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BM 034024 (P562498)

Hire Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 034024

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Hire Contracts

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

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Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 034024
Accession No.: Sp 0120

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.--.04.26
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 12:33:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-11-28 at 19:21:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-04-29 at 13:40:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-03-13 at 19:00:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 034024 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P562498.

BM 034024 artifact entry (No. P562498). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P562498 (Original work published 2025)

BM 034024 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P562498 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 034024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P562498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P562498},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 034024 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P562498.

BM 034024 artifact entry (No. P562498). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P562498 (Original work published 2025)

BM 034024 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P562498 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 034024 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P562498},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P562498},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P562498
LB  - CDLI:P562498
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BM 034024 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P562498
ER  -