CT 49, 111 (P480031)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 041159

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 49, 111

    [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. 563

    [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

    [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, 665

    [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. 13

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: BM 041159
  • Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0706

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.042.09.13
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-06-24 at 10:46:57 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-21 at 09:15:13 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-21 at 09:00:51 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-19 at 18:43:18 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-04 at 11:23:22 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-11 at 10:47:18 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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 Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 49, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P480031.
CT 49, 111 artifact entry (No. P480031). (2025, June 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P480031 (Original work published 2015)
CT 49, 111 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P480031 (Accessed: July 1, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 24},
	title = {CT 49, 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P480031},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P480031},
}


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