Primary Publication: Waerzeggers, Caroline (2010) AchHist 15 17
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 102033
Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.09.01.24
Primary Publication: Zadok, Ran (2009) Nisaba 21 624
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 028870
Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius1
Primary Publication: Waerzeggers, Caroline (2010) AchHist 15 1
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 029419
Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius1.31.07.15
Primary Publication: Waerzeggers, Caroline (2010) AchHist 15 118
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 029503
Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.01.04.19
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 025663
Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM 026264
Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius1.29.10.13
Primary Publication: van Dijk, Johannes J. A. (1976) TIM 9 102
Collection: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum no.: IM 049175
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius1.31.00.00 ?
Has seal impression(s)
Impressed with seal(s): S999999
Primary Publication:
Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Museum no.: KM 89490
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Primary Publication: Wunsch, Cornelia (2004) CDLB 2004/001
Collection: Oliviero, Catherine, Banning, California, USA
Museum no.: Anonymous 235704
Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus2.23.07.02
Transliteration:
atf: lang akk
tablet
obverse
1. {disz}sza2-{d}inanna-t,ub-bu {lu2}qal-la sza2 {disz}s,il-la-a
en: Ša-Ištar-tubbu, the slave of Sillaya
2. _a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}lu2-{d}na-na-a a-na {disz}ni-din-tu4-{d}en
en: son of Am?l-Nanaya, to Nidinti-B?l,
3. _{lu2}sza3-tam e2-an-na a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}{d}ag-gen-numun _a_ {disz}da-bi-bi
en: the chief administator of the Eanna temple, son of Nabû-muk?n-z?ri of the Dabib? family,
4. u# {disz#}{d#}ag#-szesz-mu _{lu2}sag lugal {lu2}en_ pi-qit-tu4 e2-an-na
en: and to Nabû-aha-iddin, the royal supervisor of the Eanna temple,
5. [iq]-bi# um-ma ina {iti}sig4 u {iti}szu _mu 2(disz)-kam_
en: spoke as follows: “In the months Siman and Dûzu of the 2nd year
6. [{disz}ku-ra]-asz2 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal kur-kur 2(u) gur sze bar_
en: [of] Cyrus, King of Babylon and the Lands, 20 gur of barley
late May until early July 537 BC
7. [x x] x-e sza2 {d}gaszan-sza2-unu{ki} sza2 ina _kur_ pi-qu-du
en: [from the storehouse] of Our-Lady-of-Uruk in the Piq?du region,
8. [(x) {disz}x-(x)]-x _a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}s,il-la-a _dumu en_-ia
en: [concerning which (PN)], the son of Sillaya, the son of my master,
9. [x x (x)] isz#-pu-ra-an-ni ina _szu-min {lu2}dumu-mesz_ {disz}ba-ne2-e#
en: sent me [a message/order, saying]
10. [x (x) _kur_ pi]-qu-du ki-i!? e-se-ru
en: ‘When I collected (it) (9a) from the citizens (10) [of the] Piq?du region,
11. [at]-tan-na-asz2-szu2
en: I gave (it) to him.’ ”
reverse
1. [_{lu2}mu-kin7_ {disz}]{d#}3(u)-apin#-esz# [_a_-szu2 sza2]
en: Witnesses: Sîn-?reš son of
2. [{disz}{d}ag]-mu-si-sa2 _a_ {disz}du3-dingir [(x)]
en: [Nabû]-šumu-l?šir son of Ibni-il?;
3. [{disz}x-(x)]-x _a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}na-din _a_ {disz}na?-[x-x (x)]
en: [...] son of N?din son of Na-[...];
4. {disz}zalag2-{d}3(u) _a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}{d}ag-du3-szesz
en: N?r-Sîn, son of Nabû-b?ni-ahi,
5. a {disz}zalag2-{d}3(u) {disz}mu-ra-nu _a_-szu2 sza2
en: son of N?r-Sîn; Mur?nu, son of
6. sza2 {disz}{d}ag-du3-szesz _a_ {disz}e2-kur-za-kir
en: Nabû-b?ni-ahi, son of Ekur-zakir,
7. {lu2}umbisag {disz}na-di-nu _a_-szu2 sza2 {disz}{d}en-szesz-mesz-ba-sza2
en: scribe; N?dinu, son of B?l-ahh?-iq?ša,
8. _a_ {disz}e-gi-bi unu{ki} {iti}dul
en: son of Egibi; Uruk, month: Tašr?tu,
9. _u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam mu 2(disz)-kam_ {disz}ku-ra-asz2 _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|)#{ki#} _lugal kur-kur_
en: 23rd day, 2nd year. Cyrus, King of Babylon and the Lands.
Witness
Witness to composite(s): needed
Primary Publication: (nd) RIMB 3.nn
Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Museum no.: KM 90109
Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: Vessel > alabastron
Material: stone > mineral > alabaster
Date: Artaxerxes1.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang %eop elx akk egy
object alabastron
surface a
1. [a-r-t-x]-$#-[c,-a] : [x-$-a-y-t'-i-y]
en: Artaxerxes, the king.
Persian
2. {disz}ir-tak-ik-[sza2-isz-sza2 {disz}sunki]
en: Artaxerxes, the king.
Elamite
3. {disz#}ar-ta-ak#-[sza2-as-su _lugal_]
en: Artaxerxes, the king.
Akkadian
4. [3-rw-T-xA-S-s-SA pr-aA]
en: Artaxerxes, the king.
Egyptian
Primary Publication: Lutz, Henry F. (1928) UCP 09-03, 275-277, pl 1
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-00068
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius2.02.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02277
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.05.00.00
Primary Publication: Lutz, Henry F. (1927) UCP 09-01-2 039
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02534
Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.00.00.00 ?
Primary Publication: Lutz, Henry F. (1927) UCP 09-01-2 038
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02536
Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.05.00.00
Primary Publication: Lutz, Henry F. (1927) UCP 09-01-2 037
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02542
Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.05.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02917
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.14.00.00 ?
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02918
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Artaxerxes1.14.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-02919
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Artaxerxes1.19.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-03049
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.06.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-03051
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.02.00.00
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum no.: HMA 9-03053
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Cyrus.07.00.00
Has seal impression(s)
Impressed with seal(s): S999999
Primary Publication: Peters, Celeste A.; Frayne, Douglas R. (1990) ARRIM 8 (pp. 49-62) 59 14
Collection: Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Museum no.: MOA 4.35
Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius1.17.01.01
Has seal impression(s)
Impressed with seal(s): S999999
Primary Publication: Peters, Celeste A.; Frayne, Douglas R. (1990) ARRIM 8 (pp. 49-62) 62 15
Collection: Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Museum no.: MOA 4.34A
Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: Darius1.25.03.12
Primary Publication:
Collection: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Museum no.: AUAM 73.2820
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Primary Publication:
Collection: Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
Museum no.: AUAM 73.2822
Provenience: —
Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
