BM 017605 (P469213)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe), dated to the Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 017605

Period

Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)

Provenience

Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (Adoption)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P469213
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P469213

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Gasur/Nuzi (mod. Yorgan Tepe)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 017605
Accession Number	1894-10-13, 0009

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.17605
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1894-1013-9

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-02 at 16:34:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2014-08-31 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Walker, Christopher B. F.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 017605 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P469213.

BM 017605 artifact entry (No. P469213). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469213 (Original work published 2014)

BM 017605 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469213 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	month = {mar 2},
	title = {BM 017605 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469213},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 017605 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P469213.

BM 017605 artifact entry (No. P469213). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469213 (Original work published 2014)

BM 017605 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469213 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {BM 017605 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469213},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469213},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P469213
LB  - CDLI:P469213
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 017605 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P469213
ER  -