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BM 041289+ (P564857)
Medical, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 041289+ |
|---|---|
| ID | P564857 |
| Museum no. | BM 041289 + BM 041373 + BM 044238 |
| 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 2 2' | ... great male(?) |
| reverse col 4 5 | ... will place in his mind. |
| obverse col 2 1' | ...... flour |
| reverse col 4 2 | ... will place in his mind... |
| reverse col 4 4 | ... of cedar. Ditto. |
| obverse col 1 13' | You mix (the mixture) with oil, oil, reed, (and) juniper. |
| obverse col 2 4' | If a man's eyes are darkened: he will recover. |
| obverse col 2 15' | (If) he is stricken with sheep:... |
| obverse col 1 6' | ...... |
| reverse col 4 1 | ............. he will place... into his mind. |
| obverse col 1 11' | If a man gives birth to a man: in the pasture. |
| obverse col 2 13' | (If) he is a male fugitive, he is a male fugitive, he is a female fugitive, he is a female fugitive |
| obverse col 2 9' | You set up the brickwork (and) place (it) in his (own) heart. |
| obverse col 1 15' | ... and (he will) live |
| obverse col 2 14' | If a man gives birth to a man: he will die. |
| obverse col 2 12' | You set up a juniper tree in the sky (and) you set (it) into his (own) heart. |
| obverse col 1 8' | ... salt of the mesallu-plant |
| obverse col 1 14' | ... eat beer, the kurunnu eat |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... ama and Sîn |
| obverse col 2 11' | (If) a pig gives birth to a lion with oil of cedar and cypress: he will listen to his prayers. |
| obverse col 1 12' | You recite the incantation and recitation... |
| obverse col 2 10' | You set up a censer of juniper (and) strew (it) in his (own) heart. |
| obverse col 2 7' | You set in place oil of cypress, juniper, (and) juniper. |
| reverse col 4 6 | ... eat(?) |
| obverse col 1 2' | You recite... and |
| obverse col 2 17' | After it... |
| obverse col 2 16' | ... juniper |
| obverse col 2 5' | You mix (the mixture) with tamarisk and place (it) in the oil. |
| obverse col 2 6' | You mix cedar, juniper, ghee, night-plant (and) sar. You pour (the mixture) in butter. You place (the mixture) in the gate. You place (the mixture) in his (own) heart. |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... you set up... |
| obverse col 1 10' | (If) on the 9th day: on the 15th day: he will recover. |
| obverse col 2 3' | If he is ill with a fire: he will experience famine; he will die. |
| reverse col 4 3 | ...... ditto. |
| obverse col 1 4' | ... will fall. |
| obverse col 1 3' | ... to him |
| obverse col 2 8' | imu-plant, ahhu-plant, a male pigeon, wool of a female eagle |
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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