NABU 2008/008 (P429961)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 038239

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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Measurements

53.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 20.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 53.0 high × 42.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: NABU 2008/008

    [Brinkman2008NABU8] Brinkman, John A. 2008. “A Legal Text from Babylon Dated in the Reign of Shalmaneser V.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 2008.

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  • Museum No.: BM 038239
  • Accession No.: 1880-11-12, 0121

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2012-06-14 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NABU 2008/008 Artifact Entry.” (2012) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P429961.
NABU 2008/008 artifact entry (No. P429961). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P429961 (Original work published 2012)
NABU 2008/008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P429961 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {NABU 2008/008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P429961},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P429961},
}


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