Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 (P496510)

Legal tablet excavated in Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (marriage)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (marriage)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	limmu Sharru-na'id 629 BC
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P496510
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P496510

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	ND 02307
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number

References

primary: Iraq 16 (pp. 29-58), 055 ND 02307

[Parker1954Iraq16] Parker, Barbara. 1954. “The Nimrud Tablets, 1952: Business Documents.” Iraq 16: 29–58.
history: Nimrud and its Remains, pp. 198-199, 23 (seal)

[Mallowan1966Nimrud] Mallowan, Max Edgar Lucien. 1966. Nimrud and Its Remains. Collins.
history: FNLD, 14

[Postgate1976FNLD] Postgate, J. Nicholas. 1976. Fifty Neo-Assyrian Legal Documents. Warminster : Aris & Phillips.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-07-15 at 13:52:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-12-16 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P496510.

Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 artifact entry (No. P496510). (2024, July 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496510 (Original work published 2015)

Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496510 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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}

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Cite this Artifact

“Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P496510.

Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 artifact entry (No. P496510). (2024, July 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P496510 (Original work published 2015)

Iraq 16, 055 ND 02307 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P496510 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 15},
	title = {Iraq 16, 055 {ND} 02307 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P496510},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P496510},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P496510
LB  - CDLI:P496510
M1  - 2026/10/29/
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