CDLI tablet

Couvent Saint-Étienne, Jerusalem: 1 (2023-03-15)

Created by: Englund, Robert K.

An ancient Iranian document in Jerusalem.

The Couvent Saint-Étienne, Jerusalem, houses a collection of some 170 cuneiform text artifacts. Under the aegis of the Dominican Order, the monastery enjoys a long history of engagement in Jerusalem and the Near East generally, with research offices associated with the École biblique et archéologique française. One of the early pieces of the Saint-Étienne collection is shown here. Most likely donated to the Order by the Dominican Father Jean-Vincent Scheil who himself served as epigrapher at the Jacques de Morgan-led campaigns in Susa, and who published many of the ancient Iranian clay tablets unearthed there, this proto-Elamite document dates to the end of the 4th millennium BC and appears to record sixteen workmen affiliated with six different institutions. CDLI entry: P009442

credit: Englund, Robert K.

Cite this CDLI Tablet

CDLI contributors. 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 17, 2026. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/138.
CDLI contributors. (2026, April 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/138
CDLI contributors (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/138 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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Cite this CDLI Tablet

CDLI contributors. 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 17, 2026. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/138.
CDLI contributors. (2026, April 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/138
CDLI contributors (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/cdli-tablet/138 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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