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AOAT 222, 18 (P453495)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092794

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Marriage agreement)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

80.0 mm × 59.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 80.0 high × 59.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Marriage agreement)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AOAT 222, 18

[Roth1989AOAT222] Roth, Martha T. 1989. Babylonian Marriage Agreements : 7th-3rd Centuries B.C. Vol. 222. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: Nappahu, 003

[Baker2004Nappahu] Baker, Heather D. 2004. The Archive of the Nappahu Family. Vol. 30. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Wien: Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.
history: Nbn., 990

[Strassmaier1889Nbn] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. Inschriften von Nabonidus, König von Babylon (555-538 v. CHR.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 092794
Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 0064

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.16.08.13
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-11-17 at 19:32:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-21 at 18:59:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 09:09:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2013-09-14 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.92794) (BM.92794)
British Museum Collection (W_1884-0211-64) (W_1884-0211-64)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AOAT 222, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P453495.

AOAT 222, 18 artifact entry (No. P453495). (2024, November 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453495 (Original work published 2013)

AOAT 222, 18 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453495 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 17},
	title = {AOAT 222, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453495},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AOAT 222, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 17, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P453495.

AOAT 222, 18 artifact entry (No. P453495). (2024, November 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453495 (Original work published 2013)

AOAT 222, 18 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453495 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 17},
	title = {AOAT 222, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453495},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453495},
}

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