Dar. 265 (P507706)
Business / Contracts 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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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 031521 + BM 042210Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (Contract, exchange of fields)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: Dar., 265
[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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history: CM 20, no. 013
[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.
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- Museum No.: BM 031521 + BM 042210
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1248 + 1881-06-25, 0833
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius.10.01.02
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| 2025-11-28 at 19:29:15 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-07-27 at 15:55:19 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-06-13 at 14:57:40 | 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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| 2025-05-09 at 14:58:21 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-09 at 14:48:12 | 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_1876-1117-1248) (W_1876-1117-1248)
Dar 265 is the copy of BM 031521 only, join added by Wunsch and re-published in CM20 13 with new copy of both fragments
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025Dar,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
year = {2025},
month = {nov 28},
title = {Dar. 265 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P507706},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507706},
}
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