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Camb. 165 (P552522)

Loan Contracts 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 030437

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Loan Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Loan Contracts
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Camb., 165

[Strassmaier1890Camb] Strassmaier, Johann N. 1890. Inschriften von Cambyses, König von Babylon (529-521 v. Chr.) von Den Thontafeln Des Britischen Museums. Leipzig : E. Pfeiffer.
history: Dandamaev, Slavery, no. 66, p. 194f.

[Dandamaev1984slavery] Dandamayev, Muhammad A. 1984. Slavery in Babylonia, from Nabopolassar to Alexander the Great (626-331 B.C.). DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 030437
Accession No.: 1876-11-17, 0164

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.03.04.28
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 17:26:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-28 at 16:54:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-06-01 at 15:14:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-25 at 09:13:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-24 at 19:30:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-24 at 16:37:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-11 at 09:20:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-09 at 16:10:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2024-11-18 at 16:16:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 165 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552522.

Camb. 165 artifact entry (No. P552522). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552522 (Original work published 2024)

Camb. 165 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552522 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P552522
LB  - CDLI:P552522
M1  - 2026/1/10/
TI  - Camb. 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P552522
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Camb. 165 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P552522.

Camb. 165 artifact entry (No. P552522). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P552522 (Original work published 2024)

Camb. 165 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P552522 (Accessed: January 10, 2026).

@misc{2025Camb,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {Camb. 165 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P552522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P552522},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P552522
LB  - CDLI:P552522
M1  - 2026/1/10/
TI  - Camb. 165 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P552522
ER  -