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Dar. 482 (P531004)

Lease Contracts tablet excavated in Bīt-Ḫaḫḫūru (mod. uncertain), 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 031228

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Bīt-Ḫaḫḫūru (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts (House rental contract)

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 (House rental contract)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Dar., 482

[Strassmaier1892-1897Darius] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1892-1897. Inschriften von Darius, König von Babylon (521-485 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: Rental of Houses, 121

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 031228
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0955

Provenience

Provenience: Bīt-Ḫaḫḫūru (mod. uncertain)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.19.02.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-27 at 16:17:33	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
2025-06-12 at 15:58:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-04 at 07:53:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-27 at 18:59:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-02 at 17:12:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-14 at 14:02:42	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
2022-06-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

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British Museum Collection (W_1876-1117-955) (W_1876-1117-955)

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 482 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531004.

Dar. 482 artifact entry (No. P531004). (2025, December 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531004 (Original work published 2022)

Dar. 482 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531004 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

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	month = {dec 27},
	title = {Dar. 482 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531004},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531004},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Dar. 482 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531004.

Dar. 482 artifact entry (No. P531004). (2025, December 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531004 (Original work published 2022)

Dar. 482 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531004 (Accessed: March 28, 2026).

@misc{2025Dar,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 27},
	title = {Dar. 482 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531004},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531004},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/27/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P531004
M1  - 2026/3/28/
TI  - Dar. 482 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531004
ER  -