CM 20, no. 176 (P507687)

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 041425

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (exchange of fields)

Language(s)

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (exchange of fields)
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  • primary: CM 20, no. 176

    [Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Vol. 20. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen. Gronningen : Styx Publications.

  • history: Nisaba 28, no. 102

    [Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: BM Guide 1908, p. 215

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

  • history: Camb., 375

    [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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  • Museum No.: BM 041425
  • Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 0036

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Cambyses.07.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-22 at 14:39:46 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-04 at 11:23:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-18 at 17:13:27 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-16 at 16:29:20 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“CM 20, No. 176 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507687.
CM 20, no. 176 artifact entry (No. P507687). (2025, May 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507687 (Original work published 2017)
CM 20, no. 176 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507687 (Accessed: June 4, 2025).
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	month = {may 22},
	title = {CM 20, no. 176 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507687},
}


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