Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress no. 25 (P554806)

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 047340

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Artaxerxes2.03.10.07
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P554806
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P554806

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 047340
Accession Number	1881-10-08, 0002

References

primary: Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress, no. 25

[Strassmaier1893EighthCongress] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1893. “Einige Kleinere Babylonische Keilschrifttexte Aus Dem Britischen Museum.” Actes Du Huitième Congrès International Des Orientalistes Tenu En 1889 à Stockholm et à Christiania, 279–83.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 229

[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.
history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 481

[Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.
history: Fs Larsen (pp. 511 - 549), p. 522, 541

[Stolper2004FsLarsen] Stolper, Matthew W. 2004. “The Kasr Texts, the Rich Collection, the Bellino Copies, and the Grotefend Nachlass.” In Assyria and beyond. Studies Presented to Mogens Trolle Larsen, edited by Jan Gerrit Dercksen, 511–49. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden = PIHANS 100. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
citation: Fs Reiner, 395, 400

[Stolper1987FsReiner] Stolper, Matthew W. 1987. “Belšunu the Satrap.” In Language, Literature, and History : Philological and Historical Studies Presented to Erica Reiner, edited by Francesca Rochberg-Halton, 67:389–402. American Oriental Series. American Oriental Society.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-04-19 at 09:38:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-26 at 15:39:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-30 at 19:18:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-20 at 19:21:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-04 at 13:23:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-19 at 10:35:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-11 at 19:08:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress No. 25 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554806.

Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress no. 25 artifact entry (No. P554806). (2026, April 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554806 (Original work published 2024)

Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress no. 25 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554806 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress No. 25 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554806.

Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress no. 25 artifact entry (No. P554806). (2026, April 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554806 (Original work published 2024)

Strassmaier 8th Orientalist Congress no. 25 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554806 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P554806},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P554806},
}

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