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Dar. 464 (P553647)

Legal 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 033153

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory notes)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Dar., 464

[Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 165

[Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 033153
Accession No.: 1879-07-30, 0054

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.18.01.21
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-19 at 14:41:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-27 at 14:43:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-04 at 09:35:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-30 at 10:51:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 026943 (composite) (P573511)	Babylon (mod. Bābil)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 464 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P553647.

Dar. 464 artifact entry (No. P553647). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P553647 (Original work published 2024)

Dar. 464 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P553647 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 19},
	title = {Dar. 464 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P553647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P553647},
}

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TI  - Dar. 464 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 464 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P553647.

Dar. 464 artifact entry (No. P553647). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P553647 (Original work published 2024)

Dar. 464 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P553647 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2026Dar,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 19},
	title = {Dar. 464 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P553647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P553647},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/19/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P553647
LB  - CDLI:P553647
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - Dar. 464 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P553647
ER  -