Dar. 245 (P507704)
Purchase and sale contracts tablet 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 031298Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: Dar., 245
[Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
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history: BM Guide 1908, p. 216
[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 031298
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1025
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius.08.12b.10
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| 2025-12-27 at 12:27:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-11-28 at 17:03:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-06-01 at 09:56:08 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-26 at 19:03:17 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-02 at 11:41:31 | 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_1876-1117-1025) (W_1876-1117-1025)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025Dar,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
year = {2025},
month = {dec 27},
title = {Dar. 245 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P507704},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507704},
}
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