BAM 6, 559 (P396454)

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
  beginning broken
1'. [...] _sud2#_ 1(disz)#-szu2# 2(disz)#?-[szu2? ...]
2'. [...] tu#-szah-ha#-[an ...]
3'. [...] x x bu# ta-szah# [...]
4'. [...] x _gar#_-an# _kasz3-mesz i3-gesz_ u x [...]
5'. [x x] _ra# su3# a-gur-ra_ ina _ugu_ ta-hap-sze x [...]
6'. [x] x _murub-min_-szu2 _DISZ nu-gar-gar_-an _en du10-ga_-szu2 x [...]
7'. [x] an-ne2-e _i3-gesz kum2 szesz2_ [...]
8'. _[{szim}]kur-kur {szim}li numun_ {gesz}szu-nim _numun_ [...]
9'. [x] {u2#}tar-muš8!(RI) _numun gada zi3 ziz2-a-an 7(disz) u2-hi#-[a_ ...]
10'. [x] _gaz# sim_ ina _kasz3 i3-gesz_ u _kasz-sag_ ina _{uruda#}[szen-tur_ ...]
11'. [x] x ra-bi-ki tara-bak ina _kusz-edin_ x [...]
12'. [x] x-ma ap-pat _murub4-min_-szu2 [...]
13'. [x]-it-ma ana _munus# nu_ [...]
  single ruling
14'. _[DISZ] na# murub4_ u _ur2 gig_ ina mun#-ga _tuku#_ [...]
15'. [x] ni#-hi-is, _{gesz}gigir_ a-ni-ih ana _ti_-szu2# [...]
16'. _{szim#}li {szim}gur2-gur2 {szim}hab_ [...]
17'. [x] _{gesz}ge6-par3 pa_ {u2}tar-musz8!(RI) _gaz_ ina [...]
18'. [x] su _sur la2 u2 babbar sud2_ ina _i3-gesz_ [...]
19'. [x] ma#? _nag_-u2 _eme dab_-bat ana _ugu nag_-szu2# [...]
20'. [x] x _tab-ba-kam gesztin sur-ra i3-gesz bara2-[ga_ ...]
21'. [x] x _szeg6-ga2_ ana _dur2_-szu2 _dub#_-ak _i3-nun szesz2_-su#-[ma? _ti]_
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BAM 6, 559,

    [Köcher1980-165499] Köcher, Franz. 1980.

  • history: AMT pl. 026, no. 5 (1879-07-08, 0149) + AMT pl. 069, no. 3 (K 06322),

    [sec103071] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: K 06322 + K 08836 + K 11212 + 1879-07-08, 0149

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-07-05 at 19:03:55 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
2019-04-13 at 11:10:51 Johnson, J. Cale Atf Johnson, J. Cale CDLI approved View
2019-04-13 at 11:09:07 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, 559 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396454.
BAM 6, 559 artifact entry (No. P396454). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396454 (Original work published 2010)
BAM 6, 559 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396454 (Accessed: April 19, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P396454},
}

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