Nappahu 239b (P512078)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 077592 + BM 077800

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (promissory note promissory note for silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

43.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 17.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 53.0 wide × 17.0 thick
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  • Genre(s): Legal (promissory note promissory note for silver)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: Nappahu, 239b

    [Baker2004Nappahu] Baker, Heather D. 2004. The Archive of the Nappahu Family. Vol. 30. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Wien: Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.

  • history: Dar., 407

    [Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

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  • Museum No.: BM 077592 + BM 077800
  • Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 0334 + 1884-02-11, 0550

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius1.24?.12/2.10
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-14 at 16:07:00 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-22 at 08:43:46 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-08-09 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Baker, Heather D. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nappahu 239b Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 14, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512078.
Nappahu 239b artifact entry (No. P512078). (2024, November 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512078 (Original work published 2018)
Nappahu 239b artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512078 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 14},
	title = {Nappahu 239b artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512078},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P512078},
}


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