BAM 5, 453 (P396283)

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
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1'. _[DISZ ki-min_ ...] _{u2}ka-zal-la numun#_ {u2}a-mu-szi# [...]
2'. [...] {u2}tar-musz _[{u2}]igi_-lim [...]
3'. [...] _numun#_ {u2}pu-qut-ti 5(disz) _sze-ta-am3_ x [...]
4'. [... _lal3 kur]-ra 2(disz) gin2 i3-nun tesz2-bi hi-hi_ ana _sza3 : {dug}ga-hab#?_ [...]
5'. [...] _a2#-gu2-zi-ga_ ana _ugu esir had2-ra2 gub#_ [...]
6'. [...] x ana _sza3 szub_-ma _lu2 bi_ tu-sza2-kal#-ma# [...]
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7'. _[DISZ na giri3-min_-szu2 i-ra-'u-ba] _uzu dab-dab_-su _igi-min_-szu2 is,#-[s,a-nun-du _giri3-min_-szu2 it-te-nen-s,i-la?]
8'. [...] mi#-na-tu-szu2 u2-za-qa2#-[ta-szu2 _gu7_ u _nag_-ma]
9'. _[ugu_-szu2 _gub_-za _uzu-mesz_-szu2 ik]-ta#-na-su-szu2 i-sa-a-szu2 i-szam#-[ma-ma-szu2 ...]
10'. [...] u2#?-pal-la-ah-szu2 _na bi_ ana _zi#-[ku5-ru-da?_ ...]
11'. [...] x DU DU x [...]
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reverse
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 5, 453

    [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 05949 + K 15999

  • 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
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 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 10:00:30 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 13:35:25 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-19 at 00:58:09 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, 453 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396283.
BAM 5, 453 artifact entry (No. P396283). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396283 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 453 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396283 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 453 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396283},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396283},
}

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