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dubsar 11, pl. 46 (P556172)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), 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 043881

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts

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 > Business / Contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: dubsar 11, pl. 46

[Sandowicz2019dubsar11] Sandowicz, Malgorzata. 2019. Neo-Babylonian Dispute Documents in the British Museum. Dubsar 11. Münster : Zaphon.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 46

[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.
history: Nisaba 21, 1090

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 043881
Accession No.: 1881-07-01, 1642

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius.36.--.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-27 at 20:06:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-12-01 at 14:42:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-09-26 at 13:50:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-24 at 13:50:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-07 at 19:33:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-04 at 11:23:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-16 at 14:34:19	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

“Dubsar 11, Pl. 46 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556172.

dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry (No. P556172). (2025, December 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556172 (Original work published 2025)

dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556172 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 27},
	title = {dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556172},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Dubsar 11, Pl. 46 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556172.

dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry (No. P556172). (2025, December 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556172 (Original work published 2025)

dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556172 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2025dubsar,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 27},
	title = {dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556172},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/27/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P556172
LB  - CDLI:P556172
M1  - 2026/1/2/
TI  - dubsar 11, pl. 46 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556172
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