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Bab Arch 2, no. 29 (P566882)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 047795 (+) BM 048712

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: Bab Arch 2, no. 29

[Wunsch2003BabArch2] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2003. Urkunden Zum Ehe-, Vermögens- Und Erbrecht Aus Verschiedenen Neubabylonischen Archiven. Babylonische Archive 2. Dresden : Islet.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 114a

[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 047795 (+) BM 048712
Accession No.: 1881-11-03, 0501 (+) 1881-11-03, 1423

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-01 at 14:29:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-29 at 12:56:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-26 at 09:31:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-29 at 18:05:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-18 at 08:57:10	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
CDLI Seals 026916 (composite) (P573167)	Babylon (mod. Bābil)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
CDLI Seals 026934 (composite) (P573197)	Babylon (mod. Bābil)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Bab Arch 2, No. 29 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P566882.

Bab Arch 2, no. 29 artifact entry (No. P566882). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P566882 (Original work published 2025)

Bab Arch 2, no. 29 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P566882 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P566882},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P566882},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Bab Arch 2, No. 29 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P566882.

Bab Arch 2, no. 29 artifact entry (No. P566882). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P566882 (Original work published 2025)

Bab Arch 2, no. 29 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P566882 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 1},
	title = {Bab {Arch} 2, no. 29 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P566882},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P566882},
}

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