Position in chronology
Cuneiform tablet - Petra
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Persian rule, the long twilight of cuneiform.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet written in Harran to record a contract between two Arameans and an Edomite, Qos-Shama. 1st year of Darius, most likely Darius I. 520 BCE. . Petra Archaeological Museum
Attribution
Image: Chamberi — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet - Petra.JPG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_-_Petra.JPG. Description: Cuneiform tablet written in Harran to record a contract between two Arameans and an Edomite, Qos-Shama. 1st year of Darius, most likely Darius I. 520 BCE. . Petra Archaeological Museum.
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