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Nbk. 129 (P393879)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), 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 092707

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note)

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 (Promissory note)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbk., 129

[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.
history: BM Guide 1908, 201

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

[Strassmaier1882] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1882. Texte, Altbabylonischer Verträge Aus Warka. Orient. Congr. Abhandll.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 092707
Accession No.: K 01297 = Rm 0201 = 1851-01-01, 0161

Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.21.07.15
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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
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-25 at 16:10:58	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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
2024-09-21 at 13:33:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 09:45:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 09:27:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	The British Museum Collection	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.92707) (BM.92707)
The British Museum Collection (W_K-1297) (W_K-1297)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 129 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P393879.

Nbk. 129 artifact entry (No. P393879). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393879 (Original work published 2010)

Nbk. 129 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393879 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Nbk. 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393879},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393879},
}

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TI  - Nbk. 129 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 129 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P393879.

Nbk. 129 artifact entry (No. P393879). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393879 (Original work published 2010)

Nbk. 129 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393879 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Nbk. 129 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393879},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393879},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P393879
LB  - CDLI:P393879
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - Nbk. 129 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P393879
ER  -