Nappahu 080 (P512062)

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 077513

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale sale of house)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

99.0 mm × 61.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    sealed on left and right edges, with fingernail impressions on upper and lower edges; another set of fingernail impressions on lower left and lower right edges has been partially erased

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 99.0 high × 61.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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  • Artifact comments:

    sealed on left and right edges, with fingernail impressions on upper and lower edges; another set of fingernail impressions on lower left and lower right edges has been partially erased

  • primary: Nappahu, 080

    [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: Nisaba 28, no. 108

    [Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 435

    [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: BV, 117

    [Peiser1890BV] Peiser, Felix E. 1890. Babylonische Verträge Des Berliner Museums.

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  • Museum No.: BM 077513
  • Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 254 + two 1884-02-11 unnumbered fragments

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius1.26.--.02 ?
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-12-30 at 20:05:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-21 at 15:13:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-11 at 19:42:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 08:03:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 07:40:40 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2018-08-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Baker, Heather D. 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) - -

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nappahu 080 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512062.
Nappahu 080 artifact entry (No. P512062). (2025, December 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512062 (Original work published 2018)
Nappahu 080 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512062 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).
@misc{2025Nappahu,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 30},
	title = {Nappahu 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512062},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512062},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P512062
LB  - CDLI:P512062
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - Nappahu 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512062
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Nappahu 080 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512062.
Nappahu 080 artifact entry (No. P512062). (2025, December 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512062 (Original work published 2018)
Nappahu 080 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512062 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).
@misc{2025Nappahu,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 30},
	title = {Nappahu 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512062},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512062},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P512062
LB  - CDLI:P512062
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - Nappahu 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512062
ER  -
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