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CT 49, 130 (P481961)

Purchase and sale 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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 032403

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

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: CT 49, 130

[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. 583

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 032403
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 2136

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced: HE.SE.073.07.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-06-25 at 07:55:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-27 at 15:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-09 at 19:23:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-12-09 at 17:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2015-10-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

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Seals

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

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

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 130 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481961.

CT 49, 130 artifact entry (No. P481961). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481961 (Original work published 2015)

CT 49, 130 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481961 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {CT 49, 130 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481961},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481961},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 130 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P481961.

CT 49, 130 artifact entry (No. P481961). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481961 (Original work published 2015)

CT 49, 130 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481961 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {CT 49, 130 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481961},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481961},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P481961
LB  - CDLI:P481961
M1  - 2026/1/2/
TI  - CT 49, 130 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481961
ER  -