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

Cite

Lineart

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)
Dates Referenced	Šamaš-šum-ukin.13.07.13
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P453410
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
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-12 at 14:57:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2013-08-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

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  -