BM 030131 (P556549)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030131

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P556549
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P556549

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 030131
Accession Number

References

history: Nisaba 28, no. 221

[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: Fs Larsen (pp. 511 - 549), p. 524, 542

[Stolper2004FsLarsen] Stolper, Matthew W. 2004. “The Kasr Texts, the Rich Collection, the Bellino Copies, and the Grotefend Nachlass.” In Assyria and beyond. Studies Presented to Mogens Trolle Larsen, edited by Jan Gerrit Dercksen, 511–49. Uitgaven van Het Nederlands Instituut Voor Het Nabije Oosten Te Leiden = PIHANS 100. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
citation: Iraq 36 (pp. 5-28), p. 28, no. 20

[Barnett1974Iraq36] Barnett, Richard David, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1974. “Charles Bellino and the Beginnings of Assyriology.” Iraq 36 (1): 5–28.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-30 at 19:12:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-30 at 14:34:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-03 at 18:54:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 030131 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556549.

BM 030131 artifact entry (No. P556549). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556549 (Original work published 2025)

BM 030131 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556549 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 030131 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556549.

BM 030131 artifact entry (No. P556549). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556549 (Original work published 2025)

BM 030131 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556549 (Accessed: October 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {BM 030131 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556549},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556549},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P556549
LB  - CDLI:P556549
M1  - 2026/10/13/
TI  - BM 030131 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556549
ER  -