BM 103657 (P413506)

Legal tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), 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 103657

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract for bricks)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Contract for bricks)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P413506
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P413506

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 103657
Accession Number	1911-04-08, 0347

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	172417
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.103657
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1911-0408-347

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-14 at 10:36:39	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 103657 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 14, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P413506.

BM 103657 artifact entry (No. P413506). (2025, November 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413506 (Original work published 2010)

BM 103657 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413506 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	month = {nov 14},
	title = {BM 103657 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413506},
}

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TI  - BM 103657 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 103657 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 14, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P413506.

BM 103657 artifact entry (No. P413506). (2025, November 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413506 (Original work published 2010)

BM 103657 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413506 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 14},
	title = {BM 103657 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413506},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413506},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/14/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P413506
LB  - CDLI:P413506
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 103657 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413506
ER  -