Rental 128 (P531065)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), 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 042393

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

49.0 mm × 64.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 49.0 high × 64.0 wide
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  • primary: Rental of Houses, 128

    [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 042393
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-01, 0153

  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Darius1.36.04.15
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-05-27 at 18:59:00 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-11-14 at 14:02:42 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-04-22 at 19:13:42 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Jagersma, Bram; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-06-21 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Rental 128 Artifact Entry.” (2022) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P531065.
Rental 128 artifact entry (No. P531065). (2025, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P531065 (Original work published 2022)
Rental 128 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P531065 (Accessed: July 7, 2025).
@misc{2025Rental,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-07]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {Rental 128 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P531065},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P531065},
}


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