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

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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

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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, 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.

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

  • 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 09:15:55 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 19:10:29 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-04-04 at 04:47:17 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
2019-03-12 at 14:36:17 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-12 at 14:35:50 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, 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: June 20, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-20]},
	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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