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Nbk. 441 (P551147)

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 031205

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Account of household furnishing)

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): Legal (Account of household furnishing)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbk., 441

[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: NUVI 1, no. 28

[Salonen1975NUVI1] Salonen, Erkki. 1975. Neubabylonische Urkunden Verschiedenen Inhalts: Vol. 1. Helsinki : Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.

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Museum No.: BM 031205
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0932

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.--.12.08
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-30 at 14:12:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17	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

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 441 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551147.

Nbk. 441 artifact entry (No. P551147). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551147 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 441 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551147 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551147},
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbk. 441 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551147.

Nbk. 441 artifact entry (No. P551147). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551147 (Original work published 2024)

Nbk. 441 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551147 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Nbk. 441 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P551147},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551147},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P551147
LB  - CDLI:P551147
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - Nbk. 441 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P551147
ER  -