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

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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
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
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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

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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
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  • primary: BAM 5, 488

    [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 10428

  • 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
2020-04-29 at 09:06:16 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
2019-03-16 at 15:52:08 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-12 at 14:34:50 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-12 at 14:28:41 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 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: May 2, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 488 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398685},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398685},
}


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