CM 20, no. 171 (P507695)
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 030534Period
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: CM 20, no. 171
[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.Note here Sm 9 is an abbreviation for Smerdis 9
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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.
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history: Dandamaev, Slavery, p. 254
[Dandamaev1984slavery] Dandamayev, Muhammad A. 1984. Slavery in Babylonia, from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
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history: Graziani Bardiya, no. 32
[Graziani1991Bardiya] Graziani, Simonetta. 1991. Testi Editi Ed Inediti Datati al Regno Di Bardiya (522 a.C.). Supplement 67 to AION 51/2. Napoli : Istituto Universitario Orientale.
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history: ZA 004 (pp. 106-152), 152, Smerdis 9
[Strassmaier1889Smerdis] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. “Inschriften von Nabopalassar Und Smerdis.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 4: 106–52.
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- Museum No.: BM 030534
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0261
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Bardiya.01.07.01
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| 2025-08-30 at 15:59:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-08-30 at 15:45:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-25 at 19:18:18 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-01-11 at 09:20:08 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-01-10 at 19:35:27 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-10 at 19:44:55 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-19 at 15:33:57 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-16 at 10:04:33 | 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_1876-1117-261) (W_1876-1117-261)
Cite this Artifact
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note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-06]},
year = {2025},
month = {aug 30},
title = {CM 20, no. 171 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P507695},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507695},
}
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