Amel-Marduk 27 (P481201)

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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031100

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)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P481201

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive Egibi
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 031100
Accession Number 1876-11-17, 0827

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.31100
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1876-1117-827

References

  • primary: Amel-Marduk, 27

    [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 11

    [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.

  • history: Shiff, Nur-Sin Archive, 33

    [Shiff1987Nur-Sin] Shiff, Laurence Brian. 1987. “The Nūr-Sîn Archive : Private Enterpreneurship in Babylon (603-507 B.C.).” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: CM 03, no. 056

    [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 Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-21 at 14:23:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-22 at 09:55:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-29 at 11:00:07 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-11-20 at 09:28:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-11-19 at 11:35:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-22 at 09:52:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-15 at 13:46:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-02 at 16:07:00 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2015-08-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Amel-Marduk 27 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481201.
Amel-Marduk 27 artifact entry (No. P481201). (2025, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481201 (Original work published 2015)
Amel-Marduk 27 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481201 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481201},
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Cite this Artifact

“Amel-Marduk 27 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481201.
Amel-Marduk 27 artifact entry (No. P481201). (2025, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481201 (Original work published 2015)
Amel-Marduk 27 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481201 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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