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Nbn. 682 (P552437)

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 030868

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., 682

[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: Dandamaev, Slavery, p. 134

[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: AfO 44/45 (pp. 59-100), 87-8, no. 18

[Wunsch1997/1998AfO44/45] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1997/1998. “Und Die Richter Berieten...: Streitfälle in Babylon Aus Der Zeit Neriglissars Und Nabonids.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 44/45: 59–100.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 030868
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0595

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.12.12 .25
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-26 at 19:26:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-04 at 18:00:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-27 at 08:13:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-04-29 at 12:42:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-11 at 09:20:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-10 at 16:19:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-18 at 10:51:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbn. 682 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552437.

Nbn. 682 artifact entry (No. P552437). (2025, November 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552437 (Original work published 2024)

Nbn. 682 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552437 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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Cite this Artifact

“Nbn. 682 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552437.

Nbn. 682 artifact entry (No. P552437). (2025, November 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552437 (Original work published 2024)

Nbn. 682 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552437 (Accessed: December 27, 2025).

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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552437},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552437},
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