Nbn. 499 (P530999)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030455

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (House rental contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nbn., 499

    [Strassmaier1889Nbn] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. Inschriften von Nabonidus, König von Babylon (555-538 v. CHR.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

  • history: Dandamaev, Slavery, no. 27, p. 340

    [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: Rental of Houses, 111

    [Zawadzki2018Rental] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2018. The Rental Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC). Warszawa : Agade Bis Publishing House.

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  • Museum No.: BM 030455
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-16, 0182

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-27 at 18:34:11 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-21 at 18:22:50 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-01-10 at 16:19:02 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-17 at 19:32:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-21 at 18:59:13 Firth, Richard Artifact 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
2023-07-08 at 11:18:48 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-06-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nbn. 499 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P530999.
Nbn. 499 artifact entry (No. P530999). (2025, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P530999 (Original work published 2022)
Nbn. 499 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P530999 (Accessed: June 27, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {Nbn. 499 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P530999},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P530999},
}


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