Amel-Marduk 31 (P481205)

Legal tablet excavated in Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain), 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 031208

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Amel-Marduk, 31

    [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 18

    [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, 36

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

  • history: Strassmaier Liv., Liv. 131

    [Strassmaier1885Liverpool] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1885. “Die Babylonischen Inscriften Im Museum Zu Liverpool Nebst Anderen Aus Der Zeit von Nebukadnezzar Bis Darius.” Actes Du 6e Congrès International Des Orientalistes, 569–624, plates 1-176.

  • history: CM 03, no. 059

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 031208
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0935

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-29 at 12:46:19 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-29 at 11:00:07 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-20 at 09:29:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-19 at 11:35:57 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-22 at 09:52:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-15 at 13:46:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 16:07:00 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2015-08-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Amel-Marduk 31 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481205.
Amel-Marduk 31 artifact entry (No. P481205). (2025, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481205 (Original work published 2015)
Amel-Marduk 31 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481205 (Accessed: June 22, 2025).
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	title = {Amel-{Marduk} 31 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481205},
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