CM 03, no. 3bis (P552686)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031375

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.29.05.16
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P552686
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P552686

Physical information

duplicate of BM 031004 (Nbk. 201)

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 031375
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 1102

References

primary: CM 03, no. 003bis

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	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
2025-06-13 at 14:34:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-01 at 19:00:52	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
2025-05-23 at 10:26:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-19 at 17:05:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CM 03, No. 3bis Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552686.

CM 03, no. 3bis artifact entry (No. P552686). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552686 (Original work published 2024)

CM 03, no. 3bis artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552686 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CM 03, No. 3bis Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552686.

CM 03, no. 3bis artifact entry (No. P552686). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552686 (Original work published 2024)

CM 03, no. 3bis artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552686 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552686},
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