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Nbk. 316a (P405023)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033908

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note)

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 (Promissory note)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbk., 316a

[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.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 033908
Accession No.: Sp 0004

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.37.01.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-04-29 at 13:40:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-09 at 10:17:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-10-25 at 07:37:50	Alstola, Tero	Artifact	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Ong, Matthew; Salmi, Senja	Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.33908) (BM.33908)
The British Museum Collection (W_SP-4) (W_SP-4)

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 316a Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405023.

Nbk. 316a artifact entry (No. P405023). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405023 (Original work published 2010)

Nbk. 316a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405023 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Nbk. 316a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405023},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 316a Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405023.

Nbk. 316a artifact entry (No. P405023). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405023 (Original work published 2010)

Nbk. 316a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405023 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Nbk. 316a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405023},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P405023
LB  - CDLI:P405023
M1  - 2026/1/12/
TI  - Nbk. 316a artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P405023
ER  -