CTMMA 3, 081 (P412359)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA

Museum Number

MMA 79.07.020

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.14.03.18
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P412359
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P412359

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)	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
Museum Number	MMA 79.07.020
Accession Number

References

primary: CTMMA 3, 81

[Spar2000CTMMA3] Spar, Ira, and Eva von Dassow. 2000. Private Archive Texts from the First Millennium B.C. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 3. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

receipt by proxy for silver
history: Moldenke MMA, 1, no. 30

[Moldenke1893MMA] Moldenke, Alfred B. 1893. Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Parts 1 & 2. New York : The Museum.
history: CM 03, no. 225

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-23 at 13:42:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-20 at 19:51:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-20 at 19:33:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2010-06-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CTMMA 3, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P412359.

CTMMA 3, 081 artifact entry (No. P412359). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P412359 (Original work published 2010)

CTMMA 3, 081 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P412359 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CTMMA 3, 081 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P412359.

CTMMA 3, 081 artifact entry (No. P412359). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P412359 (Original work published 2010)

CTMMA 3, 081 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P412359 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 23},
	title = {CTMMA 3, 081 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P412359},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P412359},
}

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