CT 51, 054 (P285916)
Lease Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 034544Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
43.0 mm × 59.0 mm
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 43.0 high × 59.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts (Termination of house rental agreement)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: CT 51, 54
[Walker1972CT51] Walker, Christopher B. F., ed. 1972. Miscellaneous Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 51. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
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history: Rental of Houses, 130
[Zawadzki2018Rental] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2018. The Rental Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC). Warszawa : Agade Bis Publishing House.
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- Museum No.: BM 034544
- Accession No.: Sp 2, 0016
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius1.36.05.07
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2025-11-26 at 19:35:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-27 at 18:59:00 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-12-09 at 14:27:14 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2006-01-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.34544) (BM.34544)
- The British Museum Collection (W_Sp-II-16) (W_Sp-II-16)
Cite this Artifact
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year = {2025},
month = {nov 26},
title = {CT 51, 054 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P285916},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P285916},
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