BAM 5, 455 (P398166)

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
  broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [x ina] _mul4#_ tusz#-[bat ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga]_
2'. [ina?] _igi# man_ ina _ugu# [esir had2-ra2 gub_-ma]
3'. usz-ta-kal-ma _ku3#-[sig17_ ...]
  single ruling
4'. _DISZ na ki-min_ it-ta-na-[ad-lah it-te-nen-bit,]
5'. _igi-min_-szu2 ir-ru-ru u _uzu#-[mesz_-szu2 ...]
6'. szi-in-na-szu ka#-[li-szi-na ...]
7'. _ninda gu7 kasz nag#_ [...]
8'. ana _lu2 bi zi-ku5#-[ru-da_ ...]
9'. szum-ma _kin#_-[szu2 ...]
10'. la-ma _[te_-szu2-ma ...]
11'. {u2#}ur2-ne2#-[e ...]
column 2
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1'. [...] ni#?
2'. [... i-szam-ma-am?]-szu
3'. _[lu2 bi_ ina _igi? {d}szul-pa]-e3#-a_
4'. [ina _u4 2(u) 1(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_ rik-su] ra#?-kis-su
5'. [ina _u4 2(u) 7(disz)-kam u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam inim]-bi# al-til_
6'. _[szu zi-ku5-ru-da] ba-usz2_
7'. [...] _te#?_ [x]
8'. [...] x [x x]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 5, 455

    [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 09523

  • 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
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 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 10:01:18 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 13:37:32 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-16 at 02:16:21 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, 455 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398166.
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (No. P398166). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Accessed: August 15, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P398166
LB  - CDLI:P398166
M1  - 2025/8/15/
TI  - BAM 5, 455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P398166
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BAM 5, 455 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398166.
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (No. P398166). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398166 (Accessed: August 15, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398166},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P398166
LB  - CDLI:P398166
M1  - 2025/8/15/
TI  - BAM 5, 455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P398166
ER  -
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