BM 031717 + BM 031783 (P405090)

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 031717 + BM 031783

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract, sale of field)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract, sale of field)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • history: Bertin copies, 2982

    [BertinUnpubCopies] Bertin, George. n.d. “Unpublished Copies by G. Bertin Held at the British Museum.”

    unpublished copy

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  • Museum No.: BM 031717 + BM 031783
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1444 + 1876-11-17, 1510

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-27 at 10:24:24 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-10 at 13:40:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-08-16 at 14:50:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51 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
“BM 031717 + BM 031783 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405090.
BM 031717 + BM 031783 artifact entry (No. P405090). (2025, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405090 (Original work published 2010)
BM 031717 + BM 031783 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405090 (Accessed: June 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-06]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {BM 031717 + {BM} 031783 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405090},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405090},
}


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