Cyr. 345 (P405095)

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 032892

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

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Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
  • Language(s):

  • primary: Cyr., 345

    [Strassmaier1890Cyrus] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cyrus, König von Babylon (538-529 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

  • history: Nisaba 28, no. 92

    [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.

  • history: BM Guide 1908, p. 211

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 032892
  • Accession No.: 1877-11-15, 0002

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Cyrus.06.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2024-06-19 at 09:35:08 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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

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Cite this Artifact
“Cyr. 345 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 7, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405095.
Cyr. 345 artifact entry (No. P405095). (2025, February 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405095 (Original work published 2010)
Cyr. 345 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405095 (Accessed: May 27, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405095},
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