CT 49, 173 (P482004)

Business / Contracts 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 031538

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)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.---.--.--
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	P482004
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P482004

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 031538
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 1265

References

primary: CT 49, 173

[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. 607

[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, 200

[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. 8

[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	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-28 at 19:29:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-24 at 10:46:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-26 at 19:03:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-21 at 07:48:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-21 at 07:17:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51	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
2024-12-09 at 17:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2015-10-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P482004.

CT 49, 173 artifact entry (No. P482004). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P482004 (Original work published 2015)

CT 49, 173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P482004 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {CT 49, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P482004},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P482004},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/28/
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LB  - CDLI:P482004
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - CT 49, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P482004
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CT 49, 173 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P482004.

CT 49, 173 artifact entry (No. P482004). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P482004 (Original work published 2015)

CT 49, 173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P482004 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

@misc{2025CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {CT 49, 173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P482004},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P482004},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P482004
LB  - CDLI:P482004
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - CT 49, 173 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P482004
ER  -