AJSL 16, 066 30 (P258901)

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

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Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 01568

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Partnership agreement; dissolution of one partnership and formation of another; seals; 8x10x4 (u.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Partnership agreement; dissolution of one partnership and formation of another; seals; 8x10x4 (u.e.) lines)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced	Xerxes
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P258901
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P258901

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 01568
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn)	577592
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.1568

References

primary: AJSL 16, p.65-82, p. 66 30

[Barton1900contracts] Barton, George A. 1900. “Some Contracts of the Persian Period from the KH² Collection of the University of Pennsylvania.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 16 (2): 65–82. https://www.jstor.org/stable/527725.
history: Graziani Serse, no. 35

[Graziani1986Serse] Graziani, Simonetta. 1986. I Testi Mesopotamici Datati al Regno Di Serse (485-465 a.C.). Supplement 47 to AION 46/2. Rome.
history: AOAT 398, O.264

[Sandowicz2012AOAT398] Sandowicz, Malgorzata. 2012. Oaths and Curses: A Study in Neo- and Late Babylonian Legal Formulary. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 398. Ugarit-Verlag, Munster.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-17 at 07:52:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-16 at 18:59:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-28 at 10:50:19	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, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô	Penn Museum	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AJSL 16, 066 30 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P258901.

AJSL 16, 066 30 artifact entry (No. P258901). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258901 (Original work published 2005)

AJSL 16, 066 30 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258901 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258901},
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Cite this Artifact

“AJSL 16, 066 30 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P258901.

AJSL 16, 066 30 artifact entry (No. P258901). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P258901 (Original work published 2005)

AJSL 16, 066 30 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P258901 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {AJSL 16, 066 30 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P258901},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P258901},
}

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PY  - 2025
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