BAM 5, 478 (P240306)

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 rit inc - medical text)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x-ru-ut _szir nam-lu2-u18#_ [...]
2'. [...] x x-qa _gaz pa ti8{muszen}_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
3'. [...] x ana _{u2}mur#-du3-du3 suhusz {gesz}nim suhusz_ szu-szi
4'. [...] x {u2}u5-ra-nu _{u2}szu-{d}an-dar_
5'. [...] _eme# ur-gi7 {u2}asz-tal2-tal2 {u2}ina-usz2_
6'. [...] x ina _kusz_
  single ruling
7'. [...] _{u2}gir2 suhusz {u2}ku6_
8'. [...] _dara3-masz_ ina _kusz#_
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [... _i3]-nun# hi-hi_ x x x [...]
2'. [...] _gal# {d}utu_ ina _{sig2}aka3 nigin_-mi#
3'. [...] _szesz2#_-su3 ina _su_ ina _sa_ u _szu mur# ur3-ra_
  single ruling
4'. [...] _kusz ka a-ab-ba {u2}uh2-{d}id2_
5'. [...] _{szim}{d}masz {na4}sal a-gar-gar masz-da3 esir_ ina _kusz_
  single ruling
6'. [... ana] _an-ta-szub-ba zi_-hi _uzu_ esz#-sze-bu _gu7_-szu2
  single ruling
7'. [...] x x _kur nu_ AN KU SZI _ti_-qe2
8'. [...] _kur# nu#_ AN KU SZI
9'. [...] x _gu7_-szu2
  rest 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, 478

    [Köcher1980BAM5] Köcher, Franz. 1980. Keilschrifttexte Aus Ninive 1. Vol. 5. Die Babylonisch-Assyrische Medizin in Texten Und Untersuchungen. De Gruyter.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: Sm 0708

  • 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
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-05-30 at 14:07:23 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
2019-03-13 at 16:06:08 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-25 at 14:36:59 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-25 at 14:35:51 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BAM 5, 478 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240306.
BAM 5, 478 artifact entry (No. P240306). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240306 (Original work published 2003)
BAM 5, 478 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240306 (Accessed: February 25, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 478 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240306},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240306},
}

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