BAM 6, 522 (P399398)

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

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] a# x [...]
single ruling
2'. [...] x _igi-min_-szu2 _mar {na4}asz-har na4_ ga-bi-i# x [...]
single ruling
3'. [... x]-szu2-ma _gub_-iz _ze2 udu-nita2 i3-udu diri_ ina _mun nu2_-al x [...]
4'. [...] ak-tam ina _i3-nun mar-mar {na4}asz-har_ ina _i3-nun_ [...]
single ruling
5'. [...] _bad_ it-ri-ma _du_-isz _{szim}ses_ ina _ga {munus}u2-zu4 ni gesz3_-szi [...]
single ruling
6'. [...] _igi#-min_-szu2 BAD DI ri _tun3-mesz {u2}kur-ra u2 babbar naga si {u2}kur-x_ [...]
7'. [...] _na4#_ ga-bi-i kam-mu _disz_-nisz ta-mar-x szum4-ma _en-te-na_ ina _kasz#_ [...]
8'. [...] x x LUH _szid_ ina _nindu_ te x x _du_-ma ina _i3#_ [...]
9'. [...] x [...]
single ruling
10'. [...] it-ri-ma x [...]
single ruling
11'. [...] x SAR [...]
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Consult word list of Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BAM 6, 522

[Köcher1980BAM6] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 2. Vol. 6. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.
history: AMT, pl. 057, no. 10 (K 11805)

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 11695 + K 11805

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-28 at 10:13:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2020-04-22 at 07:18:55	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-04-05 at 13:40:01	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-04-05 at 13:37:55	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (K.11695) (K.11695)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.11805) (K.11805)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P399398) (P399398)
British Museum Collection (W_K-11805) (W_K-11805)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 6, 522 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P399398.

BAM 6, 522 artifact entry (No. P399398). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P399398 (Original work published 2010)

BAM 6, 522 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P399398 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 522 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P399398},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 6, 522 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P399398.

BAM 6, 522 artifact entry (No. P399398). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P399398 (Original work published 2010)

BAM 6, 522 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P399398 (Accessed: February 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 522 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P399398},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P399398},
}

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M1  - 2026/2/26/
TI  - BAM 6, 522 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P399398
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