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BM 050132 (P556690)

Legal tablet excavated in Dilbat (mod. Deilam), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 050132

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Dilbat (mod. Deilam)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 28, no. 269

[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.
citation: Iraq 54 (pp. 119-139), 139

[Stolper1992Iraq54] Stolper, Matthew W. 1992. “Late Achaemenid Texts from Dilbat.” Iraq 54: 119–39.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 050132
Accession No.: 1882-03-23, 1123

Provenience

Provenience: Dilbat (mod. Deilam)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes2/3.08.04.22
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-26 at 11:44:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-21 at 09:37:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-04 at 15:30:01	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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 050132 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556690.

BM 050132 artifact entry (No. P556690). (2025, December 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556690 (Original work published 2025)

BM 050132 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556690 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556690},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 050132 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556690.

BM 050132 artifact entry (No. P556690). (2025, December 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556690 (Original work published 2025)

BM 050132 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556690 (Accessed: March 31, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 26},
	title = {BM 050132 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556690},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556690},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P556690
LB  - CDLI:P556690
M1  - 2026/3/31/
TI  - BM 050132 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556690
ER  -