BM 032195 + BM 032196 + BM 032540 (P405005)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 032195 + BM 032196 + BM 032540

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    sealed; fig. in Menant, Empreintes no. 50, p. 39 (32196 only, l.e.)

  • Artifact comments:


  • history: Nisaba 28, no. 68

    [Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 032195 + BM 032196 + BM 032540
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1922 + 1876-11-17, 1923 + 1876-11-17, 2282

  • 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
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

sealed; photo in Menant, Empreintes no. 50, p. 39 (32196 only, l.e.)

Cite this Artifact
“BM 032195 + BM 032196 + BM 032540 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405005.
BM 032195 + BM 032196 + BM 032540 artifact entry (No. P405005). (2025, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405005 (Original work published 2010)
BM 032195 + BM 032196 + BM 032540 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405005 (Accessed: May 28, 2025).
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