Cuneiform Tablet

About this object

History of use

Inscribed tablet from ancient Mesopotamia. Dated to the Achaemenid (Persian) period (535-333 BC), the 12th day of the 3rd month in the 15th year of King Darius (497 BC).

Narrative

This tablet appears in an article, in Vol. 8 1990 Annual Review of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project- “Cuneiform Texts at the University of British Columbia” (by C.A. Peters & D.R. Frayne; Toronto, p. 62).

Physical description

Rounded rectangular reddish tablet with stylus cuneiform impressions.