BAM 5, 436 (P395031)

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

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tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
column 1
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column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [ana] kip#-di _en inim_-szu# [...]
2'. {u2}ba-ri-ra-[tu2 ...]
3'. ina _sig2 {mi2}asz2-gar3 gesz3#-[nu-zu_ ...]
  single ruling
4'. _en2_ an-da-ki#-[hi ...]
5'. a-li-li# [...]
6'. _en2_ an#-[ni-tu2 ...]
  rest broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. _nam#-[lu2-u18-lu_ ...]
3'. _dingir# sza3# ka#-[keszda-bi_ ...]
  single ruling
4'. _DISZ min im-gu2#-[en-na_ szur]-szum#-mi _kasz# [had2-ra2 gaz]_
5'. _za3-hi-li{sar} gazi{sar} {u2}kur-ra numun#_ {u2#}tar#-musz8#
6'. _{szim}li {szim}gur2-gur2_ mal-ma-lisz _sud2_ ina _a hi-hi_
7'. ina _u4-da had2-a gur_-ma _gaz_ ina _i3_ ina _{uruda}szen-tur_
8'. _szeg6_-szal _gaz gur_-ma ina _i3-udu gaz_ ina _i3 du10-ga_
9'. tal-tap-pat ina _kusz sur du3 uzu-mesz_-szu2 _lal2_
10'. _{u2}igi_-lim {u2}tar-musz _{u2}igi-nisz_ ta-sak3
11'. ina _i3 hi-hi_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _nu_ pa-tan _nag_
  single ruling
12'. _DISZ na_ ina _du11-du11_-szu2 il-la-tu-szu2 _du-mesz_
13'. _uh2_-su ina _igi lu2_ i-sal-lu _inim-mesz_-szu2 im-ta-na#-[asz2-szi]
14'. _ka_-szu2 ih-ta-na-at,-t,asz-szu2 zi-i-qu sza _ka#_-[szu2 x x]
15'. _na bi_ nu-ul-la-a-ti szu-kul# [...]
16'. _{szim}gir2 {szim}man-du numun {szim}[li_ ...]
17'. _numun {gesz}dih3 numun {gesz}kiszi16_ {u2#}[x ...]
18'. _na4_ ga-bi-i _{u2#}[kur-kur_ ...]
19'. _numun {gesz}szinig#_ [...]
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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, 436

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

  • history: AMT, pl. 029, no. 05 (K 03461)

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 03461

  • 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
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 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
2019-04-03 at 09:59:34 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
2019-03-11 at 13:19:47 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-02 at 16:21:07 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-02 at 15:18:17 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-11 at 14:39:27 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, 436 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P395031.
BAM 5, 436 artifact entry (No. P395031). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P395031 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 436 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P395031 (Accessed: May 3, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 436 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P395031},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P395031},
}


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