Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 5 (P237524)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 092712

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (sale contract dated)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • history: BR 8/7, no. 4

    [SanNicolo1951BR 8/7] San Nicolò, Mariano. 1951. Babylonische Rechtsurkunden Des Ausgehenden 8. Und Des 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Vol. 34. Abhandlungen (Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse). München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; in Kommission bei Beck.

  • history: Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress, no. 5

    [Strassmaier1893EighthCongress] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1893. “Einige Kleinere Babylonische Keilschrifttexte Aus Dem Britischen Museum.” Actes Du Huitième Congrès International Des Orientalistes Tenu En 1889 à Stockholm et à Christiania, 279–83.

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), I.8

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 092712
  • Accession No.: DT 034

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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2025-12-13 at 15:07:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-10-26 at 15:25:55 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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2025-10-13 at 18:38:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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2025-08-19 at 07:22:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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2025-05-18 at 11:50:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-03-20 at 16:50:11 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-11-19 at 15:19:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress No. 5 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P237524.
Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 5 artifact entry (No. P237524). (2025, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237524 (Original work published 2003)
Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 5 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237524 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237524},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237524},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress No. 5 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P237524.
Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 5 artifact entry (No. P237524). (2025, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237524 (Original work published 2003)
Strassmaier, 8th Orientalist Congress no. 5 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237524 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237524},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237524},
}


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