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Nappahu 058b (P512048)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 077529 + six unnumbered fragments

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Bequest of butcher's prebends in the service of Išhara and Papsukkal)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

51.0 mm × 68.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has fragments

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
geometric pattern incised on lower edge. Baker's copy supersedes Nbk 416 since it includes the joined fragments
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 51.0 high × 68.0 wide × 19.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
This artifact is composed of fragments.
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
geometric pattern incised on lower edge. Baker's copy supersedes Nbk 416 since it includes the joined fragments

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Bequest of butcher's prebends in the service of Išhara and Papsukkal)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nappahu, 058b

[Baker2004Nappahu] Baker, Heather D. 2004. The Archive of the Nappahu Family. Vol. 30. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Wien: Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.
history: Nbk., 416

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 077529 + six unnumbered fragments
Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 270 + six 1884-02-11 unnumbered fragments

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.32.04.29
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-25 at 07:37:50	Alstola, Tero	Artifact	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Ong, Matthew; Salmi, Senja	Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2024-09-21 at 13:33:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2018-08-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Baker, Heather D.		CDLI	approved

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Notes

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CDLI Notes:

joins by H.D. Baker and I.L. Finkeljoins by H.D. Baker and I.L. Finkel

Cite this Artifact

“Nappahu 058b Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512048.

Nappahu 058b artifact entry (No. P512048). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512048 (Original work published 2018)

Nappahu 058b artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512048 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Nappahu 058b artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512048},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nappahu 058b Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P512048.

Nappahu 058b artifact entry (No. P512048). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512048 (Original work published 2018)

Nappahu 058b artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512048 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

@misc{2024Nappahu,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {Nappahu 058b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512048},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512048},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P512048
LB  - CDLI:P512048
M1  - 2025/12/27/
TI  - Nappahu 058b artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512048
ER  -