BM 033537 (P507730)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 033537

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • history: BR 8/7, no. 20

    [SanNicolo1951BR 8/7] San Nicolò, Mariano. 1951. Babylonische Rechtsurkunden Des Ausgehenden 8. Und Des 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Vol. 34. Abhandlungen (Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse). München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; in Kommission bei Beck.

  • history: Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress, no. 6

    [Strassmaier1893EighthCongress] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1893. “Einige Kleinere Babylonische Keilschrifttexte Aus Dem Britischen Museum.” Actes Du Huitième Congrès International Des Orientalistes Tenu En 1889 à Stockholm et à Christiania, 279–83.

  • citation: BM Guide 1908, p. 197

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), K.140

    [Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

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  • Museum No.: BM 033537
  • Accession No.: Rm 4, 093

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-10-11 at 19:08:43 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-10-10 at 18:30:21 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-08-19 at 13:26:53 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-19 at 10:15:30 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-19 at 09:15:41 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-19 at 07:57:04 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-18 at 11:50:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-20 at 16:50:11 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-18 at 15:20:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-18 at 11:42:11 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-03-17 at 14:40:06 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-12-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 033537 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507730.
BM 033537 artifact entry (No. P507730). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507730 (Original work published 2017)
BM 033537 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507730 (Accessed: October 28, 2025).
@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BM 033537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507730},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507730},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507730
LB  - CDLI:P507730
M1  - 2025/10/28/
TI  - BM 033537 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507730
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 033537 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507730.
BM 033537 artifact entry (No. P507730). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507730 (Original work published 2017)
BM 033537 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507730 (Accessed: October 28, 2025).
@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BM 033537 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507730},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507730},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507730
LB  - CDLI:P507730
M1  - 2025/10/28/
TI  - BM 033537 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507730
ER  -
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