Nbk. 017 (P507747)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030489

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nbk., 017

    [Strassmaier1889Nbk] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. Inschriften von Nabuchodonosor, König von Babylon 604-561 v.Chr. von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Germany: Verlag von E. Pfeiffer.

  • history: Dandamaev, Slavery, p. 320

    [Dandamaev1984slavery] Dandamayev, Muhammad A. 1984. Slavery in Babylonia, from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.

  • history: Nebukadnezar III/IV, p. 101

    [Lorenz2008NebukadnezarIII/IV] Lorenz, Jürgen. 2008. Nebukadnezar III/IV : Die Politischen Wirren Nach Dem Tod Des Kambyses Im Spiegel Der Keilschrifttexte. Dresden : ISLET-Verlag.

  • citation: BM Guide 1908, p. 199

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 030489
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-16, 0216

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
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    Nbk IV

  • Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar4.01.07.16
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-12-04 at 17:24:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-03 at 14:33:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-03 at 14:32:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-25 at 09:13:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-24 at 19:30:40 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-20 at 13:14:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-01-10 at 15:32:42 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-25 at 07:37:50 Alstola, Tero Artifact metadata Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Ong, Matthew; Salmi, Senja Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 017 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507747.
Nbk. 017 artifact entry (No. P507747). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507747 (Original work published 2018)
Nbk. 017 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507747 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).
@misc{2025Nbk,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {Nbk. 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507747},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507747},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507747
LB  - CDLI:P507747
M1  - 2026/1/28/
TI  - Nbk. 017 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507747
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 017 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507747.
Nbk. 017 artifact entry (No. P507747). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507747 (Original work published 2018)
Nbk. 017 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507747 (Accessed: January 28, 2026).
@misc{2025Nbk,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {Nbk. 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507747},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507747},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507747
LB  - CDLI:P507747
M1  - 2026/1/28/
TI  - Nbk. 017 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507747
ER  -
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