BM 083144 (P596744)

Legal tablet 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 083144

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 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	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.04.12.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P596744
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P596744

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 083144
Accession Number	1883-01-21, 0307

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-17 at 12:13:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-05 at 10:17:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 083144 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P596744.

BM 083144 artifact entry (No. P596744). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P596744 (Original work published 2025)

BM 083144 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P596744 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 083144 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P596744.

BM 083144 artifact entry (No. P596744). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P596744 (Original work published 2025)

BM 083144 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P596744 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {BM 083144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P596744},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P596744},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/17/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P596744
LB  - CDLI:P596744
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - BM 083144 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P596744
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