CM 20, no. 125 E (P551791)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 035579

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 fields, houses and slaves)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (sale of fields, houses and slaves)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.04.03.06 ?
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 026941 (composite) (P573509)	S026941	Babylon (mod. Bābil)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P551791
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P551791

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 035579
Accession Number	Sp 3, 0087

References

primary: CM 20, no. 125 E

[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 89

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-15 at 16:51:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-04 at 09:13:14	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
2025-04-25 at 16:08:01	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
2024-11-18 at 11:12:57	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

Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 125 E Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551791.

CM 20, no. 125 E artifact entry (No. P551791). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551791 (Original work published 2024)

CM 20, no. 125 E artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551791 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CM 20, No. 125 E Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P551791.

CM 20, no. 125 E artifact entry (No. P551791). (2025, December 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P551791 (Original work published 2024)

CM 20, no. 125 E artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P551791 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P551791},
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