-szu ka-at-ma | |
| 32 | a-ka-lum it!-ti i-li na-di-isz-szum | |
| 33 | _DISZ lu2_ szu-uh-ra-szu la i-ba-asz-szi-a | |
| 34 | _lu2_ szu-u2 lu-ub-kum u2-ul na-di-isz-szum | |
| 35 | _DISZ lu2_ sza-ra-su2 ki-ma na-ba-si s,a-ar-pa-at | |
| 36 | _lu2_ szu-u2 i-na la t,u2-ub li-ib-bi i-ta-na-la-ak | |
| 37 | _DISZ lu2_ sza-ra-su2 ki-ma qi2-it-mi s,a-al-ma-at | |
| 38 | _lu2_ szu-u2 a-ka-lum <sza2> _dingir_-szu a-na a-ka-lim i-na-di-szum | |
| 39 | _DISZ lu2_ sza-ra-su2 pu-s,a-am na-di-a-at-ma | |
| 40 | na-ab-li-isz i-ba-asz-szi | |
| 41 | _lu2_ szu-u2 i-na ba-la-t,im i-il-la-ak | |
| 42 | _DISZ lu2_ pa-ga-ar szi-ru-szu pu-s,a-am ku-ul-lu-um#-ma | |
| 43 | u3 nu-uq-di i-ta-ad-du | |
| 44 | _lu2_ szu-u2 it-ti i-li2-szu sa3-ki-ip | |
| 45 | it-ti a-wi-lu#-ti# sa3-ki-ip | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ lu2_ [szi-ru]-szu# ki-ma sza sza-am-nam pa-asz-szu | |
| 2 | ka-a-a-ni#-isz i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | |
| 3 | _lu2_ szu-u2 i-na x x x x ru-um na-di-isz-szum | |
| 4 | _DISZ lu2_ ha-li s,a-al-mu-tim ma-ga-al ma-li | |
| 5 | ma#-an-za-az# la ar bi | |
| 6 | _DISZ lu2_ ha-li [s,a]-al#-mu-tim isz-ti#-na-a i-ta-ad-du | |
| 7 | x x [...] | |
| 8 | _DISZ lu2_ ha-li s,a-al-mu-tim pa-nu-szu# i-ra-su2 | |
| 9 | [li]-ib-ba-szu qa2-ta-szu sze-pa-a-szu mi-it-ha-ri-isz ma-li | |
| 10 | x x [i]-li-szu u2-ul szu-ut-tu-un | |
| 11 | _DISZ lu2_ um#-s,a-tim ma#-li i-na da-an-na-tim a-ka-lam ik#-kal | |
| 12 | _DISZ lu2_ [um]-s,a-tim szu-ut-tu-qa2-tim ma-li la t,u2-ub li-ib-bi | |
| 13 | _DISZ lu2_ [um]-s,a-tim [nu]-ur#-ru-ba-tim ma-li _lu2_ szu-u2 i#-na# s,i2#-ih-ru#-ti#-[szu] | |
| 14 | da#-an-na-tam [im-ma-ar]-ma# i-na szi-bu-ti-szu _ninda_ i-ra-szi | |
| 15 | _DISZ [lu2_ um]-s,a-tim# [ta]-ar#-ka-tim ma-li | |
| 16 | [i-na na-am]-ra#-s,i#-im a-ka-lam i-ka-al | |
| 17 | [_DISZ lu2_ a]-bu#-un#-na-su2 lu-t,i-it a-na la i-di-e# isz-ta-na-ru | |
| 18 | [_DISZ lu2_ x x sza]-ar-ti#-szu pa-ha-al-li x [...] | |
| 19 | da-an-na-tum i-s,a-ba-as-su2 | |
| 20 | [_DISZ lu2_] sze-er-ha-an# sza sze-pi2-szu it-ta-na-la-ku | |
| 21 | [...] x x x it bu szum [x x] sze-li-ih-tim-ma | |
| 22 | [_DISZ] lu2_ sze-er-ha-nu sza sze-pi-szu [x] | |
| 23 | [it]-ta#-na-az-za-zu# [x x x x] zu szi-ir-szu is!(TA)-sa3-ha-al | |
| 24 | _DISZ lu2_ sze#-er-ha-nu sza sze-pi-szu x x x szu | |
| 25 | _iti 2(disz)-kam iti [3(disz)]-kam_ la ih mu x x x | |
| 26 | ki-a-am i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | |
| 27 | _lu2_ szu-u2 a-na _mu 2(disz)-kam_ i-ma-at | |
| 28 | _DISZ lu2_ i-nu-ma s,a-al-lu a-lum im-ta-na-qu2-ta-szum | |
| 29 | u3 i-ha-az-zu-ma la i-szi-im-mu-szu | |
| 30 | _lu2_ szu-u2 _{d}kal_ u3 sze-e-du i-na zu-um-ri#-szu# ra-ki-is | |
| 31 | _DISZ lu2_ i-nu-ma s,a-al-lu | |
| 32 | a-lum im-ta-na-qu2-ta-szum | |
| 33 | u3 i-ha-az-zu-ma i-sze-mu-szu | |
| 34 | szi-id lu-um-nim i-na zu-um-ri-szu | |
| 35 | ra-ki-is | |
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