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Graziani Serse no. 39 (P507720)

Business / Contracts 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 092748

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Graziani Serse, no. 39

[Graziani1986Serse] Graziani, Simonetta. 1986. I Testi Mesopotamici Datati al Regno Di Serse (485-465 a.C.). Supplement 47 to AION 46/2. Rome.
history: BM Guide 1908, p. 217

[BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: Evetts, EvM, App. no. 5

[Evetts1892EvM] Evetts, Basel Thomas Alfred. 1892. Inscriptions of the Reigns of Evil-Merodach (B.C. 562-559), Neriglissar (B.C. 559-555) and Laborosoarchod (B.C. 555). Vol. 6. Babylonische Texte. Leipzig : Eduard Pfeiffer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 092748
Accession No.: 1882-09-18, 12746

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Xerxes.05.04.02
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-22 at 19:14:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-14 at 20:01:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-04 at 17:19:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

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British Museum Collection (W_1882-0918-12746) (W_1882-0918-12746)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Graziani Serse No. 39 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P507720.

Graziani Serse no. 39 artifact entry (No. P507720). (2026, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507720 (Original work published 2017)

Graziani Serse no. 39 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507720 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
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	title = {Graziani {Serse} no. 39 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507720},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Graziani Serse No. 39 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 22, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P507720.

Graziani Serse no. 39 artifact entry (No. P507720). (2026, January 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507720 (Original work published 2017)

Graziani Serse no. 39 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507720 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
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	title = {Graziani {Serse} no. 39 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507720},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507720},
}

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