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Nbn. 0184 (P405103)

Lease Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 031012

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: Nbn., 0184

[Strassmaier1889Nbn] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1889. Inschriften von Nabonidus, König von Babylon (555-538 v. CHR.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: Strassmaier Liv., Liv. 68

[Strassmaier1885Liverpool] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1885. “Die Babylonischen Inscriften Im Museum Zu Liverpool Nebst Anderen Aus Der Zeit von Nebukadnezzar Bis Darius.” Actes Du 6e Congrès International Des Orientalistes, 569–624, plates 1-176.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 031012
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0739

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.05.02.21
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-26 at 19:35:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-04 at 20:01:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-29 at 12:46:19	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
2025-04-29 at 12:42:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-19 at 09:38:24	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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.31012) (BM.31012)
British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-739) (W_1876-1117-739)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbn. 0184 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405103.

Nbn. 0184 artifact entry (No. P405103). (2025, November 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405103 (Original work published 2010)

Nbn. 0184 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405103 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405103},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Nbn. 0184 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P405103.

Nbn. 0184 artifact entry (No. P405103). (2025, November 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P405103 (Original work published 2010)

Nbn. 0184 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P405103 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 26},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P405103},
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