BAM 1, 096 (P285195)

Medical tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France

Museum Collection(s)

École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France

Museum Number

HE 331k + VAT 08694 + VAT 14118

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 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
column 1
1'. [...]
2'. [...] _sum{sar#}_
3'. [...] x _hi-hi_
4'. [...] _gar_-an
  single ruling
5'. [...] _mesz#_ u2-na-paq
6'. [...] _sur# sur u2 babbar naga si_
7'. [...] _{u2}gamun-ge6 {u2#}gamun_
8'. [... _zu2]-lum-ma_ ina _i3-udu ur-mah hi-hi_
9'. [...] _gar_-an-ma _ti_-ut,
  single ruling
10'. [... _i3-udu] ellag# udu-nita2 naga si {szim}buluh#
11'. [...] _[a]-esir2_ tusz-te-mid-ma ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an-ma ina-esz
  single ruling
12'. [...] _il2 murub4-mesz_-szu2 _tag-tag_-szu2 _ninda_ u _kasz gur#_-ru#
13'. [...] _{u2}bal# suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2_ {szim#}[x ...]
14'. [...] _sud2#_ ina _kasz nag_-ma i-ar2-ru
15'. [...] _naga# si_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ u _du3_-usz-ma ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an
16'. [...] a-ra-su-ma _en dur2_-szu2 i-par-ru-u
17'. [...] x _ge6 {u2}kur-ra_
18'. [... x]-ni ta-kar _{sig2}aka3! i3-gesz_ x ana _igi_-szu2 _gar_-an
  single ruling
19'. [...] _nita2#_ x-kak ina _i3-nun-na_ u _i3-udu hi-hi_
20'. [... x]-szu2 _gar_-an
  single ruling
21'. [... ar-da]-ti#-lu _{gesz}kiszi16_
22'. [...] x _igi dur2_-szu2 _szesz2 lal_-id
  single ruling
23'. [...] ma#-le-e si-ka-tim
24'. [...] ba#-ri-ra-ta _disz_-nisz _gaz_
25'. [...] _lal_-ma ina-esz
  single ruling
26'. [...] x-mi-iq-ta
27'. [...] _hi min_
  single ruling
28'. [...] x x _u2#_
29'. [...] x
  several lines missing
column 2
1. _DISZ na sza3-mesz_-szu2 [...] mi-na-tu-szu _du8-mesz na bi_ [...]
2. _{u2}in-usz {u2}kur-kur {u2}sumun-dar {u2}nu-luh-ha_ {gesz#}[x ...]
3. [...] {szim#}[x ...] x ina _mul4_ tusz-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ x [...]
4. _nag_-ma [...]
  single ruling
5. _i3-udu ellag2 gu4 i3-udu ellag udu-nita2 i3-udu ur-mah i3-nun sumun_ [...]
6. _i3-gesz muszen {szim#}gir2 i3-gesz_ [...]-na _{szim}szesz {gesz}erin#_ [...]
7. _illu {szim}buluh illu li-dur u2 babbar {u2}hab {szim}hab i3 erin#_ [...]
8. _i3-udu ukusz2-hab gazi{sar}_ ina _{sig2}aka3_ ta-lap-pap ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_ [...]
  single ruling
9. _DISZ na dur2-gig-ga-kam2 gig_ {u2}sah-le-e{sar} _{u2}kur-ra {u2}gur2-gur2#_ [...]
10. _{szim}li naga si_ tu#-ra-a {u2}pi-in-ze2-er _zu2-lum-[ma_ ...]
11. _tesz2-bi_ ta-pa-as, ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ al-la-nam _du3_-usz ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an [...]
12. _za3-hi-li{sar}_ {u2}kur-ra_ {u2}kur-ka-nam ir-ra hi-il bu-ka#-[ti]
13. kib!-ri-tu2 ina _i3-udu hi-hi u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti tusz-ta#-[bal]
  single ruling
14. _DISZ na murub4-mesz_-szu2 _gu7#_-szu2# isz-tu#-szu2 _du8-du8 [na] bi# dur2-gig_
15. {u2}szi-iz-ba-nam [... x]-zi [...]
  single ruling
16. _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li_ {u2}szib#-[bur]-ra#-tu2 {u2}[x ...]
17. _a-gar-gar masz-da3 pap_ [...] x ta# [...]
  single ruling
18. _DISZ na dur2-gig gig_ u _kasz3 [...] a [...]
19. _dur2-gig# gig# bar zu2-lum-[ma_ ...]
  single ruling
20. _DISZ na dur2-gig gig_-ma _mur-mesz_ [...]
21. _izi szub-szub_-su _nam-erim2_
22. _{u2}ab2-duh disz-min hi-hi_ [...]
  single ruling
23. _DISZ kimin_ sah-le2-e {na4}[x ...]
24. _{u2}har-har_ x [...]
25. _numun_ {gesz}x [...]
26. {u2}x [...]
27. _gurun_ x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. ina [...]
  single ruling
2'. _DISZ na ka# dur2#_ [...]
3'. um-s,a-tum _illu#_ [...]
4'. _sze10 ur-gi7 suhusz_ x [...]
5'. {u2}pi!-zer _gurun_ {u2}[x ...]
  single ruling
6'. _DISZ kimin tag_-ma _dur2_-szu2 il-ta-x [...]
7'. ina _i3-udu hi-hi szu-si_ [...]
  single ruling
8'. _DISZ na kasz3-me_-szu2 ina _dur2_ e#-te-rim# _[dur2]-gig# [gig]_
9'. qi2-lip2 _zu2-lum-ma_ ina _i3-gesz erin hi-hi_ [...]
  single ruling
10'. _DISZ na_ qer-be2-na _gig_ {gesz#}gesztin#-sur kasz-sag al-[us2-sa]_
11'. tu-kas,3-s,a ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak _illu {szim}buluh {szim}li_ {szim#}[x ...]
12'. _za3-<hi>-li_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _gar_-an _{u2}esi szu-si_-ka _mar#_-[ma ...]
13'. _nigin {u2}kur-ra_ ki-[s,ir] _naga si_ ta-sak3 _szu-si_-ka _i3-nun#-[na_ ...]
14'. ana _ugu_ ta-za-ru4 ta-kar# ana _a {gesz}sze-nu szub-szub_-szu2 _i3-nun_ tusz-te#-[mid ...]
  single ruling
15'. _DISZ na dur2-gig gig_-ma di-ik-sza _tuku ninda_ u _a sza3_-szu2 la i-ma#-[har ...]
16'. _uh2_ ina _dur2_-szu2 u2-tab#-ba-ka ana _ti_-szu2 _{u2}har-har_ {u2}[ur2-ne-e ...]
17'. ina _a gazi{sar}_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub#_-ak _gesztin-sur nag {szim}li_ {szim#}[x ...]
18'. _a-gar-gar masz-da3 za3-hi-li# sud2_ ina _kasz {uruda}szen-tur_ tara-[bak ...]
19'. _{gesz}li i3-udu {szim#}gig i3-udu ukusz2-hab numun# [{u2}si-sa2_ ...]
20'. _disz-min sud2 su-si# du3_-usz ana _dur2_-szu2 _[gar_-an]
  single ruling
21'. _DISZ kimin {u2}gesztin ka5#-a_ ina _kasz-sag nag [u2] babbar_ ina [...]
22'. [...] ina# _lal3-kur nag_ ina _a {gesz}sze-nu_ ir-[ta-na-has, ...]
23'. [...] ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub_-ak _numun {u2}ab2-[duh_ ...]
  rest broken
column 2
  broken

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P285195

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
Written In
Archive Assur N4
Excavation Number Ass 17721cf (for VAT 14118)
Findspot
N4, 524
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France
Museum Number HE 331k + VAT 08694 + VAT 14118
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Babylonian Medicine (BabMed) BAM/BAM-1_-096

References

  • primary: BAM 1, 096

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

  • history: Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur, N4, 524

    [Pedersen1985-86ArchivesAssur] Pedersén, Olof. 1985-86. Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur : A Study of the Material from the German Excavations. Uppsala : Almqvist & Wiksell.

  • history: RA 018 (pp. 1-33), 9-10

    [Scheil1921RA18] Scheil, Vincent. 1921. “Catalogue de La Collection Eugène Tisserant.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 18: 1–33.

  • history: BabMed <http://geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/babmed/Corpora/BAM, /BAM-1_-096>

    [sec54382] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-07-08 at 19:08:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2024-10-27 at 19:43:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:03:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-22 at 09:00:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-22 at 08:58:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2020-05-08 at 07:41:56 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2020-04-22 at 05:53:37 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2020-04-13 at 13:23:51 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2020-04-09 at 08:24:42 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-04-06 at 03:15:13 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-03-02 at 15:55:55 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-20 at 16:51:53 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-16 at 03:24:39 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-22 at 01:58:34 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-02-06 at 14:41:34 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-05-21 at 15:34:14 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-08-24 at 13:30:22 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-08-23 at 13:32:56 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-08-21 at 12:09:36 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-08-21 at 11:45:27 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI, CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 1, 096 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285195.
BAM 1, 096 artifact entry (No. P285195). (2025, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285195 (Original work published 1970)
BAM 1, 096 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285195 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {BAM 1, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285195},
}


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TI  - BAM 1, 096 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 1, 096 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285195.
BAM 1, 096 artifact entry (No. P285195). (2025, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285195 (Original work published 1970)
BAM 1, 096 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285195 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2025BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {BAM 1, 096 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285195},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285195},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/7/8/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P285195
LB  - CDLI:P285195
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BAM 1, 096 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P285195
ER  -
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