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Camb. 226 (P404997)

Purchase and sale contracts 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 031183

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Camb., 226

[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: CM 20, no. 169

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 031183
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0910

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.06b.22
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-26 at 15:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-18 at 17:13:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-16 at 14:35:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-10-20 at 16:00:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-19 at 09:32:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.31183) (BM.31183)
The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-910) (W_1876-1117-910)

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Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 226 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404997.

Camb. 226 artifact entry (No. P404997). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404997 (Original work published 2010)

Camb. 226 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404997 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 226 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404997},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404997},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 226 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404997.

Camb. 226 artifact entry (No. P404997). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404997 (Original work published 2010)

Camb. 226 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404997 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 226 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404997},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404997},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P404997
LB  - CDLI:P404997
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - Camb. 226 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P404997
ER  -