Camb. 213 (P531001)
Purchase and sale contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 031842Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (House rental contract)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: Camb., 213
[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
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history: Bertin copies, 893
[BertinUnpubCopies] Bertin, George. n.d. “Unpublished Copies by G. Bertin Held at the British Museum.”unpublished copy
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history: Rental of Houses, 115
[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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- Museum No.: BM 031842
- Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 1569
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil) [uncertain]
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.11.15
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| 2025-12-19 at 10:43:11 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-11-28 at 17:03:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-06-12 at 15:53:42 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-06-11 at 09:58:48 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-27 at 18:59:00 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2025-05-27 at 10:24:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-18 at 17:13:27 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-11-16 at 16:33:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-08-16 at 14:50:45 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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| 2022-06-21 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- The British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-1569) (W_1876-1117-1569)
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2025Camb,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
year = {2025},
month = {dec 19},
title = {Camb. 213 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P531001},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531001},
}
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