BAM 6, 583 (P398917)

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
2'. ina _sza3 ne_ x ka ti ina _kusz_ x [...]
  single ruling
3'. _DISZ gig_ ina _su na# e3-gin7_ {im}t,e4-ru#-ti#!-szu2# _nigin_ u# [ti-ik-ka-szu2 _dab_ x]
4'. kir-ba-nu _mu-ni DISZ gig_ ina _su na e3_ da#-[an pa-an _uzu-mesz_-szu2 _gar]_
5'. u3 _kum2-kum2_-im _min min_ ana _zi_-szu2 _{szim}gur2-[gur2_ ...]
6'. _gi du10-ga disz_-nisz _ara3#_-en _sim ki i3-udu#!_ x [...]
  single ruling
7'. _[DISZ gig_ ina _su na] e3# ge6 sa5 igi-du8#_ [...]
  rest broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x _zi3 gu2-gal_
2'. [...] x 1(u) 1(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz_
3'. [... ina] _kusz#_-ma _ti_-ut,
  single ruling
4'. [...] x _gaz# man di_
5'. [...] x x
  rest broken

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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 6, 583

    [Köcher1980BAM6] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 2. Vol. 6. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

  • history: AMT, pl. 080, no. 5 (K 13478)

    [Thompson1923AMT] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1923. Assyrian Medical Texts. Oxford.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 10831 + K 13478

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 10:13:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune 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
2019-04-14 at 12:53:55 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-04-14 at 12:46:07 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 6, 583 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P398917.
BAM 6, 583 artifact entry (No. P398917). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P398917 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 583 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P398917 (Accessed: May 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 583 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P398917},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P398917},
}

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