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BAM 4, 399 (P285470)

Medical tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1471 + N 1504

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Has fragments

tablet
obverse
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. [...] x x x [...]
  single ruling
3'. [...] x ina _min sur_ [...]
  single ruling
4'. [...] ana# _dur2_-szu2 szal-szu x [...]
  single ruling
5'. [...] x ina#? [...]
  single ruling
6'. [...] x ina _kasz-sag_ [...]
  single ruling
7'. [...] x _{u2}kur-ra{sar} sud2_ ina _i3-gesz#_ [...]
  single ruling
8'. [...] _kum2#? sud2_ ina _a gazi{sar#}_ [...]
  single ruling
9'. [...] x _kum2 {gesz}asal2 szeg6#?_ [...]
  single ruling
10'. [...] x [...]
  single ruling
11'. [...] x _numun#_ hi#? x x [...]

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Consult sign list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • primary: BAM 4, 399

    [Köcher1971BAM4] Köcher, Franz. 1971. Keilschrifttexte Aus Assur 4, Babylon, Nippur, Sippar, Uruk Und Unbekannter Herkunft. Vol. 4. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

  • history: + unpub. frag.

    [sec55630] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 1471 + N 1504
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:13:12 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-03-01 at 14:44:39 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-05 at 11:27:23 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2018-05-23 at 06:14:50 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2018-04-14 at 14:46:13 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale 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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General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P285470 leadP285470 lead

Cite this Artifact
“BAM 4, 399 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P285470.
BAM 4, 399 artifact entry (No. P285470). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285470 (Original work published 1970)
BAM 4, 399 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285470 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 4, 399 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285470},
}


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