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BE 08/1, 107 (P257584)

Legal tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 00019

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Litigation over the repayment of a loan of silver; Babylon; (LoE)3 seals, 3 labels; (UE)2 seals, 2 labels; (LE)1 seal, 1 label; (RE)1seal, 1 label; 12x13 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Artifact Preservation: 75%
Condition Description: Tablet, lower rt corner chipped
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Litigation over the repayment of a loan of silver; Babylon; (LoE)3 seals, 3 labels; (UE)2 seals, 2 labels; (LE)1 seal, 1 label; (RE)1seal, 1 label; 12x13 lines)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BE 8/1, 107

[Clay1908BE8/1] Clay, Albert T. 1908. Legal and Commercial Transactions. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, vol. 8/1. Philadelphia.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 00019
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.106.09.18
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-13 at 20:25:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Penn Museum (132786) (132786)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.19) (CBS.19)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 107 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257584.

BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry (No. P257584). (2025, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257584 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257584 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 13},
	title = {BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257584},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/13/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P257584
LB  - CDLI:P257584
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257584
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 107 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257584.

BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry (No. P257584). (2025, December 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257584 (Original work published 2005)

BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257584 (Accessed: March 4, 2026).

@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-04]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 13},
	title = {BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257584},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/13/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P257584
LB  - CDLI:P257584
M1  - 2026/3/4/
TI  - BE 08/1, 107 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257584
ER  -