VS 03, 090 (P371379)

Legal tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 00446

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (promissory note promissory note for assessed rent in dates)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (promissory note promissory note for assessed rent in dates)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.02.02.21 520 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P371379
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P371379

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	36.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 00446
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Achemenet (Achemenet)	4245504

References

primary: NRV, 486

[SanNicolò1935-1937NRV] San Nicolò, Mariano, and Arthur Ungnad. 1935-1937. Neubabylonische Rechts- Und Verwaltungsurkunden. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs.
primary: VS 3, 90

[Ungnad1907VS3] Ungnad, Arthur. 1907. Neubabylonische Kontrakte. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Königlichen Museen Zu Berlin, Heft 3. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs.
history: Nappahu, 147

[Baker2004Nappahu] Baker, Heather D. 2004. The Archive of the Nappahu Family. Vol. 30. Archiv Für Orientforschung. Beiheft. Wien: Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-04-26 at 09:39:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-11-09 at 23:54:29	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Lafont, Bertrand; Rattenborg, Rune	Achemenet	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2007-09-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“VS 03, 090 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 26, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P371379.

VS 03, 090 artifact entry (No. P371379). (2026, April 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P371379 (Original work published 2007)

VS 03, 090 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P371379 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

@misc{2026VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {apr 26},
	title = {VS 03, 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P371379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P371379},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/4/26/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P371379
LB  - CDLI:P371379
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - VS 03, 090 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P371379
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“VS 03, 090 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 26, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P371379.

VS 03, 090 artifact entry (No. P371379). (2026, April 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P371379 (Original work published 2007)

VS 03, 090 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P371379 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

@misc{2026VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {apr 26},
	title = {VS 03, 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P371379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P371379},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2026/4/26/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P371379
LB  - CDLI:P371379
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - VS 03, 090 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P371379
ER  -