Nbk. 047 (P550789)

Legal tablet excavated in Saḫrītu (mod. uncertain), 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 041390

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Saḫrītu (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (promissory note for silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (promissory note for silver)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: Nbk., 047

    [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.

    wrongly listed as 1884-02-11, 0065 (Cat BM 4/5 p. 477)


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  • Museum No.: BM 041390
  • Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 0001

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-03 at 19:21:08 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-09 at 10:17:13 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-01 at 13:03:45 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-25 at 13:32:53 Alstola, Tero Artifact Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Ong, Matthew; Salmi, Senja Neo Babylonian Cuneiform Corpus Project Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 047 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550789.
Nbk. 047 artifact entry (No. P550789). (2025, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550789 (Original work published 2024)
Nbk. 047 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550789 (Accessed: October 8, 2025).
@misc{2025Nbk,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 3},
	title = {Nbk. 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550789},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550789},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/3/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550789
LB  - CDLI:P550789
M1  - 2025/10/8/
TI  - Nbk. 047 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550789
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 047 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550789.
Nbk. 047 artifact entry (No. P550789). (2025, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550789 (Original work published 2024)
Nbk. 047 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550789 (Accessed: October 8, 2025).
@misc{2025Nbk,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 3},
	title = {Nbk. 047 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550789},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550789},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/3/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550789
LB  - CDLI:P550789
M1  - 2025/10/8/
TI  - Nbk. 047 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550789
ER  - 
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