Rental 005 (P531023)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 068721

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Witness protocol)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

35.0 mm × 59.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Witness protocol)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cambyses2.--.--.-- 524–522 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531023
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P531023

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	35.0 mm × 59.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Archive	Ebabbar
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 068721
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 08720

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0918-8720

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 5

[Zawadzki2018Rental] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2018. The Rental of Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC). Warszawa : Agade Bis Publishing House.
citation: OBO 218, n. 617

[Zawadzki2006OBO218] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2006. Garments of the Gods: Vol. 1 Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 218. Academic Press Fribourg Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-12 at 11:44:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-03-12 at 11:44:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-20 at 11:41:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-18 at 17:18:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-04-22 at 19:13:42	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram; Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-06-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Rental 005 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 12, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P531023.

Rental 005 artifact entry (No. P531023). (2026, March 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531023 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 005 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531023 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2026Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 12},
	title = {Rental 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531023},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/12/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P531023
LB  - CDLI:P531023
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - Rental 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531023
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Rental 005 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 12, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P531023.

Rental 005 artifact entry (No. P531023). (2026, March 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531023 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 005 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531023 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2026Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 12},
	title = {Rental 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531023},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531023},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/12/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P531023
LB  - CDLI:P531023
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - Rental 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531023
ER  -