BRM 1, 079 (P295480)

Administrative tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 00689

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

49.0 mm × 61.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.22.02.05
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P295480
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P295480

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	49.0 mm × 61.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive	Egibi
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	MLC 00689
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-000694
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.689

References

primary: BRM 1, 79

[Clay1912BRM1] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1912. Babylonian Business Transactions of the First Millennium B. C. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 1. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-23 at 09:12:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 1, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P295480.

BRM 1, 079 artifact entry (No. P295480). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P295480 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 1, 079 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P295480 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BRM 1, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P295480.

BRM 1, 079 artifact entry (No. P295480). (2025, May 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P295480 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 1, 079 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P295480 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 23},
	title = {BRM 1, 079  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P295480},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P295480},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/23/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P295480
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