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Dar. 265 (P507706)

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 031521 + BM 42210

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract, exchange of fields)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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

  • primary: Dar., 265

    [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.

  • history: BM Guide 1908, p. 216

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

  • history: CM 20, no. 013

    [Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.

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  • Museum No.: BM 031521 + BM 42210
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1248 + 1881-06-25, 0833

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius.10.01.02
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-13 at 14:57:40 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-09 at 14:58:21 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-09 at 14:48:12 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Dar 265 is the copy of BM 031521 only, join added by Wunsch and re-published in CM20 13 with new copy of both fragments

Cite this Artifact
“Dar. 265 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507706.
Dar. 265 artifact entry (No. P507706). (2025, June 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507706 (Original work published 2017)
Dar. 265 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507706 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 13},
	title = {Dar. 265 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507706},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507706},
}


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