Amel-Marduk 59 (P481217)

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 031247

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/P481217

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 031247
Accession Number 1876-11-17, 0974

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.31247
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1876-1117-974

References

  • primary: Amel-Marduk, 59

    [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 08

    [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: Strassmaier Liv., Liv. 127

    [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. 053

    [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 12:46:19 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17 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 09:26:56 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 Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Amel-Marduk 59 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481217.
Amel-Marduk 59 artifact entry (No. P481217). (2025, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481217 (Original work published 2015)
Amel-Marduk 59 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481217 (Accessed: April 30, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Amel-Marduk 59 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481217.
Amel-Marduk 59 artifact entry (No. P481217). (2025, October 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481217 (Original work published 2015)
Amel-Marduk 59 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481217 (Accessed: April 30, 2026).
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