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Nbn. 15 (P552162)

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 031252

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nbn., 15

[Strassmaier1889Nbn] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. Inschriften von Nabonidus, König von Babylon (555-538 v. CHR.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: Strassmaier Liv., Liv. 40

[Strassmaier1885Liverpool] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1885. “Die Babylonischen Inscriften Im Museum Zu Liverpool Nebst Anderen Aus Der Zeit von Nebukadnezzar Bis Darius.” Actes Du 6e Congrès International Des Orientalistes, 569–624, plates 1-176.
history: CM 03, no. 089

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 031252
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0979

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.acc.11.20
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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-04 at 18:00:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-29 at 12:46:19	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
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-29 at 12:42:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-21 at 10:51:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 10:51:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbn. 15 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552162.

Nbn. 15 artifact entry (No. P552162). (2025, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552162 (Original work published 2024)

Nbn. 15 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552162 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552162},
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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbn. 15 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552162.

Nbn. 15 artifact entry (No. P552162). (2025, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552162 (Original work published 2024)

Nbn. 15 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552162 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 4},
	title = {Nbn. 15 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552162},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552162},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P552162
LB  - CDLI:P552162
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - Nbn. 15 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P552162
ER  -