BM 035441 (P556597)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 035441

Period

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale of slave girl)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale of slave girl)
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	P556597
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P556597

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 035441
Accession Number	Sp 2, 1030

References

history: Nisaba 28, no. 543a

[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
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-22 at 16:36:48	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 035441 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556597.

BM 035441 artifact entry (No. P556597). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556597 (Original work published 2025)

BM 035441 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556597 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 035441 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556597.

BM 035441 artifact entry (No. P556597). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556597 (Original work published 2025)

BM 035441 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556597 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {BM 035441 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556597},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556597},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P556597
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - BM 035441 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556597
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