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~580 BCE·

Neo-Babylonian

Editorial

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 05, ex. 02

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — RINBE 2, Neriglissar 05, ex. 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

SANER 3, 2.02.06 (C31), ex. 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — SANER 3, 2.02.06 (C31), ex. 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~539 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cyrus Cylinder

Often called the world's first declaration of human rights — a 20th-century characterization that overstates its scope; it is, more accurately, a typical Mesopotamian royal accession text framed as Marduk's restoration of order. But its references to religious tolerance and the return of exiled peop…

Religion & Myth

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Astronomical tablet BM 32234

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay cuneiform tablet. Astronomical, lunar eclipse table for at least 609-447 BC. Dated 4th century BC. From Babylon. Refers to the murder of the Persian king Xerxe…

Astronomy & Mathematics

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Clay tablet. The cuneiform text mentions the murder of Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BCE) by his son and a lunar eclipse (609-447 BCE). From Babylon, Iraq. British Museum

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. The cuneiform text mentions the murder of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BCE) by his son and a lunar eclipse (for at least 609-447 BCE). 4th…

Astronomy & Mathematics

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of aromatics, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 118

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of date disbursement, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 172

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of dates as imittu-rent, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 65

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of dates as irbu-revenue, Ebabbar archive MET ME79 7 38

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of rent payment of pomegranates, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 165

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 26

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 36

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account record, inventory, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 34

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account regarding temple sheep, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 198

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account statement, Egibi archive MET ME79 1 21

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266810

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Religion & Myth

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266811

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Religion & Myth

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- declaration before witnesses, archive of Iddin-Nabu and Shellebi MET ME86 11 147

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- declaration before witnesses, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 32

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a receipt for silver MET vsz86.11.477b

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an accounting record MET ME86 11 339

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an accounting record (?) MET vs86 11 482a

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Gula incantation MET hb86 11 130

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Religion & Myth

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of archers for military service, Ebabbar archive MET DP239004

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of payments to hired workers MET DP239006

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of payments to hired workers MET ME86 11 319

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- loan with work agreement, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 24

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for dates, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 30

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for dates MET ME86 11 403

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for garments MET ME86 11 170

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 201

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver MET ME86 11 330

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver MET ME86 11 400

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid (?); Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- record of receipt of unspun linen, Ebabbar archive MET ME07 154 1A

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- ritual fragment MET ME86 11 359

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid or Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Religion & Myth

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 25

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 200

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- temple account MET ME86 11 178

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- temple account of bread MET ME86 11 402

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 067

3 shekels (minus) a quarter, deficient, of silver — from Tātê-bīt-ibni, the field of Talīmu is at his charge. Arad-ia, the field of Mudu, in the month of Simanu — the silver, the silver: 3 shekels (minus) a quarter, deficient. In the city of Gādibê he shall pay. Witnesses: Tabnê-a, the field of Enlil-bāni; Mašê, the field of Šamaš-zēr-ibni; Šamaš-rēsūsu, the field of Balāṭu and the temple administrator (šangû). Rīmūt-Mašê, the field of Ḫamšâ-tātê-bīt-ibni. City of Gādibê. Month of Addaru, the 29th day. Year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, [king] of the lands.

Law·Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 184

6 gur 1 PI of barley, belonging to Tattannu, the field of Talim — charged to [his] maintenance account. The field of Ina-gissu-šarri — in the barley month at [the rate of] 5 gur 1 PI he shall deliver. Witness: Tattannu, the field of Enlil-mussum, the shepherd; the field of Muggub-Adad-mukil; the field of Adad-adgub, the leather-worker. Scribe: BA, son of Qatibat. Month I (Nisannu), day 5, year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, king of the lands.

Economy·Law

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0001

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0003

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0005

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0006

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0007

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0008

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

OIP 092, 0009

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Achaemenid (547-331 BC)) — OIP 092, 0009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

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