Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 31 (P554807)

Legal tablet 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 047343

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

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

history: Nisaba 28, no. 223

[Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.
history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 503

[Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.
history: Fs Larsen (pp. 511 - 549), p. 526, 543

[Stolper2004FsLarsen] Stolper, Matthew W. 2004. “The Kasr Texts, the Rich Collection, the Bellino Copies, and the Grotefend Nachlass.” In Assyria and beyond. Studies Presented to Mogens Trolle Larsen, edited by Jan Gerrit Dercksen, 511–49. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden = PIHANS 100. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
history: Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress, no. 31

[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: Fs Reiner, 395, 401

[Stolper1987FsReiner] Stolper, Matthew W. 1987. “Belšunu the Satrap.” In Language, Literature, and History : Philological and Historical Studies Presented to Erica Reiner, edited by Francesca Rochberg-Halton, 67:389–402. American Oriental Series. American Oriental Society.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 047343
Accession No.: 1881-10-08, 0005

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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes.40.09.17
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-02 at 17:33:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-12-27 at 09:19:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-12-13 at 15:07:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-09-30 at 19:18:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-07-23 at 08:15:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-03-21 at 11:41:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-04 at 11:23:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-19 at 10:35:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-11 at 19:08:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifact

“Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress No. 31 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554807.

Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 31 artifact entry (No. P554807). (2026, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554807 (Original work published 2024)

Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 31 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554807 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress No. 31 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554807.

Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 31 artifact entry (No. P554807). (2026, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554807 (Original work published 2024)

Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 31 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554807 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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