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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

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Chemical Data

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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)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 043824 + BM 046897
Accession No.: 1881-07-01, 1585 + 1881-08-30, 0363

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius.27+.03.08
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-01 at 14:29:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-08-26 at 08:32:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-08-21 at 13:44:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-04 at 13:33:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact	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 Artifact

“BM 043824 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556670.

BM 043824 artifact entry (No. P556670). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Original work published 2025)

BM 043824 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Accessed: December 8, 2025).

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

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 043824 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556670.

BM 043824 artifact entry (No. P556670). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Original work published 2025)

BM 043824 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556670 (Accessed: December 8, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 1},
	title = {BM 043824 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556670},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556670},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/1/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P556670
LB  - CDLI:P556670
M1  - 2025/12/8/
TI  - BM 043824 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P556670
ER  -