BAM 6, 560 (P394491)

Medical tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x _sud2_
2'. [...] _kur#-ra_
3'. [...] sah#-le2-e
4'. [... _an]-dah-sze_
5'. [...] x _sim_
6'. [...] x _imgaga2_
7'. [...] x _sar_
8'. [...] _mah_
9'. [...] x tin
10'. [...] x
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. _{d}asal-lu2-[hi_ ...]
2'. _tu6-tu6#_ [...]
3'. ina _du11-ga_ [...]
4'. _he2-en-ti-la_ [...]
  single ruling
5'. _ka-inim-ma DISZ na_ [...]
  single ruling
6'. _DISZ na gaba_-su# [...]
7'. ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ [...]
  single ruling
8'. _DISZ na gaba_-su# [...]
9'. x _gid2#?_ x [...]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. _DISZ ki-min_ x [...]
2'. ana _kasz-sag pa 5(disz) kisal_ [...]
3'. 2(disz) _kisal {u2}har-har#_ [...]
4'. ta-sza2-hal 1/3(disz) _sila3 lal3?_ [...]
5'. _{u2}kur-ra nu_ pa#-[tan ...]
6'. _egir_-szu2 _nag#?_ [...]
7'. hu-ra-at# [...]
  single ruling
8'. _DISZ ki-min suhusz#_ [...]
9'. _{szim}bala_ [...]
10'. _udu-nita2_ x [̣...]
11'. _nag_-szu2 en2#?_ [...]
  single ruling
12'. _DISZ# ki#-min#_ sah-le2-e x [...]
13'. ina _a sud2 nu_ pa-[tan ...]
14'. ina _a2_ tu-szap#-[ra-szu2 ...]
  single ruling
15'. _la2-mesz_ u [...]
  single ruling
16'. _DISZ na gaba_-su u _masz-sila3#_ [...]
  single ruling
17'. _nu_ pa-tan [...]
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ti#?
2'. [...] _hu_-ia?
3'. [...] x la
4'. [...] x asz2-mu
5'. [...] x _gan2_-ma
6'. [...] x-ia u2-kin

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Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 6, 560

    [Köcher1980BAM6] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 2. Vol. 6. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

  • history: AMT, pl. 055, no. 9 (K 02531)

    [Thompson1923AMT] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1923. Assyrian Medical Texts. Oxford.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 02531 + K 13820 + K 11648 + K 16435

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 10:13:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-04-13 at 11:09:07 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Michalowski, Piotr The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BAM 6, 560 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394491.
BAM 6, 560 artifact entry (No. P394491). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394491 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 560 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394491 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 560 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394491},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394491},
}


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