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Dar. 457 (P554084)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet 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 033058

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

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Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Dar., 457

[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: Dandamaev, Slavery, p. 286f.

[Dandamaev1984slavery] Dandamayev, Muhammad A. 1984. Slavery in Babylonia, from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.

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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.17.11.16
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-18 at 19:45:40	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
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-01 at 09:56:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-01-09 at 19:28:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 09:34:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-03 at 11:24:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 457 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554084.

Dar. 457 artifact entry (No. P554084). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554084 (Original work published 2024)

Dar. 457 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554084 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P554084},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 457 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554084.

Dar. 457 artifact entry (No. P554084). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554084 (Original work published 2024)

Dar. 457 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554084 (Accessed: February 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-22]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 18},
	title = {Dar. 457 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P554084},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P554084},
}

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