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BKL 1 (P257548)

Official or display 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 035603

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

80.0 mm × 65.0 mm

Witness

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 80.0 high × 65.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation: 25%
Condition Description:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Iraq 16 (pp. 202-212), 202-212

[Sachs1954Iraq16] Sachs, Abraham J., and Donald J. Wiseman. 1954. “A Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period.” Iraq 16: 202–12.
primary: BKL 1

[vanderSpek2005-86868] Spek, Robartus J. van der. 2005.
history: Glassner, Chronicles , (CM) no. 4, p. 134-1

[Glassner2004Chronicles] Glassner, Jean-Jacques. 2004. Mesopotamian Chronicles [Chroniques Mésopotamiennes]. Edited by Benjamin R. Foster. Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta.
history: K. Grayson, from the Reallexikon der Assyriologie, s.v. Königslisten und ChronikenDel Monte 1997 (TBE) p. 208-211

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 035603
Accession No.: Sp 3, 0113

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-07 at 09:39:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2005-03-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.35603) (BM.35603)
The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-III-113) (W_Sp-III-113)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835)	View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“BKL 1 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257548.

BKL 1 artifact entry (No. P257548). (2025, May 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257548 (Original work published 2005)

BKL 1 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257548 (Accessed: December 17, 2025).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {may 7},
	title = {BKL 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257548},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257548},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BKL 1 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257548.

BKL 1 artifact entry (No. P257548). (2025, May 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257548 (Original work published 2005)

BKL 1 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257548 (Accessed: December 17, 2025).

@misc{2025BKL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 7},
	title = {BKL 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257548},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257548},
}

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DA  - 2025/5/7/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P257548
LB  - CDLI:P257548
M1  - 2025/12/17/
TI  - BKL 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257548
ER  -