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~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 century BCE. From Babylon, Iraq. Bri

Astronomy & Mathematics
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Inscriptions (4703976097)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE). I'd heard about and no doubt seen cuneiform tablets, but it wasn't until I visited the museum at Persepolis that I realized the medium (a clay tablet) and the fo

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid Period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE) In the museum at Persepolis, Iran. A translation of the text appears in the next photo.

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- agreement regarding division of property MET ME86 11 293

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- allocation of dates for fodder, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 116

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- assumption of debt by guarantor, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 175

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- certification of presence of interested party, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 161

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- deposition-record of oath MET ME86 11 324

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 98

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, Esagilaya archive MET 86.11.394a,b ob

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, Esagilaya archive MET 86.11.394a,b rev

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 384

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- field survey MET ME86 11 352

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 417

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 433

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 439

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 453

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET VS86.11.472X

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.478

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.484

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 492a

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.494

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.518

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.527

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 535

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 547a

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 550

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.485

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.520

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.539

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.554x

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vs86 11 428

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vs86 11 434

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vs86.11.491

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vsz86.11.500

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract for the purchase of a house MET vs86 11 421

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract involving a house MET VS86.11.469X

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 427

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 454

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 456

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract (?) MET vs86 11 458

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 536

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a dialogue document concerning a dowry conversion MET ME86 11 326

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a document concerning land disposition, Esagilaya archive MET vs86 11 425

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a field lease MET ME86 11 322

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a field lease MET vs86 11 442

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a field lease MET vs86 11 450

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a lease MET vsz86.11.522

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a litigation settlement MET vs86 11 437

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

Writing & Literature
~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a witness list and date formula MET VS86.11.445X

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

Writing & Literature