BAM 6, 547 (P397331)

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
  broken
reverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x [x x x x]
  single ruling
2'. [...] ina _kasz-sag#_ [x x x]
3'. [...] di#-ik-me-na [x x x]
4'. [...] x [...] TE x [x x]
  single ruling
5'. [x x x x] x _sze-mesz_ ina _de3_ tu-qat-tar# [x x] _ka#_-szu2 na-hi-ri-szu2 x [x x]
6'. [x x] x _murub4_-ta sza2 _nam-lu2-u18-lu_ x x-ri te-'-il _en u4 2(disz)#?-[kam2]_
7'. [x x] _a# sud2 ki a gaz nag_-szu2 _u4_-ma _nag u4#!_-[ma?]-szam#-ma ana _ki_ la tu-na-tak#?
8'. [x] x _zi3 sze-sa-a zi3 munu6 sim#?_ sah-le2-e qa-lu-te# _gazi{sar}_ qa-lu-te ni-kip-tu2
9'. [x x] di# mu#? {u2}tar-musz8!(RI) _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li {u2}kur-kur 1(u) u2-hi-a szesz tesz2-bi sud2_
10'. x x x [x] x tara#?-bak ina _kusz-edin sur u4_-ma-szam-ma x ina _kusz 1(u) 5(disz) u4_-me _lal2_
11'. _en la2_ usz [x x] x ina _u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam2 la2_-szu2 ta-tab-bal _u4_-me-szam-ma _{u2}asz-tal2-tal2 sud2_
12'. ina _i3_ hal-s,a pa-as,# [x] _eme#_-szu2 _dab_-bat _nag_-szu2 _a {gesz}sze-na2-a kum2_-ti _ra_-su x _ti#_
  single ruling
13'. DISZ na gaba_-su _gig#_-at# _ninda_ u _a_ ina _gaba#_-szu2 _gub-mesz_-zu ha-ah-ha _tuku-mesz_
14'. t,up-pi 1(disz)-kam2#-me DISZ na kiri4_-szu2 _dugud_
15'. _e2-gal {disz}an-szar2-du3-a lugal szu2 man kur an-szar2{ki}_
16'. sza _{d}muati_ u {d}tasz-me-tu4 _gesztu-min_ ra#-pa#-asz2-tu [isz-ru-ku-szu2?]
17'. i-hu-uz-zu _gesztu-min_ na-mir-tu [...]
18'. sza ina _lugal-mesz_-ni a-lik mah-ri-ia mim-ma# [szip-ru szu-a-tu ...]
19'. bul-t,i _ta ugu_-hi a-di _umbin_ liq-ti _bar#-[mesz_ ...]
20'. a-zu-gal-lu-tu _{d}nin-urta_ u {d}gu-la# [...]
21'. ina t,up-pa-a-ni asz-t,ur as-niq x [...]
22'. a-na ta-mar-ti szi-ta-as-si-ia qe2-reb# _[e2-gal_-ia u2-kin]

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 6, 547

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

  • history: AMT pl. 025, no. 4 (K 07854) + AMT pl. 028, no. 8 (K 13388) + AMT pl. 048, no. 6 (1881-02-04, 0213)

    [sec103188] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 07854 + K 13388 + 1881-02-04, 0213

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-02 at 21:07:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:18:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 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
2019-04-09 at 14:53:57 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 6, 547 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P397331.
BAM 6, 547 artifact entry (No. P397331). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P397331 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 547 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P397331 (Accessed: January 31, 2025).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 6, 547 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P397331},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P397331},
}


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