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Abraham, BPPE 073 (P553499)

Legal tablet 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 033122

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Securities for debts)

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): Legal (Securities for debts)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Abraham, BPPE, no. 073

[Abraham2004BPPE] Abraham, Kathleen. 2004. Business and Politics under the Persian Empire : The Financial Dealings of Marduk-Nāṣir-Apli of the House of Egibi (521-487 B.C.E.). Bethesda, MD : CDL Press.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 163

[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 033122
Accession No.: 1879-07-30, 0023

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius.17.--.09
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-27 at 14:43:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-06-13 at 15:12:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-24 at 15:44:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-03 at 15:35:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-29 at 20:02:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Seals

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

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

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Cite this Artifact

“Abraham, BPPE 073 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P553499.

Abraham, BPPE 073 artifact entry (No. P553499). (2025, December 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P553499 (Original work published 2024)

Abraham, BPPE 073 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P553499 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Abraham, BPPE 073 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P553499.

Abraham, BPPE 073 artifact entry (No. P553499). (2025, December 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P553499 (Original work published 2024)

Abraham, BPPE 073 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P553499 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P553499},
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