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Nbk. 005 (P550753)

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 030247

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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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Promissory note)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbk., 005

[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: Nebukadnezar III/IV, p. 93

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 030247
Accession No.: 1876-05-15, 0002

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Period Comments:
Nbk III
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar3.acc.07.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-05 at 14:49:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-08 at 12:39:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-03 at 14:29:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-25 at 09:13:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 10:17:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-25 at 13:32:53	Alstola, Tero	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Ong, Matthew; Salmi, Senja	Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 005 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550753.

Nbk. 005 artifact entry (No. P550753). (2025, December 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550753 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 005 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550753 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 5},
	title = {Nbk. 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550753},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550753},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/5/
PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - Nbk. 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550753
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 005 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 5, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550753.

Nbk. 005 artifact entry (No. P550753). (2025, December 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550753 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 005 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550753 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2025Nbk,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 5},
	title = {Nbk. 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550753},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550753},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/5/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550753
LB  - CDLI:P550753
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - Nbk. 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550753
ER  -