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BAM 5, 454 (P398713)

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'. [... tu-par2?]-ra#-as,-ma#
2'. [...] ana _su_-szu2 _nu te_
  single ruling
3'. _[DISZ_ ina _e2 lu2_ ina la mu-du]-ti#? _pesz2-ur3-ra_ szu-a-tu4
4'. [lu ina _id2_ lu ina] su#-qi2 it#-[ta]-ad#-du#-u2
5'. _[na bi_ sza] _zi#-ku5-ru-da#_ [ep-szu2-szum?]
6'. [... _kurum6]_-su ana {d}3(u) x [x x x]
7'. [... lip]-pal#-sih mu#-[ru-us, ...]
8'. [... _sag]-du#_-szu2 lid-di ina an#-[ni-ti ...]
9'. [7(disz)-szu2 liq-bi] _zi-ku5-ru#-[da_ ana _lu2 bi nu te]_
  single ruling
10'. _[DISZ_ a-na?] _zi-ku5-ru#-[de3_ szu-a#-tu? ...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

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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, 454

    [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 10487

  • 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
2019-03-31 at 14:39:28 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-11 at 13:36:28 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, 454 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398713.
BAM 5, 454 artifact entry (No. P398713). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398713 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 454 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398713 (Accessed: April 24, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 454 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398713},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398713},
}


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