BAM 5, 427 (P398386)

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'. [... ; ...] ; x [...]
2'. [... ; ...] ; _{sig2}aka3#_ ina# [...]
3'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3#-gesz szesz2#_
4'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
5'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
6'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
7'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
8'. [... ; ...] x ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
9'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
10'. [... ; ...] x ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
11'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
12'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
13'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
14'. [... ; ...] ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
15'. [... ; ...] x ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
16'. [... ; ...] x ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
17'. [... ; ... ;] _sig3#_-s,u2# ina _i3-gesz szesz2_
18'. [... ; ...; _sig3_-s,u2 ina?] _i3#-gesz# szesz2#_
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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, 427

    [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 09903

  • 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 13:10:32 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
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:18:46 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-01 at 11:48:46 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-05 at 12:00:59 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-04 at 13:17:19 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, 427 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398386.
BAM 5, 427 artifact entry (No. P398386). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398386 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 427 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398386 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 427 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398386},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398386},
}


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