BM 108528 (P601895)

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 108528

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of a girl)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of a girl)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cambyses2.04.01.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P601895
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P601895

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 108528
Accession Number	1913-07-12, 0044

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-20 at 20:09:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-14 at 14:25:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 108528 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P601895.

BM 108528 artifact entry (No. P601895). (2025, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P601895 (Original work published 2025)

BM 108528 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P601895 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P601895},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 108528 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P601895.

BM 108528 artifact entry (No. P601895). (2025, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P601895 (Original work published 2025)

BM 108528 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P601895 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {BM 108528 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P601895},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P601895},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/20/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P601895
LB  - CDLI:P601895
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BM 108528 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P601895
ER  -