Camb. 81 (P507675)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031179

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal
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  • primary: Camb., 81

    [Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

  • history: BM Guide 1908, p. 213

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: CM 3, no. 269

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 031179
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  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Cambyses.01.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-19 at 19:01:30 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-18 at 15:42:30 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-16 at 16:33:26 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Camb. 81 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507675.
Camb. 81 artifact entry (No. P507675). (2024, November 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507675 (Original work published 2017)
Camb. 81 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507675 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
@misc{2024Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 19},
	title = {Camb. 81 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507675},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P507675},
}


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