BPPE 075bis (P566513)

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 033957

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.35.02.28 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P566513
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P566513

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 033957
Accession Number	Sp 0053

References

primary: Abraham, BPPE, no. 075bis

[Abraham2004BPPE] Abraham, Kathleen. 2004. Business and Politics under the Persian Empire : The Financial Dealings of Marduk-Nāṣir-Apli of the House of Egibi (521-487 B.C.E.). Bethesda, MD : CDL Press.
history: CM 03, A, p. 8 n. 33

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

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
2025-06-13 at 15:21:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-13 at 15:12:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-04 at 09:22:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-04 at 09:19:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-30 at 16:45:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BPPE 075bis Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P566513.

BPPE 075bis artifact entry (No. P566513). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P566513 (Original work published 2025)

BPPE 075bis artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P566513 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P566513},
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Cite this Artifact

“BPPE 075bis Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P566513.

BPPE 075bis artifact entry (No. P566513). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P566513 (Original work published 2025)

BPPE 075bis artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P566513 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 18},
	title = {BPPE 075bis artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P566513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P566513},
}

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DA  - 2026/1/18/
PY  - 2026
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M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BPPE 075bis artifact entry
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