BAM 5, 458 (P394914)

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

Lineart

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [ana _zi]-ku5-ru-da_ ana _lu2#_ szu#-[a-ti? _nu te_ ...]
2'. _[numun] {u2#}ki-{d}iszkur {u2}guru5-usz_ [...]
3'. _pesz10-{d}id2 {u2}sikil {gesz}dih3 {szim}{d}masz#?_ [...]
4'. _{u2}szakira {u2}eme ur-gi7_ {u2}ku-s,i-im-tu2# _numun#?_ [...]
5'. {u2}a-zu-pu2-ra _gu7_ ina _ge6 pesz10-{d}id2 ka a-ab#-[ba_ ...]
6'. _{na4}dur-mi-na {na4}min-ban3-da_ {u2}ka-bu-ut sze-ri#-[isz_ ...]
7'. li ib uz? ki _i3-gesz_ ip-ta-sza2-asz _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ana _lu2# [bi nu te]_
  single ruling
8'. _DISZ lu2 zi-ku5-ru-de3_ sza2 _pesz2-ur3-ra_ [e-pu-us-su-ma]
9'. _pesz2-ur3-ra_ na-ak-su ina _e2 na igi_-ir ina _e2#_ [...]
10'. _{gesz}ig {gesz}sag-kul_ ka-szip _pesz2-ur3-ra_ szu-a-tu2 _szu#-[ti_-qe2 _igi {d}3(u)]_
11'. _gar_-an-szu2 _tug2 dadag mu4-mu4_-su _{tug2}gada du6_-szu2 _i3-gu#-[la szesz2_-su]
12'. _lu2_ sza2 _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ep-szu2-szu2 _igi 3(u) du10-gam_-su-ma ki-a-[am ...]
13'. be#-li2#? ina la szim-ti-ia _nu usz2_ u2-pi2-szi ep-szu2-ni [...]
reverse
  broken

Text content

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

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P394914

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number K 03278

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) K.3278
Corpus of Mesopotamian Anti-witchcraft Rituals (CMAwRo) Q004236
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P394914
British Museum Collection (BM) W_K-3278

References

  • primary: BAM 5, 458

    [Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-05-30 at 14:04:15 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-03-11 at 13:40:50 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-16 at 02:16:20 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 5, 458 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394914.
BAM 5, 458 artifact entry (No. P394914). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394914 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 458 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394914 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 458 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394914},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394914},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BAM 5, 458 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P394914.
BAM 5, 458 artifact entry (No. P394914). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P394914 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 458 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P394914 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 458 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P394914},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P394914},
}


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