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BM 040168 (P554765)

Lease Contracts tablet 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 040168

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Lease Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

history: Nisaba 28, no. 297

[Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.
history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 504

[Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 040168
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Artaxerxes.--.05.28
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-02 at 17:33:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-01 at 14:18:32	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-04 at 11:23:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-19 at 10:35:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-11 at 19:08:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 040168 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554765.

BM 040168 artifact entry (No. P554765). (2026, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554765 (Original work published 2024)

BM 040168 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554765 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 2},
	title = {BM 040168 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P554765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P554765},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 040168 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P554765.

BM 040168 artifact entry (No. P554765). (2026, January 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P554765 (Original work published 2024)

BM 040168 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P554765 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

@misc{2026BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 2},
	title = {BM 040168 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P554765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P554765},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/1/2/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P554765
LB  - CDLI:P554765
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - BM 040168 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P554765
ER  -