Object Enquiries

If you would like to examine clay tablets or archaeological objects in the study room, please complete the appropriate form, fill in the museum numbers in numerical order and send it to us together with the signed Terms of Use guidelines at least six weeks before your planned visit. We will reserve a seat for you in the study room as soon as we receive the forms. You can also use our inventory books for research purposes.

The study room is located in the library at the Archäologisches Zentrum.

Address

Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6
10117 Berlin
Germany

Phone: +49 30 266 42 56 01
Email: vam[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Opening Hours: Monday ‒ Friday, 9 am ‒ 5 pm

• Clay Tablets (PDF, 119.5 KB) (bilingual form)
• Archaeological Object Request (PDF, 154,7 KB) (bilingual form)
• Nutzungsrichtlinien (PDF, 62,6 KB) (in German)
• Terms of Use (PDF, 121,2 KB) (in English)

Photo Requests

For photo requests, please email the completed Application for Permission to Publish or the form for a Study Photo Request: vam-fotoanfragen[at]smb.spk-berlin.de.

• Antrag auf Publikationsgenehmigung (PDF, 117.3 KB) (in German)
• Application for Permission to Publish (PDF, 104.3 KB) (in English)
• Study Photo Request (PDF, 120.8 KB) (bilingual form)

DOG Archival Materials

Please contact the Zentralarchiv (Central Archive) for DOG archival materials (excavation site documents on Babylon and Assur).

Loan Requests

Please contact us at least a year in advance with any loan requests.