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Bab Arch 2, no. 41 (P556628)

Business / Contracts tablet and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 040030

Period

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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: Bab Arch 2, no. 41

[Wunsch2003BabArch2] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2003. Urkunden Zum Ehe-, Vermögens- Und Erbrecht Aus Verschiedenen Neubabylonischen Archiven. Babylonische Archive 2. Dresden : Islet.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 63

[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.

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Museum No.: BM 040030
Accession No.: 1880-11-12, 2159

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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-28 at 19:43:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-18 at 07:40:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-18 at 07:40:11	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

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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 Artifacts

“Bab Arch 2, No. 41 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556628.

Bab Arch 2, no. 41 artifact entry (No. P556628). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556628 (Original work published 2025)

Bab Arch 2, no. 41 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556628 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556628},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Bab Arch 2, No. 41 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556628.

Bab Arch 2, no. 41 artifact entry (No. P556628). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556628 (Original work published 2025)

Bab Arch 2, no. 41 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556628 (Accessed: February 10, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556628},
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