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~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

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

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

Cuneiform tablet- temple account MET ME86 11 178

Cuneiform tablet- temple account of bread MET ME86 11 402

OECT 10, 146

RIMB 3.nn

Achaemenid History XIII, p. 272ff.

ADART 5, 057

BM 090731

BM 113961

BM 118362

CBS 03839

CULC 591

CUSAS 17, 093

CUSAS 17, 094

CUSAS 32, 074

FLP 1275

FLP 1438

FLP 1440

FLP 1463

FLP 1480

Fs Albright 335-353

JCS 01, 250, F106

JCS 63, 058-059

Kaskal 02, 097 01 (+ 099 22 ?)

Kaskal 02, 097 02

Kaskal 02, 098 04

Kaskal 02, 098 06

Kaskal 02, 098 07

Kaskal 02, 098 10

Kaskal 02, 098 11

Kaskal 02, 099 12

Kaskal 02, 099 16

Kaskal 02, 099 18

Kaskal 02, 099 19

Kaskal 02, 099 20

Kaskal 02, 099 21

MCT 034, CBS 01535

N 2349

OECT 10, 149

ROMCT 2, 48

ROMCT 2, 49

SLAM 271:1952

SM 1893.05.036

SM 1899.02.262

SM 1909.05.672

SM 1995.10.1325

TCL 06, 57

UET 6, 0398

ZA 101, 283-284