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BM.40769 (P564840)
CANONICAL > Technical > Medicine > Therapeutic, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.40769 |
|---|---|
| ID | P564840 |
| Museum no. | BM.40769 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Medicine > Therapeutic |
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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8 | ... kurkur-plant, kurkanu-plant, auntu-plant, sihu-plant |
| obverse 5' | ... 1/3 qû......... ditto. |
| obverse 11' | ... ditto. |
| obverse 6' | ... flour... in... ditto. |
| obverse 9' | ...... ditto. |
| reverse 9 | You crush bartu-plant (and)...-plant with sheep-heap |
| obverse 7' | ...... ditto. |
| obverse 14' | ......... |
| reverse 1 | (If) ditto... flour in a libation-vessel: he will recover. |
| reverse 13 | If a man's head hurts him: kurkurru-aromatic substance, juniper, arru-aromatic substance, aromatic, pappardû-aromatic substance |
| reverse 3 | (If) ditto: you mix zabalu-juniper with oil; you mix it with water. |
| obverse 4' | ...... 1/3 sila3...... in... |
| obverse 8' | ...... in... |
| reverse 10 | ..., agate,...-plant |
| reverse 16 | For a vindec of the veins, you recite the incantation 'Urinnu-plant' with oil, |
| obverse 13' | ... will kill...... aromatic |
| reverse 14 | ... cedar, cedar, shu-juniper, arannu-plant, papparmru-plant, good quality oil |
| obverse 12' | ... bulls(?) |
| reverse 2 | (If) ditto... a lubû-vessel: 2 qû (of barley), he will die. |
| reverse 6 | If in the middle of his head he is swollen: he will die. |
| obverse 16' | ... x qû... 2 qû... in leeks...... |
| obverse 15' | ... of the field... in water you crush... he will recover. |
| reverse 4 | If a man's skin is red: you recite the incantation. |
| obverse 10' | ......... ditto. |
| reverse 5 | (If) ditto: it is surrounded by a fog: he will kill. |
| reverse 12 | ... a...-plant... of the sea |
| obverse 2' | ......... |
| reverse 11 | ... you crush... in water. |
| reverse 15 | These plant(s) are present in sheep and goats. The ram that does not eat salt is present in a cedar plant. |
| reverse 7 | For..., dates,..., seeds(?) of kurkurru-plant,...-plant |
Sources & licences
- 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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