BAM 5, 481 (P238895)

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 x] x [...]
2'. [x x]-ti ina x x [...]
3'. [x x] _munus_ ina _kusz sur_-re [...]
  single ruling
4'. [x] x _sag-du_ a-re-e kam-ka-du _had2-ra2_ x [...]
5'. _bara2#-ga hi-hi_ ka-a-a-[nam ...]
  single ruling
6'. _DISZ na sag-du_-su _u4-da tab_-ma u _su_-szu2 _gu7_-szu2# [x] gesz# szid# ga#? [...]
7'. _had2-ra2 gaz sim zi3 gu2-gal zi3 gu2-tur zi3? x pu nu? ha x [...]
8'. ina szur-szum-mu _kasz sila11_-asz _la2_-id# [...]
  single ruling
9'. _DISZ ki-min duh-sze-gesz-i3 had2-ra2_-tim _{szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}li zi3# sze-sa-a la2#?_ [...]
  single ruling
10'. _DISZ# na sag-du_-su a-sza2-a a-hi-iz _gazi{sar} la2_-id#? [...]
  single ruling
11'. [x x _sag]-du#_-su a-szu-u2 _dab_-it _suhusz_ {gesz}szu-szu tu#-pa-sza2#?-[x ...]
12'. [tara]-bak ina x [x] x x ina sze-ri3 _nu_ pa-tan _nag_ [...]
  single ruling
13'. _DISZ# na sag-du_-[su x x x] x _sag-du_-su i-szag-[gum? ...]
14'. x szu-u2 x [...] x _szu gidim-ma_ [...]
15'. ana _ti_-szu2 {u2}x [...]
16'. {u2}eli-kul-la# [...]
reverse
1. _DISZ na sag#-du#_-[su ...]
2. _sag_ x [...]
3. _sud2_ [...]
  single ruling
4. DISZ#? [...]
  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, 481

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

  • history: Thompson, PRSM 17 (1924), 21 (K. ...)

    [sec40060] N.d.

  • history: AMT, pl. 006, no. 9 (K 10212)

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 10212 + K 13884 + K 17205

  • 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 18:39:40 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
2019-04-04 at 04:47:03 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-04-03 at 10:06:12 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-03-31 at 14:39:28 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
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, 481 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238895.
BAM 5, 481 artifact entry (No. P238895). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238895 (Original work published 2003)
BAM 5, 481 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238895 (Accessed: December 8, 2024).
@misc{2024BAM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {BAM 5, 481 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238895},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P238895},
}


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