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~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

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

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Achaemenid History XIII, p. 272ff.

ADART 5, 057

AION Suppl. 77, 09

AION Suppl. 77, 65