Nbk. 117 (P507770)

Purchase and sale contracts 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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033102

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.19.06.16
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P507770
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P507770

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 033102
Accession Number	1879-07-30, 0003

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1879-0730-3

References

primary: Nbk., 117

[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.
citation: BM Guide 1908, p. 201

[BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56	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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-01-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 117 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507770.

Nbk. 117 artifact entry (No. P507770). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507770 (Original work published 2018)

Nbk. 117 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507770 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 117 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507770.

Nbk. 117 artifact entry (No. P507770). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507770 (Original work published 2018)

Nbk. 117 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507770 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507770},
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