iii

43‘ A_{iii 1ff} [DIŠ NA] ⌈mi⌉–šit-tu₂–ma IGI SUḪUR^ku6?[1] NITA TI-⌈qe₂⌉ [… 3 u₄-me (ina …)] / ⌈tuš⌉-na-al ina 4 u₄-me E₁₁–šu₂ it-ti x […] / ^sig2ḪE₂.ME.DA ^sig2ZA.GIN₃.NA NIGIN-mi ina KUŠ GAG.⌈GAG⌉-[pi₂^? …]

(ruling)

44‘ A_{iii 4ff} DIŠ NA mi-šit-tu₂-ma ŠU-su u GIR₃–šu₂ ta-bi–⌈ik⌉ […] / ḪENBUR₂ ^gišKIŠI₁₆ GI.ŠUL.ḪI SIG₅ ⌈ina^?⌉ ⌈A⌉ GAZI^sar x […] / ina A ŠUB-di ina IZI ŠEG₆–šal ina A.MEŠ šu₂-nu-⌈ti⌉ […]

(ruling)

45‘[2] A_{iii 7f} ana ši-pir₃ mi-šit-ti šup-šu-ḫi u ri-mu–⌈te⌉ [(…) NUMUN u₂-ra-(a)-nu-um^? (NUMUN ^gišŠE.NU)] / ^šimGUR₂.GUR₂ ^šimLI ^šimŠE.LI BABBAR ina šur-šum-me ⌈ḪI^?⌉.[ḪI[3] tu-bal/ḪAD₂.DU^? te–sek–kir/BAD-ir^? ina A GAZI^sar KUM₂(-ti) ta-la-aš NIG₂.LA₂.MEŠ]

(ruling)

46‘[4] A_{iii 9f} DIŠ KI.MIN saḫ-le₂-e ŠE.SA.A la na-pa-a-⌈ti⌉ [^gišŠINIG ta-haš-šal] / KI ZI₃ ZIZ₂.A.AN ḪI.ḪI ina KAŠ ⌈ŠEG₆^?⌉-[šal[5] NIG₂.LAL.MEŠ-ma TI(-uṭ)]

(ruling)

47‘[6] A_{iii 11f} DIŠ KI.MIN saḫ-le₂-e bu-ṭu₃-um-ta ina ⌈DIDA^?⌉ [SIG₅^? ZI₃ ŠE.SA.A ^u2ḫa-ši-i] / ^u2ba-ri-ra-ta₅ ina KAŠ ina ^dugUTUL₂ ⌈GEN7⌉ [rib-ki tara/tu-ra-ab-bak[7] (ina KUŠ SUR-ri^?) …]

(ruling)

48‘[8] A_{iii 13f} DIŠ KI.MIN šu-ru-šu-mi KAŠ ^šimGAM.MA ^u2[…] / ina ^dugUTUL₂ GEN₇ rib-ki tu-ra-ab-[bak …]

(ruling)

49‘ A_{iii 15f} DIŠ KI.MIN saḫ-le₂-e ṭe₄-ne-ti ^šim⌈LI^?⌉ […] / ⌈ina⌉ ^dugUTUL₂ GEN₇ rib-ki ⌈tu^?⌉-[ra-ab-bak^? …]

(ruling)

50‘[9] A_{iii 17f} ⌈DIŠ⌉ ⌈KI.MIN⌉ ⌈^gišŠINIG⌉ ⌈^u2IN₆.UŠ₂^?⌉ ⌈ŠA₃^?⌉ ⌈GIŠIMMAR^?⌉ ⌈^šim⌉GUR₂.GUR₂ ⌈^šim?⌉[LI ta-sak₃ TEŠ₂.BI/DIŠ-niš^? ḪI.ḪI] / ⌈ina⌉ ZI₃.GIG ina šur-šum-me KAŠ ina ^dugUTUL₂ GEN₇ rib-⌈ki⌉ [tu-ra-ab-bak/tara-bak^? …]

(ruling)

51‘ A_{iii 19ff} ⌈DIŠ⌉ NA KA-šu₂ NUNDUM-su ana ZAG kub-bu-ul-ma da-ba-ba la ⌈i⌉–[le-ʾ-e …] / [ana^?][10] ⌈da⌉-ba-ab-ta-šu₂ tu-ur-ri UD 6.KAM₂ MAŠ.MAŠ-su DU₃–uš ina UD ⌈7.KAM₂⌉ x […] / [x] x ⌈tu/la^?⌉ ḫu/paq me/qad₄/meš^?[11] DUḪ.LAL₃ I₃.UDU ^šimGIG ša₂ I₃+GIŠ u₂-kal ku/⌈lu^?⌉ […] / [x x] x ⌈SILA₁₁⌉-aš^!?[12] (blank) I₃.GIŠ e-riš-ti[13] ša₂ ŠURUN UZ₃ […] / ⌈ina⌉ ⌈KUŠ⌉ ⌈UZ₃⌉ [x] ⌈ki^?⌉ SAG.DU-⌈su⌉ IGI-šu₂ u₃ KA-šu₂ x […] / ina ITI UD 1.KAM₂[14] ⌈UD⌉ [2^?].⌈KAM₂⌉ ⌈UD⌉ ⌈3^?.KAM₂⌉ (blank) a-ši-⌈pu⌉ […]

(ruling)

52’ A_{iii 25’ff} [DIŠ] ⌈NA⌉ KA-šu₂ NUNDUM-su ana ⌈GUB₃⌉ ⌈kub-bu⌉–ul-ma da-ba-ba [la i-le-ʾ-e …] / [ana^? da]-⌈ba⌉-ab-ta-šu₂ tu-ru-⌈ri⌉ ^gišGIŠIMMAR.TUR ^giš⌈bi^?⌉ x[15] […] / [x (x)] GI.ŠUL.ḪI ^šimLI ⌈^šim⌉ŠE.LI BABBAR […] / [x (x)] x x x [x] ⌈NIG₂⌉ SILA₁₁–aš ina x […] / [x x x x x x (x x)] x KA-šu₂ […]

(break of appr. 4 lines)

(ruling)

53’ A_{iii 30’f} KA.⌈INIM.MA⌉ […] / a-na A PU₂ ŠUB-⌈di⌉ […]

(ruling)

54’[16] A_{iii 32’f} DIŠ KI.MIN saḫ-le₂-e U₂.KUR.⌈RA⌉ x […] / KA-šu₂ ka-a-a-nam lik-tap-⌈par₂⌉ [x (x)] x x x x [x x x x (x)]

(ruling)

55’ A_{iii 34’} DIŠ/ana KIN mi-šit-tu₂ ša₂ KA-šu₂ DAB [x[17] (x)] ⌈SAḪAR^?⌉.SILA.LIM₂ ana A PU₂ ŠUB ka-a-a-nam ir-ta-⌈na⌉-[muk^? x x]

(ruling)

56’[18] A_{iii 35’ff} DIŠ/ana KIN mi-šit-tu₂ ša₂ KA-šu₂ DAB [x x] ⌈GU₄⌉.UD^ku6 ša₂ ZAG IGI SUḪUR^ku6 ša₂ GUB₃ [tu^?]-⌈pa^?⌉-[ṭar^?][19] / 3 u₄-me ina MUN tuš-na-⌈al^?⌉ [ina 4 u₄-me E₁₁]-⌈ma^?⌉ ⌈IGI⌉ ⌈GU₄.UD^ku6⌉ ša₂ ZAG ana ZAG IGI SUḪUR^ku6 ša₂ ⌈GUB₃⌉ [ana GUB₃^?] / KI IGI.MEŠ-ši-na-te ⌈^u2⌉[NU.LUḪ.ḪA] ^šim.dMAŠ ^u2KU₆ SIG₂ ^munusSILA₄ GIŠ₃.NU.⌈ZU⌉ / SIG₂ ^munusAŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU BABBAR u ⌈GE₆^?⌉ [(x) ina] ⌈KUŠ^?⌉ ^munusAŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU ta-šap-pi ina GU₂–šu₂ GAR-ma ⌈TI⌉

(ruling)

57‘[20] A_{iii 39’f} DIŠ NA KA-šu₂ KA.DAB.BE₂.DA ⌈TUK⌉-[ši saḫ]-⌈le₂⌉-e ina A PU₂ SUD₂ MUN AL.US₂.SA A.GEŠTIN.NA ana [ŠA₃^?][21] / ŠIKA ŠUB[22] ina MUL₄ tuš-bat ina še-ri₃ ŠU.SI-⌈šu₂^?⌉ [GAL(-ti) i^?]-kar-rik[23] ba-lu pa-tan KA-šu₂ ik-ta-na-par [x]

(ruling)

58’[24] A_{iii 41’ff} DIŠ KI.MIN ^u2ḪAR.ḪAR ^u2KUR.KUR ^u2IGI-⌈lim⌉ [^u2]⌈IGI⌉-20 ^šimGUR₂.GUR₂ ^šimLI ^gišbi-nu ^u2IN₆.⌈UŠ₂^?⌉ / ^u2NU.LUḪ.ḪA saḫ-le₂-e ^u2ur₂-⌈ne₂⌉-[e] ⌈U₂⌉.KUR.⌈RA⌉ ⌈DIŠ-niš⌉ AR₃–en ta-bi-la / ba-lu pa-tan KA-šu₂ (blank) ⌈ik-ta⌉-<na^?>-pa-⌈ar⌉-ma (blank) TI

(ruling)

59’[25] A_{iii 44’f} DIŠ KI.MIN saḫ-le₂-e U₂.KUR.RA ^u2ḪAR.ḪAR ⌈^na4⌉ga-bi-i  ^u2ur₂-nu-u / KA-šu₂ u EME-šu₂ lik-tap-par₂ u A PU₂ lim-te-si

(ruling)

60’[26] A_{iii 46’f} DIŠ KI.MIN saḫ-le₂-e ina A SUD₂ MUN AL.US₂.⌈SA⌉ A.GEŠTIN.NA la tu-qar-⌈rab⌉ / la šu-ku-lu KA-šu₂ (blank) ik-ta-na-par-ma TI

(ruling)

61’[27] A_{iii 48’} DIŠ KI.MIN ^gišḪAŠḪUR ^gišGI U₂.KUR.RA ^u2ḪAR.⌈ḪAR⌉ ⌈GAZI^sar⌉ KA-šu₂ i-ka-par₂ u₃ ina KAŠ.SAG NAG-ma ⌈TI⌉

(ruling)

62’[28] A_{iii 49’} DIŠ KI.MIN ^u2nu-ṣa-bu ^u2IGI-lim ⌈ina⌉ KAŠ.SAG ⌈NAG⌉-ma ⌈TI^?⌉[29]

63’[30] A_{iii 50’} DIŠ KI.MIN ^u2nu-ṣa-bu SUḪUŠ ^u2EME-⌈UR⌉.[GI₇ ina] ⌈KAŠ⌉.SAG NAG-ma [TI]

(ruling)

64’[31] A_{iii 51’} 3 maš-qa₂-a-⌈tu₄⌉ GABA.RI ERI.⌈DU₁₀⌉ ⌈la⌉-[at-ka-a-tu_2/4^?]

(ruling)

65’[32] A_{iii 52’f} ^u2ḪAR.ḪAR ⌈^u2⌉[KUR.KUR ^u2IGI-lim^? (…)] ⌈^u2⌉ur₂-nu-[u/u₂ …] / saḫ-le₂-e ⌈^šimLI^?⌉ [^šimŠE.LI BABBAR ^giš]⌈ŠINIG^?⌉ […]

(ruling)

66’[33] A_{iii 54’} ^u2ḪAR.HAR U₂.⌈KUR⌉.[RA NUMUN ^gišx …]

(ruling)

67’[34] A_{iii 55’} ^u2ḪAR.HAR GURUN U₂.KUR.⌈RA⌉ ⌈^giš?⌉[ḪAŠḪUR …]

(ruling)

68’ A_{iii 56’} ana KA.DAB.BE₂.DA BUR₂–ri ⌈^šimx⌉[35] [x] x x x […]

69’ A_{iii 57’} DIŠ KA.DAB.BE₂.DA TUK.TUK ^šimLI ^šimGUR₂.GUR₂ ⌈ina^?⌉ […]

70’ A_{iii 58’} DIŠ KA.DAB.BE₂.DA TUK-ši saḫ-le₂-e ^u2GUR₅.UŠ ^na4PEŠ₄ ANŠE ^na4mu-ṣa ina ⌈KUŠ⌉ [x] x[36] […]

(ruling)

71’[37] A_{iii 59’} U₂.KUR.RA saḫ-le₂-e NAGA.SI ^na4ga-bi-i {: ⌈^u2?⌉[ḪAR.ḪAR^?]} SAḪAR ⌈SILA.LIM₂⌉.[MA^? x (x)][38] ⌈ud⌉ ka i-⌈la^?⌉-[…]

(ruling)

72’[39] A_{iii 60’f} DIŠ KA.DAB.BE₂.DA ana LU₂ NU TE-e [x x x x] x ḪAD₂.DU [x x (x)] / ina I₃ ^šimŠEŠ ḪI.ḪI ka-a-a-⌈nam^?⌉ [ŠEŠ₂.MEŠ-su(-ma) KA.DAB].⌈BE₂⌉.DA NU TE-šu₂ a si[40] ⌈dar/GUN₃^?⌉ ⌈kum^?⌉ [(x)]

(ruling)

73’[41] A_{iii 62’} DIŠ MIN SAG.DU ARA₄.BU^mušen ⌈^u2⌉[x x x (x x) ta^?]-⌈pa⌉-aṣ₂ ina I₃ GI DU₁₀ : ina I₃ BARA₂.GA ḪI.ḪI / (beginning col. iv)[42]

[1] The enclitic –ma suggests a following circumstance within the symptom description which must have been corrupted to some degree since the following element (ši-pir₃^!(SUḪUŠ)) has been interpreted as materia medica (IGI SUḪUR^ku6). Cf. the similar spelling with another interpretation in A col. iii l. 7 (ana LU₂ ši-pir₃ mi-šit-ti u ri-mu-te [šupšuḫi …).

[2] Cf. the parallels in BAM 138 (mA) ii 1-8 and BAM 398 (mB Nippur) obv 8-11 (var.).

[3] The parallel or similar prescription in BAM 398 obv 9’ has KAŠ la-bi-ru-⌈ti^?⌉.

[4] Cf. the parallel BAM 138 ii 9-15.

[5] BabMed Corpus AMT 82/2 iii 10 restores according to the parallel BAM 138 ⌈tu⌉-[šab-šal …]. Either reading is possible due to the damaged state of the traces.

[6] Cf. the partly parallel BAM 398 obv 12-15 (var.).

[7] Cf. for this curious spelling the attestations within the following two entries.

[8] Cf. similar BAM 398 obv 22-24 (var.).

[9] Cf. the parallel BAM 398 obv 27-29 (var.).

[10] The copy of Köcher suggest no further room before dababtašu in the second line of the entry but the actual tablet preserves no vertical rulings as well as only half of the sign DA. The phrase dababtašu turri hint on a prepositional phrase, introducing the therapy (like ana bulluṭišu etc.).

[11] Consider maybe paqādu D „to care for“ or similar. Köcher copied in BAM 523 MEŠ but the actual tablet is less clear and might likewise have ME(qad₄).

[12] Köcher copied a clear AŠ but the actual tablet seems to show traces of a small Winkelhaken underneath the strong horizontal wedge, which might change the interpretation of ŠID not as SILA₁₁ “to knead” (talâš) but as ŠID “to recite” (tamannū).

[13] It is uncertain whether this formulation refers to a special designation often used with certain medical plants (cf. CAD E, 299 A sub 3), and here with oil, or if it describes another feature (cf. ibid. erištu B “seeding; plantation” or even erištu B as by-form of ḫarištu “menstruating women”).

[14] This expression should refer to the first day of a random month.

[15] The traces do not look like NU or NI which makes the restoration of bīnu uncertain but not unlikely. Together with the previous BI it might likewise represent a longer sign beginning with a BI-element (like ŠIM or similar).

[16] Cf. the similar description in AMT 23/2:11’-13’ which should belong to A iii l. 39’ff.

[17] Maybe restore ZI-ḫi or similar.

[18] Cf. the varying parallel AMT 23/2:14’-17’.

[19] The parallel AMT 23/2 suggests the restoration tu-pa-⌈ṭa⌉-[ar^?] “you cut off (lit. loosen, peel etc.) (the sides of the face of certain carps’ varieties)”.

[20] Cf. the varying parallel AMT 23/2:11’-13’. Another (due to its fragmentary state) not recognizable parallel might be BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 1‘.

[21] See BabMed Corpus AMT 28/7:7‘.

[22] The parallel BAM 23/2 has tu-ta-rap “you cover/coat with …” instead.

[23] Here as well as later on the parallel AMT 23/2 uses the second person (tuš-ta-kar-rak la pa-tan KA-šu₂ tak-ta-na-[par (x x)]) whereas this text shows a third person verbal form in the following passage suggesting the patient to be the subject (against the second person at the beginning of the line which is most likely referring to the physician).

[24] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 2‘-4‘.

[25] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 5‘-6‘.

[26] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 7‘-8‘.

[27] Cf. the parallels ND 4405/23 (CTN 4, 124) i 1’-2’; BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76)  9’-10’(?); BAM 134 obv 3‘-5‘; AMT 23/2:6’-7’.

[28] Cf. the parallels ND 4405/23 (CTN 4, 124) i 3’, BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 11‘; AMT 23/2:8‘.

[29] The parallels BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 11 and AMT 23/2:8‘ have ruling lines whereas the rest as our text show none.

[30] Cf. the parallels ND 4405/23 (CTN 4, 124) i 4’, BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 12‘; AMT 23/2:9‘.

[31] Cf. the parallels ND 4405/23 (CTN 4, 124) i 5’-6’, BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 13‘; AMT 23/2:10‘ which suggest that the whole sequence A iii 48’-51’ has been transmitted traditionally as a neat cluster under the respective label “3 tested potions from a original from Eridu”.

[32] Cf. the parallels BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 14‘-15‘ as well as possibly BAM 190 rev 39-42 (^u2HAR.HAR ^u2KUR.KUR ^u2IGI-lim ^u2⸢GEŠTIN⸣.[KA₅.A] / U₂.KUR.RA ^u2NU.LUH.⸢HA⸣ ^u2tu-lal ⸢^u2⸣[x x (x)] / ^gišLI ^šimŠE.LI BABBAR ^gišbi-i-[nu] / [10]+1 U₂ KA.DAB.BE₂.DA ina KAŠ [NAG]).

[33] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 17‘.

[34] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 16‘.

[35] BabMed Corpus AMT 78/1:27‘ restores tentatively ^šim⌈LI⌉.

[36] Most likely to be restored as GAG.GAG(-pi₂) or similar.

[37] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 18‘.

[38] The parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 18‘ continues after gabî with ^u2ḪAR.[ḪAR/SAG^?] which is considered as a variant to eper sūq erbetti in BabMed Corpus AMT 78/1:30’ due to the fragmentary traces underneath SAḪAR (not copied by Campbell Thompson in AMT).

[39] Cf. the parallel BM 36520 + BM 37589 (Abusch – Schwemer, AMD 8/2, Taf. 76) 19‘-20’. The same format has been used at the beginning of NECK 3 (e.g. šumma(BAD) ḪUL.GIG) which shows due to the use of BAD that the first DIŠ is not to be read as ana but šumma (even if it makes syntactically few sense). See especially NECK 3:4-6 which treats Kadabbedû as well.

[40] Campbell Thompson (AMT 84/3) copied A RA DAR whereas the tablet shows clearly A SI. DAR or GUN₃ is certainly possible, but the following copied ⌈KUM⌉ is far from certain. The possible parallels and similar continuing entries within the beginning section of NECK 3 suggest divinatory content within the last passages of these entries. The possible parallel reads additionally LU₂ BI […] after KA.DAB.BE₂.DA NU TE-šu₂.

[41] Cf. the varying parallels NECK 3:5 as well as BAM 209 obv 13-15.

[42] Since no ruling is following the expected prognostic as well as divinatory apodosis (see also above) might have been noted at the beginning of the forth column. See the var. parallel NECK 3:5 continuing the entry ⌈ka⌉-a-a-man ŠEŠ₂.[MEŠ-su-ma KA.DAB.BE₂.DA NU TE-šu₂ u NA BI …].