Nbk. 260 (P550969)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 075118

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Receipt)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Receipt)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.33.10.17
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P550969
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P550969

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 075118
Accession Number	1883-01-18 AH, 0444

References

primary: Nbk., 260

[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.

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
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. 260 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550969.

Nbk. 260 artifact entry (No. P550969). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550969 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 260 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550969 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 260 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550969.

Nbk. 260 artifact entry (No. P550969). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550969 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 260 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550969 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {Nbk. 260 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550969},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550969},
}

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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550969
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