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VS 06, 061 (P371956)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 06059

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Marriage agreement)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: VS 6, 61

[Ungnad1908VS6] Ungnad, Arthur. 1908. Neubabylonische Kontrakte Und Sonstige Urkunden. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 6. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
history: AOAT 222, 08

[Roth1989AOAT222] Roth, Martha T. 1989. Babylonian Marriage Agreements : 7th-3rd Centuries B.C. Vol. 222. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 06059
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Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.acc.09.11
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-27 at 08:29:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-19 at 10:07:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 09:09:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2007-09-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“VS 06, 061 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P371956.

VS 06, 061 artifact entry (No. P371956). (2025, November 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P371956 (Original work published 2007)

VS 06, 061 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P371956 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

@misc{2025VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 27},
	title = {VS 06, 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P371956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P371956},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/27/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P371956
LB  - CDLI:P371956
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - VS 06, 061 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P371956
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“VS 06, 061 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P371956.

VS 06, 061 artifact entry (No. P371956). (2025, November 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P371956 (Original work published 2007)

VS 06, 061 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P371956 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).

@misc{2025VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 27},
	title = {VS 06, 061 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P371956},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P371956},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/27/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P371956
LB  - CDLI:P371956
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - VS 06, 061 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P371956
ER  -