Camb. 208 (P507680)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030989

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cambyses2.03.10.08
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P507680
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P507680

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 030989
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0716

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1876-1117-716

References

primary: Camb., 208

[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. 214

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:26:56	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
2025-06-01 at 15:14:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 15:38:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-16 at 16:33:26	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

Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 208 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507680.

Camb. 208 artifact entry (No. P507680). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507680 (Original work published 2017)

Camb. 208 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507680 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 208 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507680},
}

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TI  - Camb. 208 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 208 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507680.

Camb. 208 artifact entry (No. P507680). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507680 (Original work published 2017)

Camb. 208 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507680 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 208 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507680},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507680
LB  - CDLI:P507680
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - Camb. 208 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507680
ER  -