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BM.42977 (ebl:BM.42977)
CANONICAL > Technical > Medicine > Diagnostic and Prognostic > Sagig, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM.42977 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:BM.42977 |
| Museum no. | BM.42977 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Technical > Medicine > Diagnostic and Prognostic > Sagig |
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 col 3 7' | If he is swollen on his head and he is ill: he will die. |
| obverse col 2 15 | (If) his hands, his feet and feet are swollen: he will recover; he will recover. |
| obverse col 2 3 | If his head afflicts him, his neck hurts him: he will eat him; his heart will kill him. |
| obverse col 2 11 | (If) he afflicts a planet: ghost will seize him. |
| obverse col 2 7 | If his head is seized and he is seized by hand of Itar |
| obverse col 1 7 | If he is ill for him and his forehead is ill: he will not die. |
| obverse col 2 12 | If his head is swollen: he will seize him. |
| obverse col 2 19 | If his head... his hands and feet are darkened, he will die in his body.... |
| obverse col 2 16 | He performs a ritual assemblage and... a ritual assemblage. |
| reverse col 3 3' | If he is swollen on his head and he is swollen: he will die. |
| obverse col 2 18 | When he speaks, he constantly seeks a lawsuit against him. |
| obverse col 2 13 | If his head is darkened: his neck and his neck will be weakened. |
| reverse col 3 2' | If he is swollen on his head and he is ill: hand of Ninurta(?). |
| reverse col 3 4' | (If) he speaks ewes, hand of a god(?), he will die. |
| obverse col 2 1 | If his head is swollen: he will not acquire reeds. |
| obverse col 1 1 | If he is ill for a sick person: in your approach the incantation 'You will not approach...' |
| reverse col 3 6' | You recite the incantation 'hand' of a god'. |
| obverse col 2 5 | he smote him. Further, to a woman, to a stele and a stele |
| obverse col 2 14 | You open his mouth and you do not know. |
| obverse col 1 2 | If it is surrounded by a sickness: water will fall and.... |
| obverse col 1 3 | ... he did not approach him(?) |
| obverse col 2 10 | he has sworn by the name of his (Enlil's)... and his (Enlil's)... his (Enlil's)..., and he (Enlil's)... will widen his understanding. |
| obverse col 2 17 | If his head frightens his hands and his feet, he constantly seeks out his mouth, |
| obverse col 1 6 | If he is ill for him and his forehead are swollen: he will die. |
| obverse col 2 8 | If his head is swollen: he will not acquire. Hand of Itar. |
| obverse col 1 8 | If he is ill for him and his forehead is ill for 3 days and he will recover. |
| obverse col 1 4 | If it afflicts him with water and he afflicts him with the head and his belly: death. |
| obverse col 2 4 | (If) it is not a piqqû-offering, it is not a piqqû-offering, it is not a piqqû-offering, it is not a nru-offering, it is a nru-offering, it is a nru-offering, it is a nru-offering, it is a nru-offering. |
| obverse col 2 9 | If his head afflicts him: he will die. |
| obverse col 2 2 | If his head is swollen and he is swollen: he will die. |
| obverse col 1 5 | If he... his mouth (and) water reaches his mouth: death. |
| reverse col 3 9' | If he is ill on his head and in his middle he is ill: hand of Itar for the stones. |
| reverse col 3 10' | If he is ill from his head, his limbs are swollen: he will not live. |
| reverse col 3 8' | (If) a planet afflicts him (and) his (own) body rises and he sees (it): he will die. |
| reverse col 3 1' | If he is swollen on his head and a pig gives birth to a pig: hand of Ninurta. |
| reverse col 3 5' | If he is swollen on his head and his foreheads are swollen and his feet are swollen: |
| obverse col 2 6 | I erected (it) in the square of the Tigris. |
| obverse col 1 9 | If he is ill for him, he will be sick and his forehead hurts him. |
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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