BM 055453 (P579477)

Legal tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 055453

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Esarhaddon.--.12.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P579477
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P579477

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 055453
Accession Number	1882-07-04, 0024

References

citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), I.27

[Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-26 at 15:25:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-15 at 10:05:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-12 at 08:52:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-19 at 09:47:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 055453 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P579477.

BM 055453 artifact entry (No. P579477). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P579477 (Original work published 2025)

BM 055453 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P579477 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 055453 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P579477.

BM 055453 artifact entry (No. P579477). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P579477 (Original work published 2025)

BM 055453 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P579477 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {BM 055453 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P579477},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P579477},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P579477
LB  - CDLI:P579477
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 055453 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P579477
ER  -