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Cyr. 119 (P550569)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 074962

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Cyr., 119

[Strassmaier1890Cyrus] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cyrus, König von Babylon (538-529 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: OLA 233, 007

[Waerzeggers2014OLA233] Waerzeggers, Caroline. 2014. Marduk-Rēmanni: Local Networks and Imperial Politics in Achaemenid Babylonia. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 233. Leuven: Peeters.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 074962
Accession No.: 1883-01-18 AH, 0285

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cyrus2.03.05.04
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-17 at 12:13:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-08 at 12:53:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-04 at 10:05:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-10-28 at 12:28:21	Alstola, Tero	Artifact	Alstola, Tero	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2024-10-23 at 08:36:26	Alstola, Tero	Artifact	Alstola, Tero; Ong, Matthew	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“Cyr. 119 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550569.

Cyr. 119 artifact entry (No. P550569). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550569 (Original work published 2024)

Cyr. 119 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550569 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).

@misc{2025Cyr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {Cyr. 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550569},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550569},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/17/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550569
LB  - CDLI:P550569
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - Cyr. 119 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550569
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Cyr. 119 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P550569.

Cyr. 119 artifact entry (No. P550569). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P550569 (Original work published 2024)

Cyr. 119 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P550569 (Accessed: January 20, 2026).

@misc{2025Cyr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {Cyr. 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P550569},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P550569},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/17/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P550569
LB  - CDLI:P550569
M1  - 2026/1/20/
TI  - Cyr. 119 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P550569
ER  -