BM 030172 (P572537)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030172

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.05.04.22
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P572537
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P572537

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 030172
Accession Number	1851-01-01, 0368

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-04 at 18:00:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-30 at 16:58:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-30 at 16:40:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 030172 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P572537.

BM 030172 artifact entry (No. P572537). (2025, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P572537 (Original work published 2025)

BM 030172 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P572537 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P572537},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 030172 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P572537.

BM 030172 artifact entry (No. P572537). (2025, November 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P572537 (Original work published 2025)

BM 030172 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P572537 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 4},
	title = {BM 030172 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P572537},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P572537},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/4/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P572537
LB  - CDLI:P572537
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 030172 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P572537
ER  -