Rental 004 (P531025)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 099901

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (House rental contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 38.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (House rental contract)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.08, Nabonidus.15 ? 548–541 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531025
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P531025

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	36.0 mm × 38.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 099901
Accession Number	1883-01-21, 2263

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1883-0121-2263

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 4

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 10:09:00	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 004 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531025.

Rental 004 artifact entry (No. P531025). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531025 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 004 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531025 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Rental 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531025},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531025},
}

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TI  - Rental 004 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Rental 004 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531025.

Rental 004 artifact entry (No. P531025). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531025 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 004 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531025 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).

@misc{2025Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {Rental 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531025},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531025},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P531025
LB  - CDLI:P531025
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - Rental 004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531025
ER  -