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CM 20, no. 203 (P551799)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 041743

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
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Related publications

primary: CM 20, no. 203

[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.

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Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-01 at 14:29:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-13 at 10:22:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 203 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551799.

CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry (No. P551799). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551799 (Original work published 2024)

CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551799 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 1},
	title = {CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P551799},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551799},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 203 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551799.

CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry (No. P551799). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551799 (Original work published 2024)

CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551799 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

@misc{2025CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 1},
	title = {CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P551799},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551799},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P551799
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - CM 20, no. 203 artifact entry
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