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CM 20, no. 136 (P551754)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 032159

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (sale of a field)

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 (sale of a field)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: CM 20, no. 136

[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 104

[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 032159
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1886

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.--.--.23
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-04 at 09:07:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-27 at 13:29:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-22 at 13:04:22	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
2024-11-13 at 10:22:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 026940 (composite) (P573508)	Babylon (mod. Bābil)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“CM 20, No. 136 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551754.

CM 20, no. 136 artifact entry (No. P551754). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551754 (Original work published 2024)

CM 20, no. 136 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551754 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551754},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CM 20, No. 136 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551754.

CM 20, no. 136 artifact entry (No. P551754). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551754 (Original work published 2024)

CM 20, no. 136 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551754 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2025CM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {CM 20, no. 136 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P551754},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551754},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - CM 20, no. 136 artifact entry
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