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

Chronology

Period Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

CM 3 271

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

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 Action
2025-12-19 at 17:39:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-12-19 at 10:43:11 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-11-26 at 19:35:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-27 at 18:34:11 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-11-19 at 19:01:30 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-20 at 16:00:49 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-19 at 09:32:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2010-04-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI Approved View

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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	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 97 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P405037},
	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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PY  - 2025
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TI  - Camb. 97 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P405037
ER  - 
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