Amel-Marduk 17 (P481195)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031102

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (promissory note for barley)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (promissory note for barley)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amēl-Marduk.02.01.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P481195
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P481195

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 031102
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0829

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.31102
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1876-1117-829

References

primary: Amel-Marduk, 17

[Sack1972Amel-Marduk] Sack, Ronald H. 1972. Amel-Marduk: 562-560 B.C. : A Study Based on Cuneiform, Old Testament, Greek, Latin and Rabbinical Sources. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament. Sonderreihe 4.
history: Evetts, EvM, EvM 17

[Evetts1892EvM] Evetts, Basel Thomas Alfred. 1892. Inscriptions of the Reigns of Evil-Merodach (B.C. 562-559), Neriglissar (B.C. 559-555) and Laborosoarchod (B.C. 555). Vol. 6. Babylonische Texte. Leipzig : Eduard Pfeiffer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-16 at 16:29:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-21 at 14:23:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-22 at 09:55:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-19 at 11:35:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-22 at 09:52:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-15 at 13:46:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 16:07:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	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
2015-08-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Amel-Marduk 17 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481195.

Amel-Marduk 17 artifact entry (No. P481195). (2025, November 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481195 (Original work published 2015)

Amel-Marduk 17 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481195 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Amel-Marduk 17 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481195.

Amel-Marduk 17 artifact entry (No. P481195). (2025, November 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481195 (Original work published 2015)

Amel-Marduk 17 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481195 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481195},
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