SAA 10 321. Remedies for Nosebleed (CT 53 105) [from physicians][via saao/saa10]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Urad-Nanaya. The very best [of healt]h [to the ki]ng, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give [happin]ess and physical well-being [to the king], my [lo]rd! | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
| o 44 | ||
| o 55 | ||
| o 66 | ||
| o 77 | (7) (The prince) Aššur-ete]llu-šamê-erṣeti-muballissu [is doing very well. | |
| o 88 | (8) As to the tampo]ns [of mar]takal-[seed] about which [the king], my lord, wrote to me, [those which] are (intended) to stop nasal hemorrhage are prepared [as follo]ws: | |
| o 99 | ||
| o 1010 | ||
| o 1111 | ||
| o 1212 | ||
| o 1313 | (13) [They cru]sh it, [mix] it with cedar resin, [wra]p (the mixture) in red wool, and [reci]te an incantation [over it] and insert (the tampons) [in the nostrils]. | |
| o 1414 | ||
| o 1515 | ||
| o 1616 | ||
| o 1717 | ||
| Bottom | ||
| b.e. 18b.e. 18 | [x x x x x] <$qi$> | |
| b.e. 1919 | [x x x x]-u | |
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | ||
| r 22 | [x x i-na]-⸢as⸣-su-ku | |
| r 33 | ||
| r 44 | (r 4) They recite [an incantation ove]r it and insert it [in the nostril]. | |
| r 55 | ||
| r 66 | (r 6) They wrap [... dust] from crossroads [......] and very [...... in a tuf]t of wool, [reci]te [an incantation over it, and inser]t it in the nostril. | |
| r 77 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šá ad—dan-niš | |
| r 88 | ||
| r 99 | ||
| r 1010 | (r 10) [They take] martakal-seed and [...] which are not crushed, [...] as it is, recite [an incantation] over it, wrap [it in a t]uft of wool and insert it [in the opening of the n]ostril. | |
| r 1111 | [x x x x]-me šá la i-ma-raq-u-ni | |
| r 1212 | [x x x a]-ki šá šu-tú-u-ni | |
| r 1313 | [x x ÉN] ina UGU i-man-ni-u | |
| r 1414 | ||
| r 1515 | ||
| Right | ||
| r.e. 16r.e. 16 | (r.e. 16) They should act according to the prescription I have sent. | |
| r.e. 1717 | ||
| r.e. 1818 | [o] ⸢e⸣-pu-šú |
Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P313520/.