BAM 5, 492 (P400334)

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'. [x x]-nam# ana#?-ku#? x [...]
single ruling
2'. _en lal2_-ta _en2_ ki-a-am# [...]
single ruling
3'. _DISZ na sag-du_-su bar# [...]
single ruling
4'. _DISZ na sag-du_-su bar-[x ...]
5'. _suhusz_ {gesz}szu-szi _sud2_ ina _lal3_ x [...]
single ruling
6'. _DISZ na sag-du_-su bar-[x ...]
7'. sah-le2-e _dida_ x [...]
8'. ina _mul4_ tusz-bat# ina# sze#-ri3# [...]
9'. _i3-gesz_ ana _ugu_ [...]
10'. x x x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _en2_ [...]
single ruling
2'. _du3-du3-[bi_ ...]
3'. i# x [...]
rest broken

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 5, 492

[Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.
history: AMT, pl. 099, no. 1 (K 16419)

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: K 13505 + K 16419

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 09:15:55	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 19:10:29	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2019-04-04 at 04:47:17	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-03-12 at 14:36:17	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-03-12 at 14:35:50	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-03-12 at 14:28:41	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Foxvog, Daniel A.		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.13505) (K.13505)
Electronic Babylonian Library (K.16419) (K.16419)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P400334) (P400334)
British Museum Collection (W_K-13505) (W_K-13505)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 5, 492 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P400334.

BAM 5, 492 artifact entry (No. P400334). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P400334 (Original work published 2010)

BAM 5, 492 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P400334 (Accessed: February 4, 2026).

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	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 492 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P400334},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P400334},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 5, 492 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P400334.

BAM 5, 492 artifact entry (No. P400334). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P400334 (Original work published 2010)

BAM 5, 492 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P400334 (Accessed: February 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 492 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P400334},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P400334},
}

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