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Camb. 184 (P507678)

Lease Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 030482

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

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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: Camb., 184

[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: BM Guide 1908, p. 213

[BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 030482
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0209

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.07.04
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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
2025-06-01 at 15:14:14	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
2024-11-18 at 15:31:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-16 at 14:44:34	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2017-12-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

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British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-209) (W_1876-1117-209)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Camb. 184 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507678.

Camb. 184 artifact entry (No. P507678). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507678 (Original work published 2017)

Camb. 184 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507678 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 184 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507678},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P507678
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M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - Camb. 184 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507678
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Camb. 184 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P507678.

Camb. 184 artifact entry (No. P507678). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P507678 (Original work published 2017)

Camb. 184 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P507678 (Accessed: March 14, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 184 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P507678},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P507678},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P507678
LB  - CDLI:P507678
M1  - 2026/3/14/
TI  - Camb. 184 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P507678
ER  -