Dubsar 29, 162-163 (P567496)

Lease 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 041562

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cambyses2.05.12.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P567496
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P567496

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 041562
Accession Number	1881-06-25, 0176

References

primary: Dubsar 29, 162-163

[Zawadzki2024Egibi] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2024. The Rental of Egibi Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC) : New Texts from the British Museum. Dubsar 29. Münster : Zaphon.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 10:43:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-01 at 14:18:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-30 at 13:25:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Dubsar 29, 162-163 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P567496.

Dubsar 29, 162-163 artifact entry (No. P567496). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P567496 (Original work published 2025)

Dubsar 29, 162-163 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P567496 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dubsar 29, 162-163 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P567496.

Dubsar 29, 162-163 artifact entry (No. P567496). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P567496 (Original work published 2025)

Dubsar 29, 162-163 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P567496 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Dubsar 29, 162-163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P567496},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P567496},
}

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