Cyr. 217 (P552460)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030697

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.05.11.26
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P552460
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P552460

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 030697
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0424

References

primary: Cyr., 217

[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: CM 03, no. 298

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-15 at 16:51:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-25 at 19:18:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-22 at 08:59:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-20 at 08:44:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 14:13:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Cyr. 217 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552460.

Cyr. 217 artifact entry (No. P552460). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552460 (Original work published 2024)

Cyr. 217 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552460 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Cyr. 217 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552460.

Cyr. 217 artifact entry (No. P552460). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552460 (Original work published 2024)

Cyr. 217 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552460 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-16]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {Cyr. 217 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552460},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552460},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/16/
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