(o i 1) If a man suffers from phlegm, which has turned into gastric constriction: root from pillû-tree ('mandrake'), root from šūšu-tree ('liquorice'), tarmuš-plant ('lupin'), imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant), imḫur-ešrā-plant ('faces twenty' plant), tullal-plant ('you cleanse' plant), šakirû-plant (a plant) – you pound these seven drugs together, you put them in beer, you leave (the mixture) out overnight under the stars, he keeps drinking it in the morning on an empty stomach, and then he will get well.

(o i 4) If a man suffers from a gastric constriction: on that day,1 you have him ride on a makūru-boat, you send him downstream and you recite an incantation: Enuru-incantation: “. . . the chief wife of the Mountain, DITTO (= Zarpanītu), the reed of Enlil, which no one fully knows, Zarpanītu, . . . establishes wisdom, her feet are planted, her feet are seated, the feet stand inverted, the feet are inverted.” Incantation-formula. You recite this incantation, and then he will recover.

(o i 8) If DITTO, he drinks (an infusion of) dried mongoose meat on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. If DITTO, he drinks root from šūšu-tree ('liquorice') in water on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. If DITTO, you pound salt, he drinks it in water on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. If DITTO, you pound amānu-salt, he drinks it on an empty stomach, and then he will recover.2

(o i 11) If a man suffers from a gastric constriction: you make that man squat over his (own) feet, you pour oven-heated (and still) warm juice from kasû-herb ('tamarind')3 over him, and then he will recover.

(o i 13) If DITTO, he kneels and sits down on top of his (own) feet (and) you drip cold water on top of his head.

(o i 14) If DITTO, you put his head down, you lift his feet up, (and then) in (his) weakened state4 you strike his cheek, in (his) weakened state you rub him5 and you say "it is good for the belly”, (then) with your left thumb, you touch his buttocks 14 times, you touch his head 14 times and you touch the ground.

(o i 17) If DITTO, you pound root from male pillû-tree ('mandrake'), root from šūšu-tree ('liquorice'), imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant), imḫur-ešrā-plant ('faces twenty' plant), tarmuš-plant ('lupin'), maštakal-plant (a plant) (and) lišān kalbi-plant (‘dog’s tongue’ plant) (and) he drinks them either in water or beer.

(o i 19) If a man’s belly keeps throbbing up against him: you pound ten KISAL-measures of . . . (and) ten KISAL-measures of mirišmarû-plant (a plant), you mix them . . ., and then he will recover.

(o i 21) If a man suffers from a gastric constriction, his internal organs are extremely swollen (and) his esophagus(?)6 causes him pain: you crush(?) (and) sift(?) separately imḫur-ešrā-plant ('faces twenty' plant) (and) root from male pillû-tree ('mandrake'), you take equal amounts of them (and) he drinks them in beer, (then) you soften (these drugs) in cold water(?),7 you leave (the mixture) out overnight under the stars, in the morning you bring it to a boil, you filter it, you pour it into his anus (and) he will have a bowel movement, then he will recover.

(o i 24) You crush (and) sift kukru-aromatic (an aromatic), burāšu-aromatic (a kind of juniper), ṣumlalû-aromatic (an aromatic), leaves from lipāru-tree (a fruit tree), leaves from ŠE.HAR-tree (a tree) (and) seed from urbatu-plant ('rushes') together, you mix them with fat(?) (and) ṭūru-aromatic(?) ('opopanax'),8 you smear (the mixture) on a piece of leather, you bandage his epigastrium, and then he will recover.

(o i 26) 9 If a man suffers from a gastric constriction, his belly does not let him accept bread and beer (and) keeps bringing them back up into his mouth, his stomach causes him to have a piercing pain, he is constantly vomiting, his flesh continually sags,10 flatulence (lit. wind) circulates in his anus (and) his internal organs are swollen: in order to treat him, you pound half a litre of juice from suluppu ('date'), half a litre of juice from kasû-herb ('tamarind'), ten KISAL-measures of vinegar, three shekels of pressed oil, two shekels of dišpu ('syrup') (and) ten shekels of nīnû-plant ('mint'), you put them all together, you leave (the mixture) out for the night under the Goat-star (and) in the morning, you have him drink it on an empty stomach. Afterwards, you have him drink half a litre šiqqu ('garum'), he will void from his mouth and from his anus, you rub him down thoroughly,11 and then he will recover.

(o i 31) If DITTO, you pound mountain salt (and) amānu-salt together, you have him drink it in beer on an empty stomach, he will void from his mouth and from his anus, and you rub him down thoroughly, then he will recover.

(o i 32) If DITTO, you pound nuḫurtu-plant ('asafoetida') (and) seven grains of imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant) together, you have him drink them in high-quality beer on an empty stomach, he will void from his mouth and from his anus, and then DITTO (= you rub him down thoroughly, and then he will recover).

(o i 33) 12 If DITTO, you pound flour from labtu ('roasted barley'), flour from ḫarūbu ('carob') (and) a diktu-preparation of suluppu ('date') together, he keeps drinking them in beer on an empty stomach for two days, for two(?) days(?) he keeps drinking them in water on an empty stomach, you sprinkle his epigastrium with water, and then he will recover.

(o i 35) 13 If DITTO, you fill a small copper pot with water and beer, and then you put sīḫu-tree ('wormwood'), argannu-tree ('conifer'), barīrātu-tree ('sagapenum'), ḫašû-plant ('thyme') (and) aktam-plant (a plant) in it, you bring (the mixture) to a boil, you filter it (and) you bathe him in it, (then) he emerges (from the bath), (and) you anoint him with oil from erēnu-tree ('cedar'). Half a litre of saḫlû ('cress'), half a litre of kukru-aromatic (an aromatic), half a litre of burāšu-aromatic (a kind of juniper), half a litre of qutru-plant (a plant), half a litre of kasû-herb ('tamarind'), half a litre of flour from buqlu ('malt'), half a litre of flour from ḫallūru ('chickpea'), half a litre of flour from kakkû ('lentil'), half a litre of pappasītu (a mineral), half a litre of nīnû-plant ('mint'), half a litre of kamantu-plant (a plant), half a litre of pigeon droppings, half a litre of erišti eqli-plant ('sown on a field' plant), ten shekels of nikiptu-aromatic ('spurge'),14 ten shekels of imbu' tâmti ('algae'), half a litre of flour from kibtu ('wheat'), half a litre of suluppu ('date'), half a litre of billat našpi (a kind of beerwort) (and) half a litre of isqūqu (a type of groats) — you crush (and) sift these sixteen drugs together, you stir them like a paste in high-quality beer using a small copper pot, you bandage his epigastrium for three days (and) his belly will let him accept (different) foods and beer, then he will recover.

(o i 42) If a man’s belly constantly binds him: he eats imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant) on an empty stomach, (and then) you pound it, he keeps drinking it in beer on an empty stomach, and then he will recover.

(o i 43) If DITTO, he keeps eating imḫur-ešrā-plant ('faces twenty' plant) (and) root from šurnû-plant (a plant) on an empty stomach, (and then) you pound them, he keeps drinking them in beer on an empty stomach, and then he will recover.

(o i 44) If DITTO, DITTO (= he keeps eating) arzallu-plant (a plant), ḫašû-plant ('thyme'), kukru-aromatic (an aromatic) (and) . . . on an empty stomach, (and then he will recover).

(o i 45) If DITTO, you mix fat from an ayyar ili ('chameleon') with ghee and salt, he keeps eating it on an empty stomach, and then he will recover.

(o i 46) If DITTO, you pound kakkusakku (a plant) with wide leaves in juice from kasû-herb ('tamarind'), you stir it into beer and dišpu ('syrup'), he keeps drinking (the mixture) on an empty stomach, and then he will recover.

(o i 47) If DITTO, you pound kakkusakku (a plant) with wide leaves and salt together, you stir them into beer and dišpu ('syrup'), he keeps drinking (the mixture) on an empty stomach, and then he will recover.

(o i 48) If DITTO, you boil dadānu (a spiny plant) with wide leaves like laptu ('turnip'), he keeps drinking it, (and then) he will recover.

(o i 49) If DITTO, he eats root from šūšu-tree ('liquorice') on an empty stomach, (then) you pound it, he drinks it in beer on an empty stomach . . . , (and then) he will recover.

(o i 50) If DITTO, you pound . . . together (and) when his belly seizes him . . . he drinks . . . on an empty stomach, (and then) he will recover.

(o i 51) . . . beer(?), DITTO.

(o i 62) . . . water(?) . . .

(o ii 1) If a man’s belly causes him pain: you pound salted ḫašû-plant ('thyme'), you put it in water or beer or wine (and) he drinks it.

(o ii 2) 15 If a man’s belly causes him pain: he drinks ḫašû-plant ('thyme') in water or beer.

(o ii 3) If a man’s belly causes him pain: he drinks tīyatu-plant (a plant) in beer, imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant) in beer, imḫur-ešrā-plant ('faces twenty' plant) in beer, tarmuš-plant ('lupin') in beer, ēdu-plant ('lone' plant) in beer, zibû-plant ('black cumin') in beer, būšānu-plant ('smelly disease' plant) in beer (and) ḫašû-plant ('thyme') in beer or wine.

(o ii 5) 16 If a man’s internal organs cause him pain: you bring to a boil half a litre of suluppu ('date'), half a litre of wheat mundu ('groats') (and) half a litre of lumps of buqlu ('malt') in three litres of high-quality beer, you let (the mixture) cool, you filter it, you add oil (and) you pour it into his anus.

(o ii 7) When17 you have pounded laptu ('turnip'), šūmū-herb ('garlic') (and) kamūnu-herb ('cumin'), he drinks them in beer. If DITTO, you pound ḫassū-herb(?) ('lettuce') (and) šūmū-herb ('garlic'), you put them in water, you leave (the mixture) out overnight under the stars (and) he drinks it. After he has drunk it, he eats mirsu ('honey cake') in ghee. If DITTO, you pound nuḫurtu-plant ('asafoetida') (and) he drinks it in beer. If DITTO, you pound imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant) DITTO (= he drinks it in beer). If DITTO, he eats fresh sikillu-plant ('pure' plant).

(o ii 10) If a man’s belly is bound up: you pound šūmū-herb ('garlic') while it is fresh (and) kukru-aromatic(?) (an aromatic) together, you stir them into water (and) you have him drink it on an empty stomach, (and then) he eats suluppu ('date') in nāḫu ('lard') or oil. If DITTO, you pound white kikkirânu-aromatic ('juniper seeds'), he drinks it in beer on an empty stomach, and then he will recover. If DITTO, you mix imḫur-līm-plant ('faces a thousand' plant), imḫur-ešrā-plant ('faces twenty' plant), tarmuš-plant ('lupin'), root from male pillû-tree ('mandrake') (and) . . . in equal amounts, you steep (the mixture) in beer, you leave it out overnight under the stars (and) in the morning, you have him drink it on an empty stomach, (but) you should not let him drink . . .,18 (and then) he will recover.

(o ii 15) If a man’s belly constantly binds him (and) his internal organs are extremely swollen: you put ḫašû-plant ('thyme'), qanû ṭābu ('sweet reed'), ballukku-aromatic (an aromatic) (and) burāšu-aromatic (a kind of juniper) all together, you bring (the mixture) to a boil, you filter it (and) while it is steaming hot, you pour it into his anus, and then he will recover.

(o ii 17) If a man eats bread (and) drinks beer to his satisfaction, but then his belly constantly binds (and) seizes him, his internal organs are swollen, and he is constipated, he suffers from a belly that always seeks the morning meal:19 in order to heal him, erēnu-tree ('cedar'), šurmēnu-tree ('cypress'), qanû ṭābu ('sweet reed'), ballukku-aromatic (an aromatic), asu-aromatic ('myrtle') (and) ḫašû-plant ('thyme') — you chop up these five drugs all together, you put them in beer, you bring (the mixture) to a boil, you filter it, you put dišpu ('syrup') and pressed oil in it (and) while it is steaming hot, you skim it off into a leather bag for potions, you pour it into his anus, (and then) he will recover.

(o ii 21) Incantation: “The internal organs(?) are constantly loosened,20 with the stomach twisted (and) the coils of the intestines completely knotted up . . . his face is covered with darkness in the same way that water in an irrigation ditch (is covered) with algae,21 blown up (and) thrown down by the wind of the steppe, he constantly sheds (tears), his eyes are filled with the ‘hand of the steppe’,22 his lips are constantly parched, he keeps flopping around like fish (and) continually puffs himself up like a snake. Gula, the provider of good health for mankind, saw this and brought the young man into the temple of Asalluhi, merciful Marduk23 looked upon him, and then (said): ‘Belch and feel better, young man!' If there is flatulence (lit. wind), may it go out through the anus! If there is a belch, may he let it out through the throat!” Incantation-formula.