Camb. 338 (P405085)
Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 041422Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: Camb., 338
[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
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- Museum No.: BM 041422
- Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 0033
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Cambyses
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-05-28 at 17:15:53 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-18 at 17:13:27 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-10-20 at 16:00:49 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-19 at 09:32:29 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2010-04-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.41422) (BM.41422)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1881-0625-33) (W_1881-0625-33)
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Cite this Artifact
“Camb. 338 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405085.
Camb. 338 artifact entry (No. P405085). (2025, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405085 (Original work published 2010)
Camb. 338 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405085 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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