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~580 BCE·

Neo-Babylonian

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RINBE 2, Neriglissar 05, ex. 01

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — RINBE 2, Neriglissar 05, ex. 01. 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

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

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

WCMA 20.1.13

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Law

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 015

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — YOS 15, 015. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Law

~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…

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 05, ex. 01

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 05, ex. 02

SANER 3, 2.02.06 (C31), ex. 01

WCMA 20.1.13

YOS 15, 015

Cyrus Cylinder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cuneiform tablet- Gula incantation MET hb86 11 130

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

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

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

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET DP239002

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET ME07 154 3A

Cuneiform tablet- letter, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 431

Cuneiform tablet- letter MET ME07 154 5A

Cuneiform tablet- letter MET ME86 11 101

Cuneiform tablet- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 449

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

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

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for dates MET ME86 11 403

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for garments MET ME86 11 170

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

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver MET ME86 11 330

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver MET ME86 11 400

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

Cuneiform tablet- ritual fragment MET ME86 11 359

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

OIP 092, 0001

OIP 092, 0002

OIP 092, 0003