The CDLI has moved to a new server

Dear user, the CDLI is now located at https://cdli.earth. Please update your bookmarks and use this new domain name in print.

CTN 6, 069 (P498858)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131987

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    Stamp seal: Worshipper to right facing offering table (?) below winged disk, with six-pointed star and crescent
    in the field.

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: CTN 6, 69

    [Herbordt2019CTN6] Herbordt, Suzanne, Raija Mattila, Barbara Parker, J. Nicholas Postgate, and Donald J. Wiseman. 2019. Documents from the Nabu Temple and from Private Houses on the Citadel. Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud 6. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 118

    [Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

  • history: FNLD, 49

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

  • history: Iraq 15 (pp. 135-160), 143

    [Wiseman1953Iraq15] Wiseman, Donald J. 1953. “The Nimrud Tablets.” Iraq 15 (2): 135–60. https://doi.org/10.2307/4199573.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 131987
  • Accession No.: 1954-11-15, 0036

  • Provenience: Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
  • Elevation:
  • Stratigraphic Level:
  • Excavation No: ND 03443
  • Findspot Square:
  • Findspot Comments:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-16 at 19:22:26 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-13 at 14:33:50 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-15 at 13:52:21 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2016-08-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

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

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CTN 6, 069 Artifact Entry.” (2016) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P498858.
CTN 6, 069 artifact entry (No. P498858). (2024, December 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P498858 (Original work published 2016)
CTN 6, 069 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P498858 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).
@misc{2024CTN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 16},
	title = {CTN 6, 069 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P498858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P498858},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P498858
LB  - CDLI:P498858
M1  - 2025/4/16/
TI  - CTN 6, 069 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P498858
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.