An ana pišerti kišpī prescription on fragments from Aššur
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| CMAwR vol. 1, text 1.8, 1.: A // B obv. IV 11′-15′ // e obv. 5′-7′ | CMAwR vol. 1, text 1.8, 1.: A // B obv. IV 11′-15′ // e obv. 5′-7′ | |
| For an edition of the additional manuscript e (BM 47695 + 47781), see CMAwR, vol. 2, text A.1 | | |
| 1.8.1:1′1.8.1:1′ | [(x)] x-x-x [ ... ] | (1.8.1:1′) (too fragmentary for translation) |
| 1.8.1:2′1.8.1:2′ | (1.8.1:2′) For undoing witchcraft which (the patient) was given to eat with cress: 5′You have him drink 3′atāʾišu-plant, urnû-plant, NU.LUḪ-plant, 4′((seed of)) burāšu-juniper (and) seed of the tullal-plant in beer 5′(and) in mountain honey on an empty stomach. 6′He washes 5′his mouth, 6′ and his flow of saliva will be stopped. | |
| 1.8.1:3′1.8.1:3′ | ||
| 1.8.1:4′1.8.1:4′ | ||
| 1.8.1:5′1.8.1:5′ | dišip šadî balu patān tašaqqīšu (var.: taštanaqqīšu-ma) pâšu | |
| 1.8.1:6′1.8.1:6′ | ||
| 1.8.1:7′1.8.1:7′ | (1.8.1:7′) (Lines 7′-9′ too fragmentary for translation) | |
| 1.8.1:8′1.8.1:8′ | ||
| 1.8.1:9′1.8.1:9′ | [ ... ]... tašaqqīšu? [ ... ] | |
| CMAwR vol. 1, text 1.8, 2.: B obv. IV 1′-10′, 16′-29′ // C rev. VI 12′-19′ // D: 1′-9′ // f rev. 5′-11′ | CMAwR vol. 1, text 1.8, 2.: B obv. IV 1′-10′, 16′-29′ // C rev. VI 12′-19′ // D: 1′-9′ // f rev. 5′-11′ | |
| For an edition of the relevant lines in the additional manuscript f (K 8907), see CMAwR, vol. 2, text A.2 | | |
| 1.8.2:1′1.8.2:1′ | ... [ ... ] | (1.8.2:1′) ... [...] 2′seed [...] 3′15 ... [...] 4′you crush (and) sieve. 5′He shall drink it repeatedly 4′either in beer or in milk or in [wine] 5′or in brewer’s beer. Then 6′witchcraft, magic, sorcery, ‘distortion-of-justice’ magic, 7′‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic, will not come near that man. 8′His depression will gradually dissipate, his 9′hot 8′lungs 9′will be cool, his speech 10′will be pleasant 9′to god 10′and king — tested (prescription) that is well proven. |
| 1.8.2:2′1.8.2:2′ | zēr giš... [ ... ] | |
| 1.8.2:3′1.8.2:3′ | 15.TA.ÀM ... [ ... ] | |
| 1.8.2:4′1.8.2:4′ | taḫaššal tanappi lū ina šikari lū ina šizbi lū ina [karāni?] | |
| 1.8.2:5′1.8.2:5′ | ||
| 1.8.2:6′1.8.2:6′ | ||
| 1.8.2:7′1.8.2:7′ | ||
| 1.8.2:8′1.8.2:8′ | libbašu šaplu ittanazzazza ḫašûšu | |
| 1.8.2:9′1.8.2:9′ | ||
| 1.8.2:10′1.8.2:10′ | ||
| 1.8.2:11′-15′1.8.2:11′-15′ | (see 1.8.1: 2'-6' above) | (1.8.2:11′-15′) (see 1.8.1: 2′-6′ above) |
| 1.8.2:16′1.8.2:16′ | (1.8.2:16′) If a man’s saliva flows when he speaks, 18′he sprays 17′his spittle in public (lit.: “in front of a man”), 18′his words are constantly failing him, 19′his speech repeatedly escapes him, 20′he is belching, that man has been fed maliciousness. (([To cure him])): 21′Myrtle, suādu-plant, burāšu-juniper seed, šakirû-plant, 22′seed of the baltu-thorn, seed of the ašāgu-thorn, urnû-plant, 23′tīyatu-plant, alum, atāʾišu-plant (var.: kukuru-plant), 24′‘heals-a-thousand’-plant, maštakal-soapwort, tamarisk seed, 25′dates, sikillu-plant (var.: oak), andaḫšu-plant: 26′These 16! plants you crush (and) sieve. 27′((You have him repeatedly drink it)) 26′on an empty stomach. 28′You smear (it) 27′on the edges of his teeth, 28′and he will wash his mouth, then [his] mouth will not be afflicted by [(constant sali]va (flow)). | |
| 1.8.2:17′1.8.2:17′ | ||
| 1.8.2:18′1.8.2:18′ | ||
| 1.8.2:19′1.8.2:19′ | pûšu iḫtanalliqšu | |
| 1.8.2:20′1.8.2:20′ | zīqī pîšu (var.: zīqū ša p[îšu]) tebû amēlu šū nullâti šūkul (([ana bulluṭīšu?])) | |
| 1.8.2:21′1.8.2:21′ | ||
| 1.8.2:22′1.8.2:22′ | ||
| 1.8.2:23′1.8.2:23′ | ||
| 1.8.2:24′1.8.2:24′ | ||
| 1.8.2:25′1.8.2:25′ | ||
| 1.8.2:26′1.8.2:26′ | ||
| 1.8.2:27′1.8.2:27′ | ||
| 1.8.2:28′1.8.2:28′ | ||
| 1.8.2:29′1.8.2:29′ | [ ... ]... eṣem[ti ... ] | (1.8.2:29′) (too fragmentary for translation) |