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BAM 6, 519 (P396698)

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
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
  single ruling
2'. [...] isz-tu ra-ma-[ni ...]
3'. [...] x ru3 ana _id2 szub#_ [...]
  single ruling
4'. [...] x _gur#?_-su _mu_ 7(disz) [...]
5'. [...] x i-nap-pa-hi# [...]
6'. [...] li i-nap-pa-[x ...]
  single ruling
7'. [...] x ra x [...]
8'. [...] ah x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x bi#? [...]
  single ruling
2'. [...] ti#-iq [...]
  single ruling
3'. [...] x mi ra x [...]
4'. [... tu]-gal-la-ab-ma# [...]
  single ruling
5'. [...] x-szu2? _ugu_-szu2 _gub_-az [...]
  single ruling
6'. [...] _gub#_-az ana _nu te_ ki#? [...]
  single ruling
7'. [...] ka an nu [...]
  single ruling
8'. [...] ka# nu [...]
9'. [... x]-szu2 _giri17_-szu2 [...]
  single ruling
10'. [...] x x x [...]
  rest broken

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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 6, 519

    [Köcher1980BAM6] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 2. Vol. 6. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 06637

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08 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 19:03:55 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
2019-04-05 at 13:37:55 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 6, 519 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396698.
BAM 6, 519 artifact entry (No. P396698). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396698 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 519 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396698 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 519 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396698},
}


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