BAM 5, 487 (P425272)

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)

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  broken
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. _en2#?_ [...]
2'. _sza3-bi#? gu7#_-an-[ni ...]
  single ruling
3'. _du3-du3-bi_ ina _u4 sze-ga_ x [...]
4'. ina _ugu gi-du8 1(disz) kesz2-kesz2#_ [...]
5'. _gi gar!_-an _lu2 bi dug3-gam_-su-ma# [...]
6'. 3(disz)-szu2 tu-szaq-ba-szu2-ma _{u2}igi#_-[lim ...]
7'. _giri3-pad-du lu2_ kup-ra _{gesz}si# [ma2_ ...]
8'. _usz2# {gesz#}erin i3 sumun bara2 {d#}utu#_ [...]
  single ruling
9'. _en2# [sag-ki] mu#-un#-[dab_ ...]
  rest broken
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. [...] nu#?
2'. [...] _sar#_-ab
3'. [...] tala2-pap
4'. [...] _kesz2#_-szu2
  single ruling
5'. [...] _lu2#-u18-lu_
6'. [...] x{sar}
7'. [...] _ti#?_-ut,#?
  rest broken
reverse
  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 5, 487

    [Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. 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.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: Sm 0159

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:56:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:54:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:52:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:50:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:46:52 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:43:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-27 at 13:40:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:25:50 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:28 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-12 at 14:33:57 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
2011-11-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI The British Museum Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BAM 5, 487 Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P425272.
BAM 5, 487 artifact entry (No. P425272). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P425272 (Original work published 2011)
BAM 5, 487 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P425272 (Accessed: May 13, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P425272},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P425272},
}


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