Camb. 187 (P404999)

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 030735

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cambyses2.03.07.15
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P404999
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P404999

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 030735
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0462

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.30735
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1876-1117-462

References

primary: Camb., 187

[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:39:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-26 at 19:35:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-27 at 18:34:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 17:13:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-20 at 16:00:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 09:32:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other 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 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 187 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404999.

Camb. 187 artifact entry (No. P404999). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404999 (Original work published 2010)

Camb. 187 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404999 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 187 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404999},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404999},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 187 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404999.

Camb. 187 artifact entry (No. P404999). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404999 (Original work published 2010)

Camb. 187 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404999 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 187 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404999},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404999},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P404999
LB  - CDLI:P404999
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - Camb. 187 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P404999
ER  -