BAM 6, 584 (P396710)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

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

-

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
  single ruling
2'. [... _gig a-mesz] tuku#_
3'. [... i]-ser2#-ma
4'. [...] _kasz nag_
5'. [...] x ina _a-mesz_ i-ser2-ma
6'. [...] _{szim}ku7-ku7_
7'. [... ina] _a# gazi{sar}_ i#-sza2-hat
8'. [...] x-ma _ti_-ut,
  single ruling
9'. [...] _gig a-mesz tuku_
10'. [... ina] _i3-gesz szesz2_
  single ruling
11'. [...] x _babbar zi_-uh
12'. [... _x]-mesz_-su-ma _ti_-ut,
13'. [...] _szinig#_ i-se-er-ma
14'. [...] x _szesz2_-ma _ti_-ut,
  single ruling
15'. [...] _{gesz}nu-ur2-ma numun {u2}eme ur-gi7_
16'. [...] _numun# {u2}gesztin ka5-a ga_-a-nu sud2_
17'. [... _nig2-bun2]-na{ku6}_ tur-ar2 _sud2_ ina _i3 szesz2_
18'. [... tur]-ar2# _sud2_ ina _a sila11_-asz _la2_-id
  single ruling
19'. [... _u3-bu]-bu#-ul diri {u2}kur-ra {u2}gesztin ka5-a sud2_
20'. [... _en] mud2# e3_-ni ta-kar _zi3-kum_ tur-ar2 _sud2 mar_
21'. [...] ina _i3 {gesz}erin szesz2_
  single ruling
22'. [... lu]-'u-ta _diri {u2}kur-ra KU.KU {gesz}erin_
23'. [... ina _mul4]_ tusz-bat _u4 3(disz)-kam2 {d}utu nu igi-du8_
24'. [...] _ti_-ut,
25'. [...] _me#_ ina _i3-gesz_ hal-s,i _hi-hi_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat
26'. [...] x tur-ar2 _sud2 mar_-ma _ti_-ut,
27'. [... ina _i3 {gesz}]erin hi-hi su_-szu2 _szesz2-mesz_-ma _ti_-ut,
28'. [...] x _hi-hi su_-szu2 _szesz2-mesz_-ma _ti_-ut,
29'. [...] ina _i3 {gesz}erin hi-hi su_-szu2 _szesz2_
30'. [...] ina szur-szum-me _kasz sila11_-asz
31'. [...] _en_ ib-ba-lu ta-za-ru3#
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. ana _zi_-szu2# [...]
3'. _i3-nun-na#_ [...]
  single ruling
4'. _DISZ gig_ x [...]
5'. _im-gu2-[en-na_ ...]
6'. _DISZ ki-min hi#_ [...]
  single ruling
7'. _DISZ na u4_ [...]
8'. lu sza# [...]
9'. ina# _i3#-gesz#_ [...]
  single ruling
10'. szum4-ma [...]
11'. _szim_ [...]
12'. _illu#_ [...]
13'. _tesz2-[bi_ ...]
14'. u2#? [...]
  single ruling
15'. szum4-[ma ...]
16'. _sud2#_ [...]
  single ruling
17'. _DISZ gig#_ [...]
  single ruling
18'. szum4#-[ma ...]
19'. x [...]
20'. x [...]
21'. [...]
22'. [...]
23'. [...]
24'. [...] x x [...]
25'. a-szu-usz-tu2 _szub-szub_-su# _szu# {d#}innin#_ {d#}x [...]
26'. _im-gu2-en-na {u2}lag2 gan2 gaz_ ina _a gazi#[{sar}_ ...]
  single ruling
27'. _u-bu-bu-ul sa5_ ina _su na gal2_-szi A SZA [...]
28'. _szu {d}3(u) nam-erim2 dab_-su _szu {d}innin_ [...]
29'. _im-gu2-en-na lag a-sza3-ga gaz_ ina _a gazi#[{sar} sila11_-asz la2_-id]
  single ruling
30'. _DISZ kimin im-gu2 u4-da sa2-sa2 gaz ina _a#_ [gazi{sar} sila11_-asz _la2_-id]
  single ruling
31'. _u#-bu-bu-ul babbar_ ina _su na gal2_-szi _szu {d}utu sig2-ba#_ [...]
32'. [... _{u2}kur]-gi#-rin2#-na {u2}ab2-duh tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _i3-nun hi-hi_ [...]
  single ruling
33'. [...] x _zi za3-hi-li_ x [...]
34'. [...] x _sur_-ri _la2_-su [...]
  single ruling
35'. [...] x [...]
reverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
1. [...] _ga#-bi buru5-gin7 he2#-[x ...]
2. [... x]-u2#-szu _gin7_ is,-s,u-ri [...]
3. [...] _x-gin7 he2-en-si-ga_ : mu-ru-us-su ki#-[ma ...]
4. [...] x _kasz ba-an-na-a-nag si-sa2_ : da-lat _sza3 du#_ [...]
5. [...] _x-bi ud-gin7 he2-em-ta-zalag2-ga_ : _lu2_ szu x [...]
6. [...] x _szar un-lu-a sig5-ga-bi he2#-[x_ ...]
7. [...] x te-ne-sze-e-ti x [...]
8. [...] he2#-en-dadag-ga : _lu2#_ [szu ...]
9. [...] x x _{gesz}tukul_ [...]
10. [...] _gar#_ [...]
  rest broken

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BAM 6, 584

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

  • history: AMT, pl. 78, no. 7 (K 08990)

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

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 06653 + K 08990 + Rm 2, 323

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

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 09:18:08 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
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-04-14 at 12:56:05 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-04-14 at 12:46:07 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

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“BAM 6, 584 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P396710.
BAM 6, 584 artifact entry (No. P396710). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P396710 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 584 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P396710 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 584 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P396710},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P396710},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P396710
LB  - CDLI:P396710
M1  - 2025/5/1/
TI  - BAM 6, 584 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P396710
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.