BAM 5, 488 (P398685)

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

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _sila11#_-asz _ki#-[min]_
  single ruling
2'. [...] te-qi2
  single ruling
3'. [...] _a gazi{sar} sila11_-asz
4'. [...] x _la2_-ma _ki-min_
  single ruling
5'. [...] x _[ki]-min#_
  single ruling
6'. [...] te#?-qi2
  single ruling
7'. [...] x _ki-min_
  single ruling
8'. [... te]-qi2#
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [... _he2]-bad a-la2 hul he2-bad_ [...]
2'. [...] _hul# he2-bad maszkim hul he2-bad_ [...]
3'. [...] _dim3#-me-LAGAB he2-bad zi an-na he2-pad3#_ [...]
  single ruling
4'. _[ka]-inim#-ma_ [...]
  single ruling
5'. _[du3-du3-bi] sig2#? sa5 sig2#_ x [...]
6'. [...] x-la? [...]
7'. [... _{szim}]gur2#-gur2_ x [...]
  single ruling
8'. _DISZ#_ sza2 _im-babbar si3_ x [...]
9'. _i3 hul i3 ku6 disz_-nisz [...]
  single ruling
10'. _en2 sag-ki i3 sag_ [...]
11'. _numun_ ru-ub-bi x [...]
12'. _he2-en-da-lal2!(A)-na mul#_ [...]
  single ruling
13'. _ka-inim-ma_ [...]
14'. _kid3-kid3-bi bar musz-tur-a?_
  single ruling
15'. _en2 me ku3-ga ba-da-ra#_ [...]
16'. _me zi-zi me kur-ra_
  single ruling
17'. _en2 ka szu-gim ka la_ [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken
  now joined to BAM 480, see Panayotov 2016, transliteration already included there

Text content

Genre(s) Scholarly or scientific > Medical (medical)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P398685

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number K 10428

External resources

References

  • primary: BAM 5, 488

    [Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-04-29 at 09:06:16 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-03-16 at 15:52:08 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-03-12 at 14:34:50 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-03-12 at 14:28:41 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Michalowski, Piotr British Museum Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 5, 488 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398685.
BAM 5, 488 artifact entry (No. P398685). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398685 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 488 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398685 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	month = {may 28},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398685},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 5, 488 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398685.
BAM 5, 488 artifact entry (No. P398685). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398685 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 488 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398685 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	month = {may 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398685},
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