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BAM 5, 479 (P239131)

Medical tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical rit inc - medical text)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] _nag_
3'. [...] _kasz nag_
4'. [...] _nag_
5'. [...] _nag_
6'. [...] _nag#_
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. _u4-da#_ [...]
3'. A x [...]
4'. MU x [...]
5'. x [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical rit inc - medical text)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BAM 5, 479

[Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 12587

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-02-25 at 14:37:41	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-02-25 at 14:35:51	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.12587) (K.12587)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P239131) (P239131)
British Museum Collection (W_K-12587) (W_K-12587)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 5, 479 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P239131.

BAM 5, 479 artifact entry (No. P239131). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P239131 (Original work published 2003)

BAM 5, 479 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P239131 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).

@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 479 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P239131},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P239131},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/25/
TI  - BAM 5, 479 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 5, 479 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P239131.

BAM 5, 479 artifact entry (No. P239131). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P239131 (Original work published 2003)

BAM 5, 479 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P239131 (Accessed: January 25, 2026).

@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 479 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P239131},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P239131},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P239131
LB  - CDLI:P239131
M1  - 2026/1/25/
TI  - BAM 5, 479 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P239131
ER  -