Camb. 045 (P512068)
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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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 077354Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (promissory note promissory note for silver)Language(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
44.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 19.0 mm
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Artifact type:
Tablet Artifact type comments:
drawing of scorpion on left edge
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 44.0 high × 55.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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Artifact comments:
drawing of scorpion on left edge
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primary: Camb., 045
[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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history: Nappahu, 210
[Baker2004Nappahu] Baker, Heather D. 2004. The Archive of the Nappahu Family. Vol. 30. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Wien: Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.
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- Museum No.: BM 077354
- Accession No.: 1884-02-11, 0088
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.01.04.23
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-12-05 at 17:41:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-10-20 at 16:00:49 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-19 at 09:32:29 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | 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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| 2018-08-09 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Baker, Heather D. | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1884-0211-88) (W_1884-0211-88)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024Camb,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-09]},
year = {2024},
month = {dec 5},
title = {Camb. 045 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P512068},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512068},
}
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