BE 08/1, 119 (P257586)

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 00021

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract; Hire of a slave; 9X2X9X2X3 lines)

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Contract; Hire of a slave; 9X2X9X2X3 lines)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: BE 8/1, 119

    [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.

  • history: Graziani Serse, no. 9

    [Graziani1986Serse] Graziani, Simonetta. 1986. I Testi Mesopotamici Datati al Regno Di Serse (485-465 a.C.). Supplement 47 to AION 46/2. Rome.

  • history: Ungnad, HAV, no.57

    [sec47406] N.d.

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  • Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Xerxes.23.01.01
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Cite this Artifact

“BE 08/1, 119 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257586.
BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry (No. P257586). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257586 (Original work published 2005)
BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257586 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257586},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/16/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P257586
LB  - CDLI:P257586
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257586
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BE 08/1, 119 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P257586.
BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry (No. P257586). (2025, August 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P257586 (Original work published 2005)
BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P257586 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 16},
	title = {BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P257586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P257586},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/16/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P257586
LB  - CDLI:P257586
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - BE 08/1, 119 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P257586
ER  - 
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