BM 036596 (P556604)

Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 036596 + BM 037091

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Contract, sale of land)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Contract, sale of land)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius2/3.--.--.--
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	P556604
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P556604

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 036596 + BM 037091
Accession Number	1880-06-17, 0325 + 1880-06-17, 0840

References

history: Nisaba 28, no. 256

[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
2025-12-26 at 11:59:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-12 at 18:36:01	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 036596 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556604.

BM 036596 artifact entry (No. P556604). (2025, December 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556604 (Original work published 2025)

BM 036596 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556604 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 036596 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556604.

BM 036596 artifact entry (No. P556604). (2025, December 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556604 (Original work published 2025)

BM 036596 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556604 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 26},
	title = {BM 036596 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556604},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556604},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P556604
LB  - CDLI:P556604
M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - BM 036596 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556604
ER  -