BAM 6, 511 (P424899)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

As ATF As JTF

Linked annotations

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history Transliteration history

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)

-

Measurements

-

tablet
obverse
  several lines broken
1'. _en2# {gesz}apin_ s,u-bit# x [...]
2'. gir-gisz-sza2 e ta-SAL# [...]
3'. ti-i-ru _a-sza3_ e-ri-isz la-a ⌈x⌉ [...]
4'. _a#-sza3_ it-ta-nu [...]
5'. x i-sza2-ti i-ri la ip-szu-u2 [...]
6'. sza#? id-ra-nu a-a u2-sze-s,a-[x ...]
7'. [x] ti#? is, lim a-a ib-ba-ni-[x ...]
  single ruling
8'. [...] gir-[gisz-szu ...]
  single ruling
  rest broken
reverse
  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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BAM 6, 511

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

  • history: Bezold C 1896a

    [Bezold1896a] Bezold, Carl. 1896. Vol. 4. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: Rm 0971

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No:
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:46:52 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:43:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:40:34 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:37:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:25:50 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-10-09 at 11:55:30 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Geller, Markham J. Babylonian Medicine CDLI Approved View
2011-11-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI British Museum Collection CDLI Approved View

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 6, 511 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P424899.
BAM 6, 511 artifact entry (No. P424899). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424899 (Original work published 2011)
BAM 6, 511 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424899 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 511 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424899},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424899},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P424899
LB  - CDLI:P424899
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - BAM 6, 511 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424899
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BAM 6, 511 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P424899.
BAM 6, 511 artifact entry (No. P424899). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P424899 (Original work published 2011)
BAM 6, 511 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P424899 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 511 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P424899},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424899},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/28/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P424899
LB  - CDLI:P424899
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - BAM 6, 511 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P424899
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.