CT 49, 165 (P481996)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 078930

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (marriage agreement)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (marriage agreement)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	Antiochus
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	P481996 P453512 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P481996

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 078930
Accession Number	1888-05-12, 0116

References

primary: CT 49, 165

[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. 629

[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: BM Stamp Seals 3, 652

[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: AOAT 222, 38

[Roth1989AOAT222] Roth, Martha T. 1989. Babylonian Marriage Agreements : 7th-3rd Centuries B.C. Vol. 222. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
citation: OBO 218, n. 48

[Zawadzki2006OBO218] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2006. Garments of the Gods: Vol. 1 Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 218. Academic Press Fribourg Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-13 at 14:04:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-29 at 14:48:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-11 at 19:42:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-10 at 16:19:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 19:23:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-10-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P481996.

CT 49, 165 artifact entry (No. P481996). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481996 (Original work published 2015)

CT 49, 165 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481996 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	title = {CT 49, 165 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481996},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 165 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P481996.

CT 49, 165 artifact entry (No. P481996). (2026, March 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481996 (Original work published 2015)

CT 49, 165 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481996 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 13},
	title = {CT 49, 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481996},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481996},
}

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DA  - 2026/3/13/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P481996
LB  - CDLI:P481996
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - CT 49, 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481996
ER  -