CT 04, pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 (P355827)

Tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), 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 078682

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Xerxes.10.08.24
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P355827
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P355827

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 078682
Accession Number	1888-05-12 Bu, 0593

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.78682
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1888-0512-Bu-593

References

primary: CT 4, 34d

[Pinches1898CT4] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1898. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 4. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: Graziani Serse, no. 44

[Graziani1986Serse] Graziani, Simonetta. 1986. I Testi Mesopotamici Datati al Regno Di Serse (485-465 a.C.). Supplement 47 to AION 46/2. Rome.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-22 at 19:23:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-06 at 14:14:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-17 at 07:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-16 at 18:27:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-01-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Tinney, Stephen J.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 04, Pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P355827.

CT 04, pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry (No. P355827). (2026, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355827 (Original work published 2007)

CT 04, pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355827 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CT 04, pl. 34, {Bu} 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355827},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 04, Pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P355827.

CT 04, pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry (No. P355827). (2026, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P355827 (Original work published 2007)

CT 04, pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P355827 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 22},
	title = {CT 04, pl. 34, {Bu} 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P355827},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P355827},
}

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PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P355827
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - CT 04, pl. 34, Bu 1888-05-12, 0593 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P355827
ER  -