Nbk. 261 (P550970)

Legal 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)

Legal (Loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • 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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  • Museum No.: BM 030494
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0221

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-29 at 10:36:59 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-25 at 09:13:38 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59 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
2024-11-21 at 09:41:31 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. 261 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550970.
Nbk. 261 artifact entry (No. P550970). (2025, June 13). 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: August 10, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {Nbk. 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/13/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550970
LB  - CDLI:P550970
M1  - 2025/8/10/
TI  - Nbk. 261 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550970
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Nbk. 261 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550970.
Nbk. 261 artifact entry (No. P550970). (2025, June 13). 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: August 10, 2025).
@misc{2025Nbk,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {Nbk. 261 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550970},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/13/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550970
LB  - CDLI:P550970
M1  - 2025/8/10/
TI  - Nbk. 261 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550970
ER  - 
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