TCL 12, 100 (P387165)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

MNB 1859

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.11.
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P387165
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P387165

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Šaḫrinu (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	MNB 1859
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 12, 100

[Contenau1927TCL12] Contenau, Georges. 1927. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. I: Téglath-Phalasar III à Nabonide. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 12. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, no. 100

[Moore1935NBBAD] Moore, Ellen W. 1935. Neo-Babylonian Business and Administrative Documents with Transliteration, Translation and Notes. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.
history: CM 03, no. 185

[Wunsch1993CM3] Wunsch, Cornelia. 1993. Die Urkunden Des Babylonischen Geschäftsmannes Iddin-Marduk : Zum Handel Mit Naturalien Im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Cuneiform Monographs 3. Groningen : Styx Publications.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-03 at 20:12:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-18 at 07:19:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-17 at 15:38:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-28 at 18:46:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-11-21 at 14:09:02	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 Artifacts

“TCL 12, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387165.

TCL 12, 100 artifact entry (No. P387165). (2025, November 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387165 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 12, 100 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387165 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387165},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 12, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387165.

TCL 12, 100 artifact entry (No. P387165). (2025, November 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387165 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 12, 100 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387165 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).

@misc{2025TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 3},
	title = {TCL 12, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387165},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387165},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - TCL 12, 100 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387165
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