Dar. 165 (P405046)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), 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 031317

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Dar., 165

    [Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

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  • Museum No.: BM 031317
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1044

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-09 at 09:34:35 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-14 at 15:41:41 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-07 at 12:32:55 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-19 at 09:42:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg 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

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Cite this Artifact

“Dar. 165 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405046.
Dar. 165 artifact entry (No. P405046). (2025, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405046 (Original work published 2010)
Dar. 165 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405046 (Accessed: September 17, 2025).
@misc{2025Dar,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {Dar. 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405046},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405046},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/5/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P405046
LB  - CDLI:P405046
M1  - 2025/9/17/
TI  - Dar. 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P405046
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Dar. 165 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405046.
Dar. 165 artifact entry (No. P405046). (2025, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405046 (Original work published 2010)
Dar. 165 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405046 (Accessed: September 17, 2025).
@misc{2025Dar,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {Dar. 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405046},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405046},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/5/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P405046
LB  - CDLI:P405046
M1  - 2025/9/17/
TI  - Dar. 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P405046
ER  - 
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