BM 038961 (P564125)

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 038961

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)

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.--.11.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P564125
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P564125

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 038961
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 0847

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
2025-12-27 at 14:43:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-28 at 17:07:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-16 at 08:58:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 038961 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P564125.

BM 038961 artifact entry (No. P564125). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P564125 (Original work published 2025)

BM 038961 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P564125 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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	month = {jan 19},
	title = {BM 038961 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P564125},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/19/
PY  - 2026
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M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - BM 038961 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P564125
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BM 038961 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 19, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P564125.

BM 038961 artifact entry (No. P564125). (2026, January 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P564125 (Original work published 2025)

BM 038961 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P564125 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

@misc{2026BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-04]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 19},
	title = {BM 038961 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P564125},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P564125},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/19/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P564125
LB  - CDLI:P564125
M1  - 2026/11/4/
TI  - BM 038961 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P564125
ER  -