Nappahu 179a (P512066)

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 092797

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale sale of slave)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

58.0 mm × 79.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 58.0 high × 79.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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  • primary: Nappahu, 179a

    [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. 166

    [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: NRV, 081

    [SanNicolò1935-1937NRV] San Nicolò, Mariano, and Arthur Ungnad. 1935-1937. Neubabylonische Rechts- Und Verwaltungsurkunden. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.

  • citation: BM Guide 1908, p. 216

    [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 092797
  • Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 0133

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius1.20.12.16
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-06 at 11:33:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-14 at 07:34:11 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-08-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Baker, Heather D. CDLI approved View

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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 Artifact
“Nappahu 179a Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512066.
Nappahu 179a artifact entry (No. P512066). (2025, February 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512066 (Original work published 2018)
Nappahu 179a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512066 (Accessed: April 27, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512066},
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