CT 55, 589 (P314982)

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

Metadata / catalogue

Flat catalogue

As CSV As TSV

Expanded catalogue

As JSON

Linked catalogue

As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML

Text / annotations

Text data

Related publications

As CSV As BibTeX

Chemical Data

Seal Chemistry

As CSV
Metadata history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 055935

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

31.0 mm × 43.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 31.0 high × 43.0 wide
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: CT 55, 589

    [Pinches1982CT55] Pinches, Theophilus G. 1982. Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 55. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Nisaba 20, 402

    [Altavilla2009Nisaba20] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2009. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 1: Sippar. Nisaba 20. Messina.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 290

    [Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

  • citation: PIHANS 80, 417-422

    [Bongenaar1997PIHANS80] Bongenaar, A.C.V.M. 1997. The Neo-Babylonian Ebabbar Temple at Sippar : Its Administration and Its Prosopography. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut Te İstanbul 80. İstanbul : Nederlands Historisch-Archeologisch Instituut te İstanbul.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: BM 055935
  • Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 0294

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-01-31 at 15:32:19 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2026-01-31 at 15:27:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-12-03 at 17:59:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-11-30 at 17:23:31 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-06 at 10:15:48 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-27 at 14:57:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-25 at 17:57:49 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-23 at 17:35:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-21 at 11:37:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-21 at 11:32:00 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-11 at 19:28:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-06 at 16:54:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-11-09 at 23:28:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Lafont, Bertrand; Rattenborg, Rune Achemenet Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 026908 (composite) (P556726) Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 589 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 31, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314982.
CT 55, 589 artifact entry (No. P314982). (2026, January 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314982 (Original work published 2006)
CT 55, 589 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314982 (Accessed: March 22, 2026).
@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-22]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 31},
	title = {CT 55, 589 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314982},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/31/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P314982
LB  - CDLI:P314982
M1  - 2026/3/22/
TI  - CT 55, 589 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314982
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 55, 589 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 31, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314982.
CT 55, 589 artifact entry (No. P314982). (2026, January 31). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314982 (Original work published 2006)
CT 55, 589 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314982 (Accessed: March 22, 2026).
@misc{2026CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-22]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 31},
	title = {CT 55, 589 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314982},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/31/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P314982
LB  - CDLI:P314982
M1  - 2026/3/22/
TI  - CT 55, 589 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314982
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.