Rental 014 (P531079)

Administrative 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 083110

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of house rents)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

63.0 mm × 81.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (Account of house rents)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.17.06. 01; Cyrus2.02.05.-- c. 537 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531079
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P531079

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	63.0 mm × 81.0 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 083110
Accession Number	1883-01-21, 0273

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1883-0121-273

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 14

[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
2025-12-18 at 19:25:24	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 014 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531079.

Rental 014 artifact entry (No. P531079). (2025, December 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531079 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 014 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531079 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 18},
	title = {Rental 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531079},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531079},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Rental 014 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531079.

Rental 014 artifact entry (No. P531079). (2025, December 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531079 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 014 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531079 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2025Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 18},
	title = {Rental 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531079},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531079},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/18/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P531079
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - Rental 014 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531079
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