BM 079778 (P595232)

Legal tablet 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 079778

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.41.08.11
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P595232
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P595232

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 079778
Accession Number	1889-10-14, 0326

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-02 at 13:59:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-29 at 11:11:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 079778 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P595232.

BM 079778 artifact entry (No. P595232). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P595232 (Original work published 2025)

BM 079778 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P595232 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 079778 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P595232.

BM 079778 artifact entry (No. P595232). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P595232 (Original work published 2025)

BM 079778 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P595232 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {BM 079778 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P595232},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P595232},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P595232
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - BM 079778 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P595232
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