Nbk. 004 (P405045)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031508

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Nbk III
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 026916 (composite) (P573167) S026916 Babylon (mod. Bābil) Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P405045

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 031508
Accession Number 1876-11-17, 1235

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.31508
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1876-1117-1235
Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project (Nabucco) 6982

References

  • primary: Nbk., 004

    [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: Nisaba 28, no. 107

    [Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: Nebukadnezar III/IV, p. 90

    [Lorenz2008NebukadnezarIII/IV] Lorenz, Jürgen. 2008. Nebukadnezar III/IV : Die Politischen Wirren Nach Dem Tod Des Kambyses Im Spiegel Der Keilschrifttexte. Dresden : ISLET-Verlag.

  • history: Strassmaier Liv., Liv. 136

    [Strassmaier1885Liverpool] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1885. “Die Babylonischen Inscriften Im Museum Zu Liverpool Nebst Anderen Aus Der Zeit von Nebukadnezzar Bis Darius.” Actes Du 6e Congrès International Des Orientalistes, 569–624, plates 1-176.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-26 at 09:31:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-08 at 13:46:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-08 at 12:39:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-03 at 14:33:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-03 at 14:32:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-29 at 12:46:19 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-20 at 13:14:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2024-09-21 at 13:33:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-19 at 09:45:08 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-19 at 09:27:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405045.
Nbk. 004 artifact entry (No. P405045). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405045 (Original work published 2010)
Nbk. 004 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405045 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405045},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 004 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405045.
Nbk. 004 artifact entry (No. P405045). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405045 (Original work published 2010)
Nbk. 004 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405045 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {Nbk. 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405045},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405045},
}


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