BM 035217 (P562708)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 035217

Period

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts
Language(s)

Chronology

Period
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P562708
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P562708

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 035217
Accession Number	Sp 2, 0775

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-11-28 at 19:40:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-13 at 19:00:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 035217 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P562708.

BM 035217 artifact entry (No. P562708). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P562708 (Original work published 2025)

BM 035217 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P562708 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {BM 035217 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P562708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P562708},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/28/
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TI  - BM 035217 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 035217 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P562708.

BM 035217 artifact entry (No. P562708). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P562708 (Original work published 2025)

BM 035217 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P562708 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {BM 035217 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P562708},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P562708},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P562708
LB  - CDLI:P562708
M1  - 2026/4/15/
TI  - BM 035217 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P562708
ER  -