TCL 13, 126 (P387191)

Business / Contracts tablet dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

MNB 1830

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

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	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P387191
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P387191

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	MNB 1830
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 13, 126

[Contenau1929TCL13] Contenau, Georges. 1929. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. II: Achéménides et Séleucides. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 13. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, no. 126

[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. 277

[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
2025-12-17 at 16:24:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-18 at 10:38:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-17 at 17:11:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-06-01 at 19:30:51	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 14:10:04	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 13, 126 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387191.

TCL 13, 126 artifact entry (No. P387191). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387191 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 13, 126 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387191 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 13, 126 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387191.

TCL 13, 126 artifact entry (No. P387191). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387191 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 13, 126 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387191 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 17},
	title = {TCL 13, 126 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387191},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387191},
}

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