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BAM 5, 470 (P395003)

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
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
  single ruling
2'. [...] _kusz_
  single ruling
3'. [...] _szub#_
4'. [...] x
5'. [...]
6'. [...]
7'. [...]
8'. [...]
9'. [...]
10'. [...]
11'. [...]
12'. [... i?-har?]-ru#-ur _gidim a_ ina _tu5#_ x x x [...]
13'. [...] x x x _uh2-{d}id2 ka_ tam-ti3
14'. [x x x] _du3-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an [x {gesz}]szinig numun {gesz}ma-nu_
15'. [x x] _{u2}eme ur-gi7 [{u2}har#-hum-ba-szir_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
16'. _[DISZ] kimin# si gu4_ sza2 _gub3 si dara3-masz_ [tur]-ar2# _tug2_ a-ru-usz-ti ta-man-za-'a
17'. [x] x-e _{lu2}simug_ ni-ip-[s,a {u2}kur]-ra#! si na4_ ga-bi-i _{u2}dih3!_
18'. _[numun] {gesz#}]szinig {gesz}ma-nu {u2#}[igi_-lim] _{u2#}igi-nisz {szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2_
19'. _[{u2}]ab2-duh suhusz {gesz}nam-tar nita2_ {na4}[x x x] _uh2-{d}id2 an-bar_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
20'. _[DISZ] kimin# an-bar {gesz}gan-u5_ {na4}mu-[s,a ni-kip-tu2] _nita#_ u _[munus]_ ina _kusz du3-du3_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an
  single ruling
21'. _[DISZ] kimin#_ {na4}mu-s,a _an-bar_ {szim}{d!}nin#-urta_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
22'. [x x] sza# _lu2 gidim dab_-su [x x x x x] _an-bar {na4}zalag2_ ni-kip-tu2 ina _kusz#_
  single ruling
23'. _[DISZ] kimin# a-ri-a lu2_ x [... {sig2}]aka3#_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _[gar_-an]
  single ruling
24'. [...] _szu-gidim-ma_ la-[az-zi sza _{lu2}masz-masz zi]_-szu2# la i-le-[' x]
25'. [...] x x x [...] x ki [x x x]
26'. [...] _hi#-hi#_
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] _ba-an-e3_
3'. [...] _an-szar2{ki}_
4'. [...] ru-ku-usz
5'. [...] szar-ru-ti
6'. [...] i-hu-zu
7'. [...] ba-asz-mu
8'. [...] e-ma

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 5, 470

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

  • history: AMT, pl. 094, no. 7 (K 08962)

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03420 + K 08962

  • 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 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-06-28 at 11:57:48 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:28 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-19 at 00:32:02 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, 470 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P395003.
BAM 5, 470 artifact entry (No. P395003). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395003 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 470 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395003 (Accessed: April 25, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 470 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395003},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395003},
}


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