BAM 5, 474 (P398678)

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 x x x x] _lugal#_ x _kal#-ga#_ [...]
2'. _[{d}asal]-lu2#-hi lu2-bi-da_ [...]
3'. _zi# an-na he2-pa3 [zi ki-a he2-pa3_ ...]
  single ruling
4'. _ka# inim-ma_ [...]
  single ruling
5'. _du3#-du-bi sig2 sa5 sig2 babbar disz_-nisz _nu-[nu_ ...]
6'. _pesz10-{d}id2 uh2-{d}id2 ka_ [...]
7'. lip#-pi tala-pap 7(disz) u 7(disz) _kesz2-kesz2_ [...]
8'. [x x] ma _szid_-u2 e-ma lip-pi _i3_ el-[lu ...]
9'. [ina] _a2_-szu2 a-szar _gu7_-szu2 _kesz2_-szu2# [...]
10'. [a]-na# _ugu# a2_-szu2 _szid_-nu [...]
  single ruling
11'. [x x x x x] {u2}im-hur-asz-ra u2# [...]
12'. [...] _{u2}kur-kur pesz10-{d}id2#_ [...]
13'. [... lip-pi] tala#-pap 7(disz) _kesz2#_ [...]
  rest broken
reverse
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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, 474

    [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 10419

  • 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
2023-07-31 at 12:36:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2020-04-27 at 11:29:31 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-23 at 17:30:44 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-23 at 17:28:14 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, 474 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398678.
BAM 5, 474 artifact entry (No. P398678). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398678 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 474 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398678 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 474 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398678},
}


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