¹ The following bibliographical abbreviations are used in this article.

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Ar. Or. Archiv Orientálni, Prague.Google Scholar

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JRAS Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.Google Scholar

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⁴ AMT, 2, 3, 4; 5, 5, 5, 10; BAM, 3, 1, 44, 48; 152, 1, 14.′

⁵ AMT, 5, 5, 3.

⁶ Kraus, , Texte, 22, 1, 6′.Google Scholar

⁷ AMT, 65, 5, rev. 20, (šem)ir-ra eli ku-ra-r[i], [“Put] poppy-juice on the kurāru”. Labat, , RA, LIII, 1959, 1–18.Google Scholar Text in Louvre, AO.11447, obv., 42. šumma amilu ku-ra-ra mamṣ …, “If a man is ill from kurāru-disease, fine oil (ghee?) …”. AMT, 5, 5, 3, ana KIMIN (Ú) LAG.A.ŠÀ. ina IGI ta-kar …, “ To ditto (= to remove the kurāru-disease) on the face chamomile you shall rub”. AMT, 5, 5, 4, ana KIMIN zēr karaši (Ú) ak-tam(Ú) ṣa-lam-tù ištēniš SÚD, “To ditto, leek seed, (castor oil (and) ‘black plant’ together you shall bray”. AMT, 5, 5, 5, ZÍD. (d)Nisaba SÚD ta-kar …. “Flour from corn you shall pound and rub it (into the lesion)”. AMT, 5, 5, 10, qaqqas-su tu-gal-lab I.KIL ŠÉŠ…, “You shall shave his head and anoint it with fish oil”. BAM, 3, 1.48, Í.NUN šÉŠ…,“ … anoint with fine oil (ghee?)”.

⁸ DAB. see n. 2 above.

⁹ CT, 14.36 (81–2–4, 267). obv., II.11. (Ú) šà-mi ki-iẓ-ẓa-te ZI. 12. (Ú)šà-mi ku-ra-ri ZI. 13. (U)šà-mi ku-ra-áš-ti ZI.

¹⁰ Précis, , 524–5 and 529;Google ScholarNougayrol, J., Ar. Or., XVII, 1949, 213–26.Google Scholar The samānu- disease is differentiated from the Kurāru-disease.

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¹⁶ Labat, , Manuel, Nos. 12, 17, 392, and 398. Note also , “stricture”Google Scholar (Adamson, , JRAS, 1979, 5f.).Google Scholar

¹⁷ Labat, , TDP, 180, 31, … ru 'ta ẓalimta ittadâ(a). “He spits out black-coloured sputum”.Google Scholar

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²² Labat, , TDP, 126, 43.Google Scholarlibbi irtanašši…, “He continues to have libbi. AMT, 85, 1, VI, 8, libbi TUK. TUK ana SAL …, “The libbi continues to afflict (him) when he wants to make love to a woman …”

²³ CAD, H, 260; AHw., 361, II.

²⁴ CAD, K, 123, kamītu B; AHw., 432, kamītu I.

²⁵ CAD, K, 425.

²⁶ Goetze, A., YOS, 10.48, 35, … 2 kislī imittim šumēlam ītiq, “Of two transverse processes, the right is longer than the left”. 36. … 2 kislī šumēlim imittam ītiq, “The left is longer than the right”.Google Scholar

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³⁰ CT, 31.44. obv., 4. KAK.ZAG.GA NU GAL-ši, “there is no kaskasu”. 6, BE KAK. ZAG.GA res-su sa-miṭ, “if the head of the kaskasu is destroyed …”.

³¹ CT, 31.44.obv., 12. BE KAK.ZAG.GA imitti ka-bit, “if the right kaskasu is heavy …”. CT, 31.36.obv., 8. KAK.ZAG.GA na-par-qud, “the kaskasu lies together on its back … ”.

³² CAD, K, 244: quoting PRT, 71, rev. 2, KAK.ZAG.GA ina qabal EŠ nadi, and VAB, 4.288.XI.34, KAK.ZAG.GA ina qabli pališ. Consider also Nougayrol, 1947, n. 29: text Telloh(?) 1486.12. ka[š-ka]-šum šu-me-lam a-na 3 TA.[ÀM].

³³ KAR, 423,1.17, summa KAK.ZAG.GA 2 qaqqadātūšu, “If the kaskasu has two heads”.

³⁴ Landsberger, B. and Civil, M., The series , TABLET XV, MSL, IX, 1967, 9, 1. 83. UZU.KAK.TI = sik-kàt ẓi-li “severe disease” of rib. UZU.KAK.TI.TUR. = na-as-pa-du. 85. UZU.KAK.ZAG.GA = ka-as-ka-su. 86. UZU.KAK.ZAG.GA.TIR.RA = ka-tap-pa-a-su. CT, 14.5 (K4368).obv., II-III. 25′. [na-as-pa]-du = ši-ti-iq ir-tum, “separation of the chest”.Google Scholar

³⁵ See nn. 31,32, above.

³⁶ Labat, , TDP, 96, 32–98, 49.Google Scholar

³⁷ idem, 98, 49, 53.

³⁸ AHw., 59–60;Google ScholarCAD, A2, 183, 187.Google Scholar

³⁹ Labat, , TDP, 98, 54, 55–9.Google Scholar

⁴⁰ idem, 142, l′-18′; 144, 36′-9′.

⁴¹ idem, 144, 41′-52′.

⁴² Lambert, , BWL, 52, rev., 5. a-na i-šid šamē(e)/ a-na i-rat erṣetim(tim), “To the horizon / To the surface of the Underworld”.Google Scholar

⁴³ Labat, , TDP, 92, n. 178.Google Scholar

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⁴⁵ Labat, , TDP, 98, n. 181.Google Scholar Differentiated from kiṣir ubāni, meaning “the joint of any finger or toe” (see AHw., 488).Google Scholar

⁴⁶ CT, 28, 29, 12–20. Erimu in the series of umṣatu, tirku, liptu, pindû, ibāru, and muŠŠu.

⁴⁷ Kraus, , Texte, 50, rev. 2′-25′.Google Scholar

⁴⁸ idem, 50, rev., 26′-35′.

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⁵¹ BWL, 202, 3. [maš-]ki ul áš-ru-uṭ a-na e-ri-me ul ú-[tin], “The skin I did not tear; I did not make an erimu-lesion”.

⁵² Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum: a clinical condition in adults, characterized by numerous, discrete, dark-red vascular papules scattered over the body, but the limbs are not involved. Lesions of internal organs may sometimes coexist.

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