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Camb. 225 (P507679)

Account tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 092766

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Account

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative > Account
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Camb., 225

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 092766
Accession No.: 1883-01-18 AH, 0748

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.--.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-20 at 18:08:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-19 at 10:43:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-08 at 12:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-05 at 15:55:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

British Museum Collection (W_1883-0118-AH-748) (W_1883-0118-AH-748)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Camb. 225 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507679.

Camb. 225 artifact entry (No. P507679). (2025, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507679 (Original work published 2017)

Camb. 225 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507679 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Camb. 225 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507679},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507679},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Camb. 225 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507679.

Camb. 225 artifact entry (No. P507679). (2025, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507679 (Original work published 2017)

Camb. 225 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507679 (Accessed: January 29, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {Camb. 225 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507679},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507679},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/20/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507679
LB  - CDLI:P507679
M1  - 2026/1/29/
TI  - Camb. 225 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507679
ER  -