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ADD 0257 (P335204)

Legal 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)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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: ADD, 257

[Johns1898-1923ADD] Johns, Claude H. W. 1898-1923. Assyrian Deeds and Documents Recording the Transfer of Property. Volume I-IV. Cambridge: Deighton Bell.
history: SAA 6, 284

[Kwasman1991SAA6] Kwasman, Theodore, and Simo Parpola. 1991. Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 6. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: ABC, no. 5

[Stevenson1902ABC] Stevenson, James H. 1902. Assyrian and Babylonian Contracts with Aramaic Reference Notes. New York.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM —
Accession No.: 1883-01-18, 0338

Provenience

Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-02-06 at 16:18:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:46:41	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:51:02	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (1883,0118.338) (1883,0118.338)
Legal Transactions of the Royal Court of Nineveh, Part I: Tiglath-Pileser III through Esarhaddon (P335204) (P335204)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P335204) (P335204)
Ashurbanipal Library Project (P335204) (P335204)
State Archives of Assyria Online (P335204) (P335204)
British Museum Collection (W_1883-0118-338) (W_1883-0118-338)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ADD 0257 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P335204.

ADD 0257 artifact entry (No. P335204). (2025, February 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P335204 (Original work published 2006)

ADD 0257 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P335204 (Accessed: March 24, 2026).

@misc{2025ADD,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 6},
	title = {ADD 0257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P335204},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P335204},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/2/6/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P335204
LB  - CDLI:P335204
M1  - 2026/3/24/
TI  - ADD 0257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P335204
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“ADD 0257 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P335204.

ADD 0257 artifact entry (No. P335204). (2025, February 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P335204 (Original work published 2006)

ADD 0257 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P335204 (Accessed: March 24, 2026).

@misc{2025ADD,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 6},
	title = {ADD 0257 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P335204},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P335204},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/2/6/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P335204
LB  - CDLI:P335204
M1  - 2026/3/24/
TI  - ADD 0257 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P335204
ER  -