CT 49, 112 (P480026)

Legal 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 032283

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
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/P480026

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 032283
Accession Number 1876-11-17, 2011

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.32283
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1876-1117-2011

References

  • primary: CT 49, 112

    [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. 561

    [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, 183-4

    [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: AION Suppl. 77, no. 16

    [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
2025-06-24 at 10:46:57 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-27 at 13:29:00 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
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 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
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 Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 112 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480026.
CT 49, 112 artifact entry (No. P480026). (2025, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480026 (Original work published 2015)
CT 49, 112 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480026 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 24},
	title = {CT 49, 112 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480026},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/24/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P480026
LB  - CDLI:P480026
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - CT 49, 112 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480026
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 112 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480026.
CT 49, 112 artifact entry (No. P480026). (2025, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480026 (Original work published 2015)
CT 49, 112 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480026 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 24},
	title = {CT 49, 112 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480026},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480026},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/6/24/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P480026
LB  - CDLI:P480026
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - CT 49, 112 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P480026
ER  -
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