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BM 040696 (P564836)
Medical, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040696 |
|---|---|
| ID | P564836 |
| Museum no. | BM 040696 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Medical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 3' | ... of a thorny tree |
| reverse col 3 7' | his life and his foundation he smote |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... before... |
| reverse col 3 2' | ... of the heart of... |
| reverse col 3 8' | Its name is liddanu-plant |
| obverse col 2 5' | If a man's lungs are swollen:.... |
| obverse col 2 7' | sahlû-flour...... |
| reverse col 3 5' | like the head of an ox his curse |
| obverse col 1 2' | ... plant |
| obverse col 2 1' | ... fear... |
| reverse col 3 4' | (If) his ewe is like a lion's tongue: ditto he is present. |
| reverse col 3 3' | May the one who reveres Gula guard |
| obverse col 2 4' | sesame flour in leeks... |
| reverse col 4 2' | ... |
| obverse col 2 6' | ... barley and black water... |
| obverse col 1 1' | ... during |
| reverse col 3 6' | (If) they are small and red: the earth will be constantly disturbed. |
| reverse col 3 9' | ... sick(?) |
| reverse col 4 1' | ... plant of the brothers. |
| obverse col 2 2' | a snare... |
| obverse col 1 4' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 4' | ... rejoicing |
| reverse col 4 3' | ... smote(?) |
| obverse col 2 3' | You set up a reed mat (with) a mud wall |
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
- 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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