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CT 57, 0694 (P367834)

Legal tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 055884

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CT 57, 694

[Pinches1982CT57] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1982. Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 57. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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Museum No.: BM 055884
Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 0243

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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cyrus2.01.11.27
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-16 at 09:03:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-03 at 08:34:29	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 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-03-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.55884) (BM.55884)
British Museum Collection (W_1882-0714-243) (W_1882-0714-243)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 57, 0694 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P367834.

CT 57, 0694 artifact entry (No. P367834). (2025, December 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P367834 (Original work published 2007)

CT 57, 0694 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P367834 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 16},
	title = {CT 57, 0694 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P367834},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P367834},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 57, 0694 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P367834.

CT 57, 0694 artifact entry (No. P367834). (2025, December 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P367834 (Original work published 2007)

CT 57, 0694 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P367834 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 16},
	title = {CT 57, 0694 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P367834},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P367834},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/16/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P367834
LB  - CDLI:P367834
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - CT 57, 0694 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P367834
ER  -