BM 043824 (P556670)

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 043824 + BM 046897

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

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	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.27+.03.08
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	P556670
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P556670

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 043824 + BM 046897
Accession Number	1881-07-01, 1585 + 1881-08-30, 0363

References

primary: Nisaba 28, no. 133

[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
2026-01-19 at 14:41:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-01 at 14:29:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-26 at 08:32:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-21 at 13:44:40	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

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 043824 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P556670.

BM 043824 artifact entry (No. P556670). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Original work published 2025)

BM 043824 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556670},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 043824 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P556670.

BM 043824 artifact entry (No. P556670). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Original work published 2025)

BM 043824 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 19},
	title = {BM 043824 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556670},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556670},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/19/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P556670
LB  - CDLI:P556670
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BM 043824 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556670
ER  -