A = AMT 97/6 (K. 3486)

– cf. Labat (1957), 109; Scurlock (2006), no. 137c, 304a, 307, 308a, 329

– The fragment AMT 81/7 (82-5-22, 562) belongs most likely not to a serial ms. (the fragmentary symptom description which is comparable to the presumed incipit of the series first tablet is mentioned in l. 18’ only), but the course of the text seems to go more or less d’accord with the course of BAM 221 col. ii. The third column of BAM 221 shares interestingly some parallels, again in correct order, with BAM 471 which again hints on the possible identification of BAM 471 as of NECK 2 (or NECK 1 but certainly not NECK 6)[1]

– The fragment AMT 94/6 (K. 13387), although sharing the same symptom description, seems to be much similar to BAM 225 rev 3‘-11‘ (with the curious spelling ina NE.NE-ti or better ne-pel-ti for nēpešti^?), especially its therapy, differing from AMT 97/6.

i

1.[2] A_{i 1ff} [DIŠ NA ŠU.GIDIM.MA DAB-su-ma] ⌈lu⌉ ina DU₃–ti A.ZU-ti lu ina ⌈DU₃⌉–[ti MAŠ.MAŠ-ti] / [il-ta-za-az-ma[3] NU DU₈ ana TI]-⌈šu₂⌉ NUMUN ^u2tar-muš ^u2IGI-lim ^u2IGI-20 [… ^u2ak-tam] / [^u2ḪAR].⌈ḪAR⌉ NUMUN^{! giš}ŠINIG ^na4ga-bi-i 7 U₂.ḪI.A ŠEŠ ⌈GAZ⌉ [lu^? ina KAŠ (…)] / [lu] ina GEŠTIN (blank) NAG-ma […]

(ruling)

2.[4] A_{i 5f} [^u2]IGI-lim ^u2IGI-KI[5] ^u2tar-muš ^u2KUR.KUR ^u2ḪAR.⌈ḪAR⌉ [^u2ur₂-nu-u/ur₂-ne₂-e^?] / [^u2]GEŠTIN.KA₅.A (blank) U₂.ḪI.A ŠU.⌈GIDIM⌉.[MA ina KAŠ NAG^?]

(ruling)

3.[6] A_{i 7f} ^u2tar-muš ^u2IGI-lim ^u2IGI-20 ^u2ḪAR.ḪAR ^u2KUR.KUR NUMUN ⌈^giš?⌉[ŠINIG^? NUMUN ^gišMA.NU ^na4ga-bi-i] / ^u2a-zal-la ^u2nu-ḫur-ta₅ ^u2ti-ia-ta₅ ^u2ur₂-ne₂-e 12 ⌈U₂⌉.[ḪI.A …]

(ruling)

4.[7] A_{i 9} EN₂ na-re-eš mi-in-de-eš na-re-eš ḫu-ul-pa-⌈ak^?⌉ [nu-uḫ-tu-ub nu-uḫ-tu-ub TU₆ EN₂]

(ruling)

5. A_{i 10} EN₂ an-ni-ta₅ ana UGU U₂ ŠU.GIDIM.MA ŠID-⌈nu^?⌉[8] […]

(ruling)

6.[9] A_{i 11ff} DIŠ NA GIDIM DAB-su MUD₂ MAŠ₂.⌈ZU^?⌉ […] / DIŠ KI.MIN ^u2ṣa-ṣu-um-ta₅ […] / DIŠ KI.MIN ^u2ṣa-ṣu-um-ta₅ x […] / DIŠ KI.MIN ^u2ṣa-ṣu-um-⌈ta₅⌉ […]

(ruling)

7. A_{i 15f} DIŠ KI.MIN 10 GIN₂ ⌈šim^?⌉ […] / ⌈me^?⌉ […]

iv

8’ A_{iv 1’ff} A-⌈šu₂^?⌉ […] / ^u2IGI-[x …] / ŠEŠ₂ x […]

(ruling)

catchline:

A_{iv 4’} BE ḪUL.GIG […]

rubric:

A_{iv 5’} DUB 2.KAM₂ DIŠ NA [SA.GU₂–šu₂ GU₇–šu₂ ŠU.GIDIM.MA …]

colophon: (BAK 329)[10]

[1] Already mentioned in Panayotov (2018) as possible witness of NECK 1 or 6.

[2] Cf. for restoration also the collections BAM 221 ii 8‘-11‘, AMT 81/7:11-13 (a similar collection to BAM 221) and BAM 155 i 9‘-11‘ (fragmentary). Similar but most likely differing concerning its therapy is AMT 94/6:1ff (DIŠ NA ŠU.GIDIM.MA DAB^!-⌈su-ma⌉ [lu ina DU₃–ti] / A.ZU-ti lu-u ina ⌈DU₃⌉-[ti MAŠ.MAŠ-ti …] / ^šim⌈LI⌉ […] / ⌈BARA₂/SIG₇^?⌉ […] / x […]) and its parallel BAM 225 rev 3‘-11‘. Cf. further the (same) incipit on the inc.-tablet K. 2359.

[3] The verbal form might have been placed within the end of l. 1 as well.

[4] Cf. the parallels BAM 161 iii 11‘-14‘ and BAM 221 ii 12‘-13‘

[5] Most likely a erroneous writing ^u2IGI-KI(imḫur-ašrā^?) for ^u2IGI-20(imḫūr-ešrā), resulting from the similar Akkadian reading of the signs MAN = ešrā (20) and KI = ašru (“place”). See the different interpretation in Scurlock (2006), no. 304a, reading ^u2ši-qi₂.

[6] Cf. the parallel BAM 221 ii 14‘-16‘.

[7] Cf. the parallels for A i 9-10 in BAM 216 :5‘-7‘ and BAM 573 ii 4‘-6‘. This incantation is also attested in texts against ringing ears, another well known symptom of ghost induced illnesses. Cf. BAM 506:4‘-5‘ and AMT 37/8:2‘-4‘.

[8] Scurlock (2006), no. 137c restores ŠID-⌈nu-ma⌉ [DIN^?].

[9] Cf. the parallel BAM 221 ii 17‘-20‘.

[10] Collation needed.