Rental 120 (P531055)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 077625 + BM 077636

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (House rental contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 52.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.12.08.10+ 510 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P531055
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P531055

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	46.0 mm × 52.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 077625 + BM 077636
Accession Number	1884-02-11, 0368 + 1884-02-11, 0379

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1884-0211-368

References

primary: Rental of Houses, 120

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2025-12-30 at 20:05:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-27 at 07:59:46	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
2023-04-22 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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Rental 120 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P531055.

Rental 120 artifact entry (No. P531055). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531055 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 120 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531055 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {Rental 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531055},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531055},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P531055
LB  - CDLI:P531055
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - Rental 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531055
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Rental 120 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P531055.

Rental 120 artifact entry (No. P531055). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531055 (Original work published 2022)

Rental 120 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531055 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2026Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {Rental 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531055},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531055},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/3/8/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P531055
LB  - CDLI:P531055
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - Rental 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P531055
ER  -