BAM 1, 037 (P281808)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 11238

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)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
  single ruling
2'. [...] x hi-im _ka_-szu la x [...]
3'. [...] tu _szub_ x it ana _ti_ [...]
4'. [...] na-te ina _kasz-sag_ ina {gesz}mu-sza [...]
5'. [...] tusz#-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ba-lu [...]
6'. [...] _en2 kar? du3-mesz_-ma
  single ruling
7'. [...] x ra-ta _{szim}szesz na4_ ga-bi [...]
8'. [...] ina _gesztin du10-ga_ na-lu x [...]
  single ruling
9'. [...] te ina _i3_ ina _kusz_ u _kasz-sag hi-hi_ [...]
10'. [...] szu-tu2-ma _u2-mesz_ x
11'. [...] ma _du10-ga_ [...]
  single ruling
12'. [...] _szim_ [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)
library of Tiglatpileser I?
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P281808

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number Ass 13486
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number VAT 11238
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Babylonian Medicine (BabMed) BAM/BAM-1_-037

References

  • primary: BAM 1, 037

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

  • history: BabMed <http://geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/babmed/Corpora/BAM, /BAM-1_-037>

    [sec54382] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-24 at 07:53:13 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-11-24 at 07:44:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata, Other metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:03:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2020-04-22 at 07:42:42 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2020-04-22 at 07:41:43 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2016-08-29 at 13:04:56 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2016-08-29 at 12:49:49 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI Approved View
2005-11-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 1, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P281808.
BAM 1, 037 artifact entry (No. P281808). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P281808 (Original work published 2005)
BAM 1, 037 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P281808 (Accessed: August 9, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {BAM 1, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P281808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P281808},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 1, 037 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P281808.
BAM 1, 037 artifact entry (No. P281808). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P281808 (Original work published 2005)
BAM 1, 037 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P281808 (Accessed: August 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-08-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {BAM 1, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P281808},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P281808},
}

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