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

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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

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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

Consult previous versions and their differences
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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 5, 458

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03278

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:58:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 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
2019-05-30 at 14:04:15 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-11 at 13:40:50 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-16 at 02:16:20 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 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: May 1, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	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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