BM 117527 (P602503)

Legal tablet dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 117527

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.--.--.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P602503
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P602503

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 117527
Accession Number	1925-05-09, 0349

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-02 at 17:04:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-18 at 16:11:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 117527 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P602503.

BM 117527 artifact entry (No. P602503). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P602503 (Original work published 2025)

BM 117527 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P602503 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 117527 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P602503.

BM 117527 artifact entry (No. P602503). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P602503 (Original work published 2025)

BM 117527 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P602503 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {BM 117527 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P602503},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P602503},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P602503
LB  - CDLI:P602503
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - BM 117527 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P602503
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