BM 103568 (P413417)

Legal tablet excavated in Dilbat (mod. Deilam), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 103568

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Dilbat (mod. Deilam)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Loan of silver)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.10.12.01
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P413417
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P413417

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Dilbat (mod. Deilam)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 103568
Accession Number	1911-04-08, 0258

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	172328
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.103568
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1911-0408-258

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-02 at 17:04:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-13 at 11:49:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-08-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Maidman, Maynard P.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 103568 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P413417.

BM 103568 artifact entry (No. P413417). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413417 (Original work published 2010)

BM 103568 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413417 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413417},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 103568 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P413417.

BM 103568 artifact entry (No. P413417). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413417 (Original work published 2010)

BM 103568 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413417 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {BM 103568 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413417},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413417},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P413417
LB  - CDLI:P413417
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BM 103568 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413417
ER  -