AMT pl. 056 01 (P238704)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart (detail)

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 content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P238704
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238704

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 08248

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.8248
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238704
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-8248

References

primary: AMT, pl. 056 01

[Thompson1923AMT] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1923. Assyrian Medical Texts. Oxford.
history: BAM 7, 032

[Geller2005BAM7] Geller, Markham J. 2005. Renal and Rectal Disease Texts. Vol. 7. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. de Gruyter.
history: JRAS 1937 (pp. 265-286), 276-277

[Thompson1937JRAS] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1937. “Assyrian Prescriptions for Diseases of the Feet.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1937: 265–86.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-20 at 15:29:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-28 at 10:13:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-28 at 08:54:57	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 18:39:40	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
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“AMT Pl. 056 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238704.

AMT pl. 056 01 artifact entry (No. P238704). (2024, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238704 (Original work published 2003)

AMT pl. 056 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238704 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {AMT pl. 056  01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238704},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AMT Pl. 056 01 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238704.

AMT pl. 056 01 artifact entry (No. P238704). (2024, July 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238704 (Original work published 2003)

AMT pl. 056 01 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238704 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 20},
	title = {AMT pl. 056  01 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238704},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238704},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - AMT pl. 056  01 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P238704
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