BAM 6, 541 (P400524)

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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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)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. _en2#?_ [...]
  single ruling
2'. _du3-du3-[bi_ ...]
3'. 7(disz) u [7(disz) ...]
4'. ina _sag#_ [...]
5'. ina _dug_ [...]
  single ruling
6'. _en2_ szi-it-ta# [...]
7'. ku-uk sza ra# [...]
8'. hi ih zu uk# [...]
9'. _en zi_ tu ba [...]
  rest blank

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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 6, 541

    [Köcher1980BAM6] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 2. Vol. 6. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 13890

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:10:29 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-04-09 at 14:53:57 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 6, 541 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P400524.
BAM 6, 541 artifact entry (No. P400524). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P400524 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 541 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P400524 (Accessed: August 19, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 541 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P400524},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P400524},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 6, 541 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P400524.
BAM 6, 541 artifact entry (No. P400524). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P400524 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 541 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P400524 (Accessed: August 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 541 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P400524},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P400524},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P400524
LB  - CDLI:P400524
M1  - 2025/8/19/
TI  - BAM 6, 541 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P400524
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