CT 51, 071 (P285933)

Letter tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034554

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P285933
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P285933

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 034554
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0026

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.34554
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Sp-II-26

References

primary: CT 51, 71

[Walker1972CT51] Walker, Christopher B. F., ed. 1972. Miscellaneous Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 51. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: AOAT 414/1, no. 13

[Jursa2014AOAT414/1] Jursa, Michael, Johannes Hackl, and Martina Schmidl. 2014. Spätbabylonische Briefe. Bd 1: Spätbabylonische Privatbriefe. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 414/1. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.
history: Cyr., 375

[Strassmaier1890Cyrus] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cyrus, König von Babylon (538-529 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-28 at 19:04:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 14:27:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 11:26:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-11 at 09:45:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-22 at 08:47:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-01-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 51, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285933.

CT 51, 071 artifact entry (No. P285933). (2025, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285933 (Original work published 2006)

CT 51, 071 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285933 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 51, 071 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P285933.

CT 51, 071 artifact entry (No. P285933). (2025, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P285933 (Original work published 2006)

CT 51, 071 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P285933 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 28},
	title = {CT 51, 071 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P285933},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285933},
}

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