BCHP 10 (P257544)

Annals and Chronicle tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 032171

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display > Annals and Chronicle (Chronicle of the Seleucid period)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

65.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 33.0 mm

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 65.0 high × 48.0 wide × 33.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • primary: BCHP, 10

    [vanderSpek2004BCHP] Spek, Robartus J. van der, and Irving L. Finkel. 2004. Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period. Amsterdam.

  • history: Glassner, Chronicles , 252

    [Glassner2004Chronicles] Glassner, Jean-Jacques. 2004. Mesopotamian Chronicles [Chroniques Mésopotamiennes]. Edited by Benjamin R. Foster. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta.

    (CM no. 34)

  • history: TCS 5, Chronicle 13: 122-123, pl. 19

    [Grayson1975TCS5] Grayson, A. Kirk. 1975. Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (ABC). Vol. 5. Texts from Cuneiform Sources. Locust Valley, N.Y : J. J. Augustin.

  • history: Del Monte 1997 (TBE): 200-202., 200-202

    [sec47375] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM 032171
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1898

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-27 at 13:29:00 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-07 at 08:44:36 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 18:29:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 18:25:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 15:04:03 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-30 at 13:56:19 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2005-03-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“BCHP 10 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257544.
BCHP 10 artifact entry (No. P257544). (2025, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257544 (Original work published 2005)
BCHP 10 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257544 (Accessed: July 19, 2025).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {BCHP 10 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257544},
}


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