BAM 5, 500 (P398787)

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. _[DISZ na]_ a-szu-u2 _dab_-it# [...]
2'. _[DISZ] kimin# {szim}hab illu {szim}buluh_ [...]
3'. [na]-hi#-ri-szu2 tu-qat-tar _i3-gesz ka giri17_ x [...]
  single ruling
4'. _[DISZ] na#_ a-szu-u2 _dab_-su _{u2}igi_-lim [...]
5'. _numun# {u2}ab2-duh u2 masz-tab-ba_ ina _i3-gesz szesz2_-su [...]
  single ruling
6'. _en2# qar-ra-ti-ia qar-ra-ti-ia ti#-[ti qar]-ra-ti#-[ia]_
7'. _szu#-s,a-aḫ s,a-aḫ u3 qar-ra-ti-ia-ma ḫu-[ul-qi] ḫu-ul-qi#_
8'. _ha-al-ti-ib ha-al-ti-ib : ia-nu-um-[ma_ x x x]-ma# mar 7(disz) na
9'. _di-hu-un di-ḫu#-un# du#-li#_ [x x x _kum2_-szu2]-nu# i-na-asz2
10'. ma-a'-du-ma# [x x x x x x x x x] a#-me-lu-ti _en2_
  single ruling
11'. _ka#-[inim-ma masz]-tab#-ba-ke4_
12'. [... an-ni]-tu2# 3(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu-ma _ti_
  single ruling
13'. [...] _giri3#-se3-ge5_
14'. [...] ta _en2#_
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. _sig2#_ [...]
2'. _sig2 udu#?_ [...]
3'. {u2}an-ki-[nu?-di? ...]
  single ruling
4'. ha az# [...]
  single ruling
5'. ka# [...]
  rest broken
reverse
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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, 500

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

  • history: AMT, pl. 055, no. 8 (K 10624)

    [Thompson1923AMT] Thompson, R. Campbell. 1923. Assyrian Medical Texts. Oxford.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 10624 + K 11172

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 10:13:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-28 at 09:15:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:07:10 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
2019-09-26 at 15:42:50 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
2019-03-20 at 13:25:00 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, 500 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P398787.
BAM 5, 500 artifact entry (No. P398787). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P398787 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 5, 500 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P398787 (Accessed: March 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 500 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P398787},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P398787},
}


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