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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 030989Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LegalLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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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.
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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.
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- Museum No.: BM 030989
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0716
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Cambyses.03.00.00
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| 2025-06-01 at 15:14:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-26 at 15:29:15 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-18 at 15:38:08 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-16 at 16:33:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-716) (W_1876-1117-716)
Cite this Artifact
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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-10]},
year = {2025},
month = {jun 1},
title = {Camb. 208 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P507680},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507680},
}
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