BM 025633 (P558900)

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 025633

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	Darius1.33.12.12
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	P558900
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P558900

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 025633
Accession Number	1898-02-16, 0687

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 155

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 40

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-23 at 14:12:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-29 at 10:54:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-05 at 09:43:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-21 at 19:36:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025633 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558900.

BM 025633 artifact entry (No. P558900). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558900 (Original work published 2025)

BM 025633 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558900 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	month = {dec 23},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558900},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025633 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558900.

BM 025633 artifact entry (No. P558900). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558900 (Original work published 2025)

BM 025633 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558900 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 23},
	title = {BM 025633 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P558900},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558900},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/23/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P558900
LB  - CDLI:P558900
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 025633 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P558900
ER  -