CM 03, no. 307 (P552680)

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 031265

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	Cyrus2.07.12.23
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P552680
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P552680

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 031265
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0992

References

primary: CM 03, no. 307

[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
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17	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
2024-11-19 at 17:05:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CM 03, No. 307 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552680.

CM 03, no. 307 artifact entry (No. P552680). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552680 (Original work published 2024)

CM 03, no. 307 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552680 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 03, No. 307 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552680.

CM 03, no. 307 artifact entry (No. P552680). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552680 (Original work published 2024)

CM 03, no. 307 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552680 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 15},
	title = {CM 03, no. 307 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552680},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552680},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/15/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P552680
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - CM 03, no. 307 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P552680
ER  -