BAM 2, 183 (P285275)

Medical tablet excavated in Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat), and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 08943

Period

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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. [{u2}ak]-tam {u2}ap2-ru-sza2
  single ruling
2. [x] ina _i3_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
3. _sig2 ugu-dul-bi sig2 ur-ge6_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
4. _{u2}igi_-lim _{na4}szurun {d}gu4_
5. _{u2}har-har {u2}kur-kur_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
6. _numun_ {gesz}bi-ni _numun {gesz}ma-nu_
7. _numun babbar-hi{sar} nig2-dara2 szu-lal_ ina _i3_
  single ruling
8. _sze10 szah sze10 ur-gi7 ge6 uh2! ansze_
9. ina _i3 hi-hi_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an
  single ruling
10. _sig2 ur-gu-la sig2 uz3_
11. ina _de3 igi-mesz_-szu2 _sar_
  single ruling
12. mu-s,a s,a-s,u-um-tu2 _giri3-pad lu2-mesz_
13. ina _i3 esz_-su
  single ruling
14. sah-li2-i _{tug2}nig2-dara2 szu-lal_
15. mu-sza2!-t,i _naga si_ ina _de3 sar_-szu2
  single ruling
16. _bar musz bar sum-sikil{sar} numun gada_
17. _pesz10-id2_ sah-li2-i mu-sza2-t,i
18. _{szim#}gur2-gur2 i3-gesz gazi{sar} zi3 nu sim#_
19. _pap 9(disz) sar-mesz {d}dim11#-[me]_
  single ruling
reverse
1. _i3 lal3 i3-nun-na_ [x x x]
2. _mud2 {gesz}erin_ nap-t,u# [x]
3. nap-szal-ti _tu-ra kilib3-[ba]_
  single ruling
4. 1(u) 6(disz)#? _na4-mesz {d}dim11-me_
5. 1(u) [x] _ilimmu4_
6. x _ilimmu4_
7. x _ilimmu4_
8. 1(u) 4(disz) _an-ta-szub-ba_
9. 1(u) 4(disz) mim-ma lem-nu
10. 4(disz) _ilimmu4 ilimmu4_
11. 6(disz) _a-la2 ilimmu4_
12. 7(disz) ina _ki-na2_-szu2 _huluh-mesz_-ut
13. 4(disz) be-en-nu szur-pu-u
14. 3(disz) ne2-me-di ha-a-a-at-te
15. 9(disz) di-hu szib-t,u _usz2-mesz_
16. 7(disz) _igi-min-mesz hul_
  erasure between igi-min-mesz and hul
17. x _eme ilimmu4_
18. [x] _szu#-min_ u _giri3-min_
19. [x x] x 2(u) _na4 {d}dim11-me_
20. [...] x pa-szit-tu2
21. [...] szam#?-ri-te

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 2, 183

    [Köcher1963BAM2] Köcher, Franz. 1963. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur 2. Vol. 2. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

  • history: Schlaf , text t

    [Farber1989Schlaf] Farber, Walter. 1989. Schlaf, Kindchen, Schlaf!: Mesopotamische Baby-Beschwörungen Und -Rituale. Vol. 2. Mesopotamian Civilizations. Winona Lake, Ind : Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Lamaštu, text Rc

    [Farber2014Lamaštu] Farber, Walter. 2014. Lamaštu. An Edition of the Canonical Series of Lamaštu Incantations and Rituals and Related Texts from the Second and First Millennia B.C. Mesopotamian Civilizations 17. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-57506-258-7.html.

  • history: BabMed <http://geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/babmed/Corpora/BAM, -2/BAM-2_-183>

    [sec54382] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: VAT 08943
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  • Provenience: Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
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  • Excavation No: Ass 13955
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-08-02 at 15:08:34 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-08-01 at 13:41:27 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 09:07:19 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2020-04-22 at 06:49:56 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-20 at 16:51:53 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-19 at 00:35:14 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2018-05-22 at 02:18:16 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2018-02-06 at 15:21:12 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2017-05-23 at 12:34:22 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-30 at 04:39:48 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-30 at 04:25:09 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2016-11-29 at 12:46:03 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale Babylonian Medicine CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 2, 183 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285275.
BAM 2, 183 artifact entry (No. P285275). (2025, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285275 (Original work published 1970)
BAM 2, 183 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285275 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).
@misc{2025BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {BAM 2, 183 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285275},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285275},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P285275
LB  - CDLI:P285275
M1  - 2025/12/10/
TI  - BAM 2, 183 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P285275
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 2, 183 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285275.
BAM 2, 183 artifact entry (No. P285275). (2025, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285275 (Original work published 1970)
BAM 2, 183 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285275 (Accessed: December 10, 2025).
@misc{2025BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {BAM 2, 183 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285275},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285275},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P285275
LB  - CDLI:P285275
M1  - 2025/12/10/
TI  - BAM 2, 183 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P285275
ER  -
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