Amel-Marduk 26 (P481200)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030300

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Amel-Marduk, 26

[Sack1972Amel-Marduk] Sack, Ronald H. 1972. Amel-Marduk: 562-560 B.C. : A Study Based on Cuneiform, Old Testament, Greek, Latin and Rabbinical Sources. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. Sonderreihe 4.
history: Dandamaev, Slavery, no. 10, p. 379

[Dandamaev1984slavery] Dandamayev, Muhammad A. 1984. Slavery in Babylonia, from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
history: Evetts, EvM, EvM 10

[Evetts1892EvM] Evetts, Basel Thomas Alfred. 1892. Inscriptions of the Reigns of Evil-Merodach (B.C. 562-559), Neriglissar (B.C. 559-555) and Laborosoarchod (B.C. 555). Vol. 6. Babylonische Texte. Leipzig : Eduard Pfeiffer.
history: Shiff, Nur-Sin Archive, 32

[Shiff1987Nur-Sin] Shiff, Laurence Brian. 1987. “The Nūr-Sîn Archive : Private Enterpreneurship in Babylon (603-507 B.C.).” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
history: Strassmaier Liv., Liv. 128

[Strassmaier1885Liverpool] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1885. “Die Babylonischen Inscriften Im Museum Zu Liverpool Nebst Anderen Aus Der Zeit von Nebukadnezzar Bis Darius.” Actes Du 6e Congrès International Des Orientalistes, 569–624, plates 1-176.
history: CM 03, no. 055

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 030300
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0020

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amēl-Marduk.01.06.13
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-21 at 14:23:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-08-22 at 09:55:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-29 at 12:46:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-29 at 11:05:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-25 at 09:13:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-24 at 19:30:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-11 at 09:20:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-09 at 19:31:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-20 at 09:27:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-19 at 11:35:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-10-22 at 09:52:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-15 at 13:46:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-07-02 at 16:07:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2015-08-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.30300) (BM.30300)
The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-20) (W_1876-1117-20)

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Cite this Artifact

“Amel-Marduk 26 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481200.

Amel-Marduk 26 artifact entry (No. P481200). (2025, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481200 (Original work published 2015)

Amel-Marduk 26 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481200 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Amel-Marduk 26 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481200.

Amel-Marduk 26 artifact entry (No. P481200). (2025, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481200 (Original work published 2015)

Amel-Marduk 26 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481200 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481200},
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