Nbk. 283 (P550992)

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 033070

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Dowry)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nbk., 283

    [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: Dandamaev, Slavery, p. 211

    [Dandamaev1984slavery] Dandamayev, Muhammad A. 1984. Slavery in Babylonia, from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.

  • history: CM 03, no. 019

    [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 033070
  • Accession No.: 1878-11-20, 0004

  • 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
2025-05-23 at 13:13:46 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-01-10 at 15:32:42 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. 283 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550992.
Nbk. 283 artifact entry (No. P550992). (2025, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550992 (Original work published 2024)
Nbk. 283 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550992 (Accessed: July 23, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {Nbk. 283 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550992},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550992},
}


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