Dar. 409 (P553652)

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 041432

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Leases)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Dar., 409

    [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.

  • citation: OLP 28 (pp. 55-85), 61, 67

    [Abraham1997OLP28] Abraham, Kathleen. 1997. “Šušan in the Egibi Texts from the Time of Marduknāṣir-Apli.” Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica 28: 55–85.

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  • Museum No.: BM 041432
  • Accession No.: 1881-06-25, 0043

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius.15.08.05
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-03 at 18:25:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-30 at 10:51:56 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Dar. 409 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P553652.
Dar. 409 artifact entry (No. P553652). (2025, June 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P553652 (Original work published 2024)
Dar. 409 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P553652 (Accessed: July 10, 2025).
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	title = {Dar. 409 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P553652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P553652},
}


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