BE 08/1, 002 (P453410)

Legal tablet dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

EAH 00202

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Records satisfaction of an obligation for which 8 slaves had been held as security)

Language(s)

-

Measurements

96.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Records satisfaction of an obligation for which 8 slaves had been held as security)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P453410

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 96.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 28.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
Well preserved. Thumbnail marks on all edges. Inscr. 22(o.) + 17(r.) = 39 li.

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number EAH 00202
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) EAH.202

References

  • primary: BE 8/1, 002

    [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.

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), K.73

    [Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-10-12 at 14:57:02 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-08-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P453410.
BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry (No. P453410). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453410 (Original work published 2013)
BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453410 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453410},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453410},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P453410
LB  - CDLI:P453410
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P453410
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 08/1, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P453410.
BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry (No. P453410). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P453410 (Original work published 2013)
BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P453410 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2025BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P453410},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P453410},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P453410
LB  - CDLI:P453410
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - BE 08/1, 002 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P453410
ER  - 
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