BM 040471 (P507715)
Purchase and sale contracts tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 040471Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
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TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
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-Has seal impression(s)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
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history: Nisaba 28, no. 134
[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.
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history: BM Guide 1908, p. 217
[BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius1.25.--.--
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| 2026-01-19 at 14:41:06 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-12-27 at 20:06:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-12-01 at 14:29:37 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-02-07 at 19:33:29 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-02-04 at 11:23:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2017-12-24 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- British Museum Collection (W_1881-0428-10) (W_1881-0428-10)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifacts
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-28]},
year = {2026},
month = {jan 19},
title = {BM 040471 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P507715},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507715},
}
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