TCL 12, 003 (P387068)

Business / Contracts tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 04423

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Tiglath-Pileser3.01.11.05
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P387068
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P387068

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 04423
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 12, 3

[Contenau1927TCL12] Contenau, Georges. 1927. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. I: Téglath-Phalasar III à Nabonide. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 12. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, no. 3

[Moore1935NBBAD] Moore, Ellen W. 1935. Neo-Babylonian Business and Administrative Documents with Transliteration, Translation and Notes. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.
history: RA 006 (pp. 133-138), p. 134

[Thureau-Dangin1904RA6] Thureau-Dangin, François. 1904. “INSCRIPTIONS DIVERSES DU LOUVRE.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 6: 133–38.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), AJ.2

[Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-26 at 20:01:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-10 at 19:05:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-18 at 07:23:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-18 at 07:19:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-17 at 15:38:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 12, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387068.

TCL 12, 003 artifact entry (No. P387068). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387068 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 12, 003 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387068 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 12, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387068.

TCL 12, 003 artifact entry (No. P387068). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387068 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 12, 003 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387068 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 26},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387068},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387068},
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