Camb. 97 (P405037)

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 030650

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	Cambyses2.01.--.07
Accounting Period

Record

CM 3 271

CDLI number	P405037
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P405037

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 030650
Accession Number	1876-11-17, 0377

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.30650
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1876-1117-377

References

primary: Camb., 97

[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: CM 03, no. 271

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:39:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-19 at 10:43:11	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
2025-05-27 at 18:34:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-19 at 19:01:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-20 at 16:00:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 09:32:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	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

“Camb. 97 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405037.

Camb. 97 artifact entry (No. P405037). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405037 (Original work published 2010)

Camb. 97 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405037 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405037},
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Cite this Artifacts

“Camb. 97 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405037.

Camb. 97 artifact entry (No. P405037). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405037 (Original work published 2010)

Camb. 97 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405037 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 97 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405037},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405037},
}

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