Dar. 378 (P404994)

Lease Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), 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 033096

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.14.05.22
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P404994
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P404994

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 033096
Accession Number	1879-04-30, 0005

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.33096
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1879-0430-5

References

primary: Dar., 378

[Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-18 at 19:45:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-27 at 14:43:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-26 at 19:35:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-01 at 09:56:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-09 at 09:34:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-14 at 15:41:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-07 at 12:32:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 09:42:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 378 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P404994.

Dar. 378 artifact entry (No. P404994). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404994 (Original work published 2010)

Dar. 378 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404994 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 378 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P404994.

Dar. 378 artifact entry (No. P404994). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404994 (Original work published 2010)

Dar. 378 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404994 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 18},
	title = {Dar. 378 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404994},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404994},
}

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