Nbk. 008 (P550756)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030330

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC) Nbk III
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar3.acc.08.10
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P550756
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P550756

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 030330
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0050

References

primary: Nbk., 008

[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. 95

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-08 at 12:39:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-03 at 14:33:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-03 at 14:32:39	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

Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550756.

Nbk. 008 artifact entry (No. P550756). (2025, August 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550756 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 008 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550756 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550756},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 008 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550756.

Nbk. 008 artifact entry (No. P550756). (2025, August 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550756 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 008 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550756 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 8},
	title = {Nbk. 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550756},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550756},
}

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