Nbk. 281 (P550990)
Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 031126Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Promissory note)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: Nbk., 281
[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.
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history: Shiff, Nur-Sin Archive, 16
[Shiff1987Nur-Sin] Shiff, Laurence Brian. 1987. “The Nūr-Sîn Archive : Private Enterpreneurship in Babylon (603-507 B.C.).” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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history: CM 03, no. 018
[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 031126
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0853
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar
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| 2025-06-13 at 14:34:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-29 at 10:36:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-26 at 15:29:15 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-23 at 10:26:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-09 at 10:17:13 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-06 at 17:11:56 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-21 at 09:41:31 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-28]},
year = {2025},
month = {jun 13},
title = {Nbk. 281 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P550990},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550990},
}
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