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Nbk. 261 (P550970)

Partnership Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), 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 030494

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Partnership Contracts (Loan)

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): Business / Contracts > Partnership Contracts (Loan)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbk., 261

[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: Shiff, Nur-Sin Archive, 11

[Shiff1987Nur-Sin] Shiff, Laurence Brian. 1987. “The Nūr-Sîn Archive : Private Enterpreneurship in Babylon (603-507 B.C.).” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
history: CM 03, no. 012

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 030494
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0221

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.33.12.24
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-29 at 16:30:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-28 at 19:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-29 at 10:36:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-25 at 09:13:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-09 at 10:17:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-06 at 17:11:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-21 at 09:41:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 261 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550970.

Nbk. 261 artifact entry (No. P550970). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550970 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 261 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550970 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 261 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550970.

Nbk. 261 artifact entry (No. P550970). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550970 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 261 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550970 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Nbk. 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
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