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BM 040957 (P556649)

Business / Contracts tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 040957

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (Contract)

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 (Contract)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 28, no. 270

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 040957
Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0504

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes2/3.09+.--.--
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-02 at 16:23:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-01 at 14:42:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-20 at 15:07:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-04 at 13:33:30	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)	-	-

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 040957 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P556649.

BM 040957 artifact entry (No. P556649). (2026, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556649 (Original work published 2025)

BM 040957 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556649 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556649},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 040957 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P556649.

BM 040957 artifact entry (No. P556649). (2026, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556649 (Original work published 2025)

BM 040957 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556649 (Accessed: March 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-16]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 2},
	title = {BM 040957 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556649},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556649},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/2/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P556649
LB  - CDLI:P556649
M1  - 2026/3/16/
TI  - BM 040957 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556649
ER  -