BAM 3, 209 (P285298)

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 13756 + VAT 13771 + VAT 14162?

Period

Provenience

Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _be hul-gig DISZ na nu te#_ [...]
2. ina _i3-szim gig_ x [...]
3. _hul-gig nu te#_ [...]
single ruling
4. _be hul-gig#_ [...]
5. ina _i3_ [...]
6. x [...]
single ruling
7. [...]
8. [...]
9. [...]
10. [...]
11. [x x x x] _szesz# hi-hi ka_ x [...]
12. _nu# te_-szu2 u _lu2 bi_ [...]
single ruling
13. _be ki-min DISZ lu2 nu te sag had2-ra2_ pu [...]
14. ina _i3 gi# du10-ga hi-hi ka_ [...]
15. _nu te_-szu2 u _lu2 bi_ [...]
single ruling
16. _be ki-min DISZ lu2 nu te_-e _sag_ x [...]
17. ina i3-bara2-ga hi-hi ka a-ab#-[ba_ ...]
18. _nu te_-szu2 u _na bi_ [...]
single ruling
19. _be_ di-na _te_-a _DISZ lu2 nu te_-e _sag_ x [...]
20. ina i3-sag hi-hi_ ka-a-a-nisz _szesz2_ [...]
21. u3 ina _i3-du8_ ina ar2-[ki]
single ruling
22. _be ki-min DISZ na nu te sag buru5-habrud-da{muszen#}_ [...]
23. ina _i3-bara2#-ga# hi-hi_ ka-a-a-nisz _szesz2#_ [...]
24. [...] ma [...]
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25. [...] _u2_ ina _mud2_ [...]
26. [...] sza2-nisz _szesz2_ [x] _su_ [x ...]
27. [...] _tag-ga_-ma# [...]
single ruling
28. _be nam-tar_-ru [x x x x] x _kur-zi#_ x [x] _{u2}igi_-lim _disz_-nisz# [x]
29. ina _i3-sag hi-hi ka#_ [x x x x x] _zi-ku5-ru-da_
30. _nu te_-szu2 u _lu2 bi_ [x x x] i-me x
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31. _be ki-min DISZ na nu te_-e _sag u2_ [x x x x x x x] _{szim}li disz_-nisz _sud2_
32. ina _i3-gesz szur-min3 hi-hi_ ka-a-a [x] x [x x x x] _zi-ku5-ru-da_
33. _nu te_-szu2 u _lu2 bi u4 1(disz)-[kam]_ ur-rik
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34. _be ki-min DISZ na nu te_-e _sag a2_ [x x x x x x x] x x
35. ina _i3-gesz szur-min3 hi-hi_ ka-a#-[a-nu ...]
36. _nu te_-szu2 u _lu2 bi#_ [...]
single ruling
37. 1(u) 2(disz) bu-ul-t,u sza [...]
single ruling
38. _DISZ na_ di-na# _nu te_ {u2}x [...]
39. ka-a#-[a-nu ...]
40. x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [x x x x] ina _i3-gesz {u2}dili#_ [...]
3'. [x x x x] x _ti-la nu te#_ [...]
single ruling
4'. [x x x] _szub nu te_ {u2}x [...]
5'. [x x x x] x _szub nu te_ [...]
single ruling
6'. x _{u2}szim_ u3 ni-ip-pu-[x ...]
7'. ina _i3-gesz szur-min3 hi-hi_ x [...]
single ruling
8'. _DISZ na zarah nu te_ {u2}kam-ka [...]
9'. _zarah nu te_-szu2 _dingir_ ina sal x [...]
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10'. _DISZ min {u2}szim_ {u2}a-da-ra-nu _ti_-qe2 _u4_ [...]
11'. _DISZ na zarah nu te_-szu2 _munus_ x _ga gaba_ [...]
single ruling
12'. _DISZ na gig nu te {u2}kur-ra_ {u2}[x ...]
13'. _nag_-ma ana _na bi gig nu te_ [...]
single ruling
14'. _DISZ min sag uga{muszen} ge6_ [...]
15'. ina _i3 gu-la szesz2_-szu# ma [...]
single ruling
16'. bu-ul-t,i sza a-da-ra#-[nu ...]
17'. ina t,up-pi an-ni-ti [...]
single ruling
18'. _dub 3(disz)-kam2 DISZ na sa gu2_-szu2 _[gig]_
single ruling
19'. _DISZ na szu gidim-ma dab_-su-ma ina _igi-min-mesz_-szu2 _gin7_ [x x x x]
20'. lu-u _gin7 nim-gir2 su3_ [x x] lu#-u _gin7_ [x x x x x]
21'. lu-u _gin7 uz3_ x x x x x _szu gidim_ [...]
22'. i-kal [x x x x x] _igi-min-mesz_-szu2 [x x x x]
single ruling
23'. ana _zi_-szu2 _{szim}mug#_ [...]
24'. _du3-a bara2_ 1(u) 4(disz) la# [...]
single ruling
25'. te-qi2-tu sza2 _szu gidim#_ [...]
26'. ana _igi_ {d}gu-la [...]
single ruling
27'. ina _zag_ x [...]
28'. x x [...]
29'. _dumu#_ [...]
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Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)
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Related publications

primary: BAM 3, 209

[Köcher1964BAM3] Köcher, Franz. 1964. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur 3. Vol. 3. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.
history: BabMed <http://geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/babmed/Corpora/BAM, -3/BAM-3_-209>

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 13756 + VAT 13771 + VAT 14162?
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Provenience

Provenience: Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat)
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Excavation No: Ass 19472cd + Ass ...bv + Ass 17722gn
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-11-24 at 07:53:13	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2024-11-24 at 07:44:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact, Other Entity	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2024-05-28 at 09:10:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-05-30 at 13:53:00	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2019-04-04 at 06:09:00	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2019-04-03 at 09:53:32	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2019-04-03 at 06:44:52	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2019-02-13 at 12:57:50	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2018-05-22 at 03:00:59	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2018-05-22 at 02:27:49	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2018-01-19 at 16:46:54	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2017-05-23 at 13:11:28	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
2017-05-09 at 13:38:31	Johnson, J. Cale	Atf	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	approved
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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (Q007499) (Q007499)
Babylonian Medicine (BAM-3/BAM-3_-209) (BAM-3/BAM-3_-209)

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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 3, 209 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P285298.

BAM 3, 209 artifact entry (No. P285298). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285298 (Original work published 1970)

BAM 3, 209 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285298 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {BAM 3, 209 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285298},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285298},
}

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DA  - 2024/11/24/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P285298
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M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - BAM 3, 209 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 3, 209 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P285298.

BAM 3, 209 artifact entry (No. P285298). (2024, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285298 (Original work published 1970)

BAM 3, 209 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285298 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {BAM 3, 209 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285298},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285298},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/11/24/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P285298
LB  - CDLI:P285298
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - BAM 3, 209 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P285298
ER  -