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Nbk. 097 (P550830)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 077285

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale)

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 (Sale)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbk., 097

[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.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.11.23

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

given as Nabopolassar.11

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 077285
Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 0014

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.12.09.12
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-02 at 08:47:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-10 at 15:39:32	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. 097 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550830.

Nbk. 097 artifact entry (No. P550830). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550830 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 097 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550830 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {Nbk. 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550830},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550830},
}

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TI  - Nbk. 097 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 097 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550830.

Nbk. 097 artifact entry (No. P550830). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550830 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 097 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550830 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {Nbk. 097 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550830},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550830},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550830
LB  - CDLI:P550830
M1  - 2026/3/15/
TI  - Nbk. 097 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550830
ER  -