Nbk. 439 (P462177)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 077461

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Adoption document)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    human foot print

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    human foot print

  • primary: Nbk., 439

    [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.

  • citation: CATBM 8, p.102

    [Leichty1988CATBM8] Leichty, Erle V., Jacob J. Finkelstein, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1988. Tablets from Sippar 3. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 8. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • citation: Wunsch, Cornelia, AfO 50, 219-221

    [Wunsch2003/4AfO50] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2003/4. “Findelkinder Und Adoption Nach Neubabylonischen Quellen Findelkinder Und Adoption Nach Neubabylonischen Quellen.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 50: 174–244.

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  • Museum No.: BM 077461
  • Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 0201

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2024-09-21 at 13:33:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-26 at 08:37:48 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-26 at 08:36:43 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-19 at 09:45:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-19 at 09:27:57 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 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
2014-01-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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CDLI Notes:

20140104 bm: Clay tablet; fragment; legal text concerning the adoption of a child; Late Babylonian. Impression of the child's foot.

Cite this Artifact
“Nbk. 439 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 6, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P462177.
Nbk. 439 artifact entry (No. P462177). (2024, December 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P462177 (Original work published 2014)
Nbk. 439 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P462177 (Accessed: May 11, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 6},
	title = {Nbk. 439 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P462177},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P462177},
}


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