Rental 003 (P531040)

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 073069

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

41.0 mm × 65.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.14.04.27 542 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531040
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P531040

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	41.0 mm × 65.0 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 073069
Accession Number	1882-09-18, 01307

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1882-0918-13079

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 3

[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
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 003 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P531040.

Rental 003 artifact entry (No. P531040). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531040 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531040 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

@misc{2023Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Rental 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531040},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531040},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P531040
LB  - CDLI:P531040
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - Rental 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531040
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“Rental 003 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P531040.

Rental 003 artifact entry (No. P531040). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531040 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531040 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

@misc{2023Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {Rental 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531040},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531040},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P531040
LB  - CDLI:P531040
M1  - 2026/4/18/
TI  - Rental 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531040
ER  -