Camb. 187 (P404999)
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 030735Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: Camb., 187
[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
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- Museum No.: BM 030735
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0462
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.07.15
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| 2025-12-19 at 17:39:36 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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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 18:34:11 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-18 at 17:13:27 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-10-20 at 16:00:49 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-19 at 09:32:29 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2023-01-21 at 08:02:28 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2010-04-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Fitzgerald, Madeleine | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.30735) (BM.30735)
- The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-462) (W_1876-1117-462)
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Cite this Artifact
“Camb. 187 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404999.
Camb. 187 artifact entry (No. P404999). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404999 (Original work published 2010)
Camb. 187 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404999 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).
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