Cyr. 188 (P507649)

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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092998

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 026940 (composite) (P573508) S026940 Babylon (mod. Bābil) Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P507649

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 092998
Accession Number 1888-05-12, Bu 0059

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1888-0512-Bu-59

References

  • primary: Cyr., 188

    [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. 91

    [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.

  • history: ZA 003 (pp. 211-230), 226-228

    [Budge1888ZA3] Budge, Ernest A. Wallis. 1888. “On Some Recently Acquired Babylonian Tablets.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 3: 211–30.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-03-15 at 17:14:40 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-12-17 at 12:27:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-09-04 at 09:07:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-08-21 at 09:37:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-01 at 14:04:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-06 at 11:33:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-05 at 11:22:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Cyr. 188 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 15, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P507649.
Cyr. 188 artifact entry (No. P507649). (2026, March 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507649 (Original work published 2017)
Cyr. 188 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507649 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 15},
	title = {Cyr. 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507649},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Cyr. 188 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 15, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P507649.
Cyr. 188 artifact entry (No. P507649). (2026, March 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507649 (Original work published 2017)
Cyr. 188 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507649 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 15},
	title = {Cyr. 188 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507649},
}


TY  - ELEC
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PY  - 2026
ID  - P507649
LB  - CDLI:P507649
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - Cyr. 188 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507649
ER  -
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