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CM 20, no. 041 (P507670)

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 031051

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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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CM 20, no. 041

[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: Camb., 2

[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 031051
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0778

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.acc.06.16
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-12-19 at 10:43:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-06-13 at 14:57:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-19 at 15:33:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-16 at 16:37:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-16 at 16:33:26	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_1876-1117-778) (W_1876-1117-778)

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 041 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507670.

CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry (No. P507670). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507670 (Original work published 2017)

CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507670 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507670},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507670},
}

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TI  - CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 041 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507670.

CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry (No. P507670). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507670 (Original work published 2017)

CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507670 (Accessed: December 26, 2025).

@misc{2025CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507670},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507670},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507670
LB  - CDLI:P507670
M1  - 2025/12/26/
TI  - CM 20, no. 041 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507670
ER  -