Abraham, BPPE 008 (P553437)
Lease Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM 030274Period
Achaemenid (547-331 BC)Provenience
Babylon (mod. Bābil)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts (Indeterminate legal texts)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: Abraham, BPPE, no. 008
[Abraham2004BPPE] Abraham, Kathleen. 2004. Business and Politics under the Persian Empire : The Financial Dealings of Marduk-Nāṣir-Apli of the House of Egibi (521-487 B.C.E.). Bethesda, MD : CDL Press.
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- Museum No.: BM 030274
- Accession No.: 1876-10-16, 0024
- Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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- Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Darius1.24.04.13
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| 2026-01-18 at 19:45:40 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-12-27 at 12:27:22 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-11-26 at 19:35:03 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-06-13 at 15:12:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-05-25 at 09:13:38 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-05-24 at 19:30:40 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2025-05-24 at 15:44:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-11-29 at 20:02:15 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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Cite this Artifacts
“Abraham, BPPE 008 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P553437.
Abraham, BPPE 008 artifact entry (No. P553437). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P553437 (Original work published 2024)
Abraham, BPPE 008 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P553437 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).
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