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BM 102293 (P413038)

Legal tablet excavated in Šušan (mod. uncertain), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 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 102293

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Šušan (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Nisaba 28, no. 156 lists seal A149 only
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: Nisaba 28, no. 156

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 102293
Accession No.: 1906-05-12, 0214

Provenience

Provenience: Šušan (mod. uncertain)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.10.07.07 ?
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-29 at 10:39:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-05 at 19:10:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
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
2010-08-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Maidman, Maynard P.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (171945) (171945)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.102293) (BM.102293)
The British Museum Collection (W_1906-0512-214) (W_1906-0512-214)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 102293 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P413038.

BM 102293 artifact entry (No. P413038). (2025, August 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413038 (Original work published 2010)

BM 102293 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413038 (Accessed: December 22, 2025).

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	month = {aug 29},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413038},
}

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TI  - BM 102293 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 102293 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P413038.

BM 102293 artifact entry (No. P413038). (2025, August 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413038 (Original work published 2010)

BM 102293 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413038 (Accessed: December 22, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-22]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 29},
	title = {BM 102293 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413038},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413038},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/29/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P413038
LB  - CDLI:P413038
M1  - 2025/12/22/
TI  - BM 102293 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413038
ER  -