CT 49, 105 (P480023)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Metadata history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030731

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P480023

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive Mūrānu
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 030731
Accession Number 1876-11-17, 0458

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.30731
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1876-1117-458

References

  • primary: CT 49, 105

    [Kennedy1968CT49] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1968. Late-Babylonian Economic Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, Part 49. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: Nisaba 28, no. 556

    [Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

  • history: Persika 9, p. 137-222, 175, 178-179

    [Jursa2006-WHGR2H5M] Jursa, Michael. 2006. “Agricultural Management, Tax Farming and Banking: Aspects of Entrepreneurial Activity in Babylonia in the Late Achaemenid and Hellenistic Periods.” In La Transition Entre l’empire Achéménide et Les Royaumes Hellénistiques (Vers 350-300 Av. J.-C.), 9:137–222. Persika. Paris: De Boccard.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 658

    [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.

  • history: AION Suppl. 77, no. 6

    [Stolper1993AIONSupp77] Stolper, Matthew W. 1993. Late Achaemenid, Early Macedonian, and Early Seleucid Records of Deposit and Related Texts. Annali Dell’Istituto Universitario Orientale Di Napoli, Supplemento 77.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-11-28 at 19:29:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-06-24 at 10:46:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-25 at 19:18:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-21 at 07:48:50 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-21 at 07:17:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-11 at 10:09:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2015-03-13 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 105 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480023.
CT 49, 105 artifact entry (No. P480023). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480023 (Original work published 2015)
CT 49, 105 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480023 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {CT 49, 105 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480023},
}


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M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - CT 49, 105 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480023
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Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 105 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480023.
CT 49, 105 artifact entry (No. P480023). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480023 (Original work published 2015)
CT 49, 105 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480023 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {CT 49, 105 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480023},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P480023
LB  - CDLI:P480023
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - CT 49, 105 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480023
ER  -
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