Cyr. 303 (P507666)

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 030883

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Cyr., 303

    [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: BM Guide 1908, p. 212

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

  • history: CM 03, no. 308

    [Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

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  • Museum No.: BM 030883
  • Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0610

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Cyrus.08.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-22 at 08:59:30 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-20 at 08:44:20 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-18 at 13:26:59 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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Cite this Artifact

“Cyr. 303 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507666.
Cyr. 303 artifact entry (No. P507666). (2025, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507666 (Original work published 2017)
Cyr. 303 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507666 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
@misc{2025Cyr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {Cyr. 303 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507666},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/5/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507666
LB  - CDLI:P507666
M1  - 2025/11/11/
TI  - Cyr. 303 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507666
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“Cyr. 303 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507666.
Cyr. 303 artifact entry (No. P507666). (2025, May 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507666 (Original work published 2017)
Cyr. 303 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507666 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
@misc{2025Cyr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 26},
	title = {Cyr. 303 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507666},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507666},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/5/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507666
LB  - CDLI:P507666
M1  - 2025/11/11/
TI  - Cyr. 303 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507666
ER  - 
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