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CM 20, no. 152 (P507668)

Loan Contracts 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 030934

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Loan Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Loan Contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CM 20, no. 152

[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.
history: BM Guide 1908, p. 213

[BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: Cyr., 334

[Strassmaier1890Cyrus] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cyrus, König von Babylon (538-529 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 030934
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0661

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cyrus2.09.01.03
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-15 at 16:51:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-28 at 16:54:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-17 at 15:50:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

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The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-661) (W_1876-1117-661)

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 152 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507668.

CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry (No. P507668). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507668 (Original work published 2017)

CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507668 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	title = {CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507668},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 152 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507668.

CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry (No. P507668). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507668 (Original work published 2017)

CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507668 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507668},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507668},
}

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TI  - CM 20, no. 152 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507668
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