Rental 108 (P531036)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 067913

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (House rental contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 37.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.--.02.10 604–562 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531036
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P531036

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	39.0 mm × 37.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 067913
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 07911

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0918-7911

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 108

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-01 at 11:50:58	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
2023-04-22 at 19:13:42	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram; Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2022-06-21 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“Rental 108 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531036.

Rental 108 artifact entry (No. P531036). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531036 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 108 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531036 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	month = {dec 1},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531036},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Rental 108 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 1, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531036.

Rental 108 artifact entry (No. P531036). (2025, December 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531036 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 108 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531036 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

@misc{2025Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 1},
	title = {Rental 108 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531036},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/1/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P531036
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - Rental 108 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531036
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