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BM 031713 (P405063)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031713

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

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

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Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 031713
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1440

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.41.06.15
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-27 at 10:24:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.31713) (BM.31713)
British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-1440) (W_1876-1117-1440)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 031713 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405063.

BM 031713 artifact entry (No. P405063). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405063 (Original work published 2010)

BM 031713 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405063 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	month = {nov 30},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405063},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405063},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 031713 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405063.

BM 031713 artifact entry (No. P405063). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405063 (Original work published 2010)

BM 031713 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405063 (Accessed: April 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 031713 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405063},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405063},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P405063
LB  - CDLI:P405063
M1  - 2026/4/1/
TI  - BM 031713 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P405063
ER  -