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BM 023254 (P512993)

Business / Contracts tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 023254

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

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): Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
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Related publications

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 023254
Accession No.: 1897-05-13, 0152

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.11.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-03-02 at 16:39:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-11-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The British Museum Collection (W_1897-0513-152) (W_1897-0513-152)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 023254 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512993.

BM 023254 artifact entry (No. P512993). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512993 (Original work published 2018)

BM 023254 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512993 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {BM 023254 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512993},
}

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TI  - BM 023254 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 023254 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P512993.

BM 023254 artifact entry (No. P512993). (2025, March 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P512993 (Original work published 2018)

BM 023254 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P512993 (Accessed: January 15, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {mar 2},
	title = {BM 023254 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P512993},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P512993},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/3/2/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P512993
LB  - CDLI:P512993
M1  - 2026/1/15/
TI  - BM 023254 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P512993
ER  -