Rental 008 (P531060)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), 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 114551

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (House rental contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

48.0 mm × 54.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.04.--.13 533 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531060
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P531060

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	48.0 mm × 54.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 114551
Accession Number	1920-06-15, 0147

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1920-0615-147

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 8

[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
2025-12-17 at 15:35:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-08 at 15:12:19	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 008 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531060.

Rental 008 artifact entry (No. P531060). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531060 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 008 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531060 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {Rental 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531060},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531060},
}

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TI  - Rental 008 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Rental 008 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531060.

Rental 008 artifact entry (No. P531060). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531060 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 008 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531060 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2025Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {Rental 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531060},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531060},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/17/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P531060
LB  - CDLI:P531060
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - Rental 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531060
ER  -