CT 51, 042 (P285904)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034529

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Promissory note)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.39.02.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P285904
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P285904

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 034529
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0001

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34529
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-1
Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project (Nabucco)	7889

References

primary: CT 51, 42

[Walker1972CT51] Walker, Christopher B. F., ed. 1972. Miscellaneous Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 51. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: Nbk., 343

[Strassmaier1889Nbk] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. Inschriften von Nabuchodonosor, König von Babylon 604-561 v.Chr. von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Germany: Verlag von E. Pfeiffer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 14:27:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 10:17:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-25 at 07:37:50	Alstola, Tero	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Ong, Matthew; Salmi, Senja	Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-09-22 at 08:33:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-01-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 51, 042 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285904.

CT 51, 042 artifact entry (No. P285904). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285904 (Original work published 2006)

CT 51, 042 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285904 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {CT 51, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285904},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P285904
LB  - CDLI:P285904
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - CT 51, 042 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P285904
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CT 51, 042 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285904.

CT 51, 042 artifact entry (No. P285904). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285904 (Original work published 2006)

CT 51, 042 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285904 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {CT 51, 042 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285904},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285904},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P285904
LB  - CDLI:P285904
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - CT 51, 042 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P285904
ER  -