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ASJ 19, 270-271 (P283730)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim), 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 015434

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (boat rental contract)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (boat rental contract)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: ASJ 19, p.267-271, p. 270-271

[Zadok1997boat-rental] Zadok, Ran, and Tikva Zadok. 1997. “A Late-Babylonian Boat Rental.” Acta Sumerologica 19: 267–71.
history: Nebukadnezar III/IV, p. 122

[Lorenz2008NebukadnezarIII/IV] Lorenz, Jürgen. 2008. Nebukadnezar III/IV : Die Politischen Wirren Nach Dem Tod Des Kambyses Im Spiegel Der Keilschrifttexte. Dresden : ISLET-Verlag.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 015434
Accession No.: 1896-04-10, 0160

Provenience

Provenience: Kutha (mod. Tell Ibrahim)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar3.acc.06.12
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-08 at 18:52:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-11-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.15434) (BM.15434)
British Museum Collection (W_1896-0410-160) (W_1896-0410-160)

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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 19, 270-271 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P283730.

ASJ 19, 270-271 artifact entry (No. P283730). (2025, August 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283730 (Original work published 2005)

ASJ 19, 270-271 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283730 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283730},
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Cite this Artifacts

“ASJ 19, 270-271 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P283730.

ASJ 19, 270-271 artifact entry (No. P283730). (2025, August 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P283730 (Original work published 2005)

ASJ 19, 270-271 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P283730 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 8},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P283730},
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