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JCS 28, 51, no. 46 (P459930)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1421

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (House rental contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (House rental contract)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: JCS 28 (pp. 3-59), 51, no. 46

[Stigers1976JCS28] Stigers, Harold G. 1976. “Neo- and Late Babylonian Business Documents from the John Frederick Lewis Collection.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 28 (1): 3–59. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359517.
history: Rental of Houses, 122

[Zawadzki2018Rental] Zawadzki, Stefan. 2018. The Rental Houses in the Neo-Babylonian Period (VI-V Centuries BC). Warszawa : Agade Bis Publishing House.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: FLP 1421
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Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.19.06b.22
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-08 at 18:55:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-08 at 16:13:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-27 at 18:59:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2013-11-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 28, 51, No. 46 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P459930.

JCS 28, 51, no. 46 artifact entry (No. P459930). (2025, June 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459930 (Original work published 2013)

JCS 28, 51, no. 46 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459930 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459930},
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Cite this Artifacts

“JCS 28, 51, No. 46 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 8, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P459930.

JCS 28, 51, no. 46 artifact entry (No. P459930). (2025, June 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459930 (Original work published 2013)

JCS 28, 51, no. 46 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459930 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	title = {JCS 28, 51, no. 46 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P459930},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459930},
}

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