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BAM 1, 005 (P281807)

Medical tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 10314

Period

Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] x _sag_-su# x [...]
2. [... _sag]-ki#_-su _szu-du8-a_ x x [x x]
3. [... x]-su# ana _sag-du_-szu2 _nu_ ta#-[x x]
4. [... x]-pi# _egir_-szu2 _numun gada_ ta-sak3-[ma]
5. [mal2]-ma#-lisz _i3#-gesz#_ eri-a-na [...]
6. [...] _szu# nu u2 sze-sa nita {u2}kur-[ra?]_
7. [...] sa#? [x] x x x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _erin#?_ [...]
  single ruling
2'. [...] _i3#-gesz# erin#? hi-hi szesz2#?_
  single ruling
3'. [...] _sza3_-szu2 _szub_-di _szesz2#?_
  single ruling

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Consult word list of Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 1, 005

    [Köcher1963BAM1] Köcher, Franz. 1963. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur 1. Vol. 1. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

  • history: KAR, 372

    [Ebeling1919-1923KAR] Ebeling, Erich. 1919-1923. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur Religiösen Inhalts. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Band 28 & 34. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.

  • history: BabMed <http://geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/babmed/Corpora/BAM, /BAM-1_-005>

    [sec54382] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: VAT 10314
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  • Provenience: Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
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  • Excavation No: Ass 15325c
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-24 at 07:53:13 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-11-24 at 07:44:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact, Other Entity Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:03:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2019-02-05 at 12:09:13 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-09-01 at 13:00:57 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-09-01 at 12:57:49 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BAM 1, 005 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P281807.
BAM 1, 005 artifact entry (No. P281807). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P281807 (Original work published 2005)
BAM 1, 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P281807 (Accessed: April 21, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {BAM 1, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P281807},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P281807},
}


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