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Camb. 218 (P552603)

Legal tablet excavated in Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain), 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 041420

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Camb., 218

[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: Dandamaev, Slavery, p. 347f.

[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: CM 03, no. 337

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

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Museum No.: BM 041420
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Provenience

Provenience: Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.11.24
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 10:43:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-29 at 14:45:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-28 at 18:46:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-28 at 17:15:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-11 at 09:20:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-09 at 16:10:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-19 at 19:01:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-18 at 16:16:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 218 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552603.

Camb. 218 artifact entry (No. P552603). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552603 (Original work published 2024)

Camb. 218 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552603 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 218 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552603},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P552603
LB  - CDLI:P552603
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - Camb. 218 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P552603
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 218 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552603.

Camb. 218 artifact entry (No. P552603). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552603 (Original work published 2024)

Camb. 218 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552603 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 218 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552603},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P552603
LB  - CDLI:P552603
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - Camb. 218 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P552603
ER  -