TCL 13, 190 (P387255)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

MNB 1126

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.12
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 026932 (composite) (P573195)	S026932	Babylon (mod. Bābil)	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Record

CDLI number	P387255
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P387255

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Written In
Archive	Egibi
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	MNB 1126
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 13, 190

[Contenau1929TCL13] Contenau, Georges. 1929. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. II: Achéménides et Séleucides. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 13. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, no. 190

[Moore1935NBBAD] Moore, Ellen W. 1935. Neo-Babylonian Business and Administrative Documents with Transliteration, Translation and Notes. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.
history: CM 20, no. 202 B

[Wunsch2000CM20] Wunsch, Cornelia. 2000. Das Egibi Archiv. Band 1, Die Felder Und Gärten. Cuneiform Monographs (Groningen 20. Gronningen : Styx Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-18 at 19:45:40	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-17 at 16:24:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-29 at 09:39:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-18 at 10:38:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-17 at 17:11:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-19 at 15:33:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-16 at 08:55:17	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 Artifact

“TCL 13, 190 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P387255.

TCL 13, 190 artifact entry (No. P387255). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387255 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 13, 190 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387255 (Accessed: May 4, 2026).

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	title = {TCL 13, 190 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387255},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 13, 190 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 18, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P387255.

TCL 13, 190 artifact entry (No. P387255). (2026, January 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387255 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 13, 190 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387255 (Accessed: May 4, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-04]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jan 18},
	title = {TCL 13, 190 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387255},
}

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DA  - 2026/1/18/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P387255
LB  - CDLI:P387255
M1  - 2026/5/4/
TI  - TCL 13, 190 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387255
ER  -