BAM 5, 468 (P396015)

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
1. [ana] _ti-la gig du3-a-bi_ sza2 _nam-lu2-u18-lu#_
2. _ki# {lu2}hal_ u _{lu2}ensi silim_-szu2 _nu si-sa2#_
3. lu ina _siskur2_ lu ina _nig2-szu-tag-ga_ lu-u ina _du3_-ti _{lu2}hal_-u2-ti
4. lu-u _ze2_ hal-qat lu-u _szu-si_ hal-qat lu-u _uzu-mesz_ ha-t,u-ti
5. ib-ba-szu-szum-ma szu-u2 ina _nu zu_-u2 _gu7_
6. lu-u _a2-mesz gizkim-mesz hul-mesz gal2-mesz_
7. lu-u ki-mil-ti _dingir_ u _{d}1(u) 5(disz) ugu_-szu2 _gal2_
8. szum4-ma _{d}lugal-ur3-ra an-ta-szub-ba_ be-en-nu
9. _{d}lugal-amasz-pa-e3 szu {d}innin-na sag-hul-ha-za_
10. kisz-pu ru-hu-u2 ru-su-u2 ina _su_-szu2 _gal2-mesz_
11. a-na _nigin gig_-szu-nu-ti ina _su_-szu2 _zi_-ma _lu2 ti-la_
  single ruling
12. _du3-du3-bi_ ina qid-da#-[at x x x x x] _{dug#}a-gub2-ba gin_-an
13. ana _sza3 {dug}a-gub2-[ba_ bi-na _{u2}]in-nu-usz_
14. _{gesz}geszimmar-tur#_ [x x x x x] _{na4#}gug_
15. _{na4}za-gin3_ gesz# [x x x _{szim}sze]-li# babbar_
16. [i3]-gesz# i3-sag#_ [...]
  single ruling
17. [x x] x [...]
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. sza ina _lugal-mesz_ a-lik# mah#-ri#-ia# mam#-ma szip-ru szu-a-tu2 la# i-hu-zu
2'. ne2-me-qi2 _{d!}ag_ ti-kip sa-an-tak-ki ma-la ba-asz2-mu
3'. ina _dub-mesz_-ni asz2-t,ur as-niq ab-re-e-ma
4'. a-na ta-mar-ti szi-ta-as-si-ia qe2-reb _e2-gal_-ia u2-kin
5'. _nir-gal2-zu nu ur lugal dingir-mesz an-szar2_
6'. man-nu sza2 _tum3_ u3 lu-u _mu_-szu2 it-ti _mu_-ia i-szat,-t,a-ru
7'. _an-szar2_ u _{d}nin-lil2 ag-gisz _mir_-isz lisz-kip-u2-szu-ma
8'. _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 ina _kur_ li-hal-li-qu

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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, 468

    [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.: K 05409a

  • 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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 14:39:36 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:27 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-11 at 14:55:50 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-02-19 at 00:32:02 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale 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, 468 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396015.
BAM 5, 468 artifact entry (No. P396015). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396015 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 468 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396015 (Accessed: March 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 468 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396015},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396015},
}


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