Persepolis Treasury tablets

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administrative record archaeological artifact collection cuneiform tablet corpus

The Persepolis Treasury tablets are a collection of Achaemenid administrative records inscribed in Elamite cuneiform, documenting economic transactions and the management of resources at the royal complex of Persepolis.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Persepolis Fortification Tablets 2
Elamite inscriptions 1
Persepolis Fortification tablets 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative record ⓘ
archaeological artifact collection ⓘ
cuneiform tablet corpus ⓘ
archiveType palace archive ⓘ
treasury archive ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Darius I

Xerxes I ⓘ
associatedWithSite Persepolis archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Persepolis royal complex
containsInformationOn craftsmen ⓘ
officials ⓘ
religious personnel ⓘ
women in the Achaemenid economy ⓘ
workers ⓘ
culture Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
currentLocation National Museum of Iran ⓘ
other Iranian museum collections ⓘ
dateOfDiscovery 1930s ⓘ
dateRange early 5th century BCE ⓘ
late 6th century BCE ⓘ
discoveredBy Ernst Herzfeld ⓘ
documentType administrative record ⓘ
economic record ⓘ
excavatedBy Oriental Institute Museum ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
foundAt Persepolis ⓘ
foundInCountry Iran ⓘ
foundInRegion Fars Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundInStructure Persepolis Treasury tablets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Persepolis Treasury
function administrative control ⓘ
recording allocations of resources ⓘ
recording payments ⓘ
recording rations ⓘ
recording wages ⓘ
geographicScope Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid imperial territories

Persepolis region NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionType baked clay tablet inscription ⓘ
language Elamite ⓘ
material clay ⓘ
period Achaemenid period ⓘ
relatedTo Persepolis Treasury tablets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Persepolis Fortification tablets
script cuneiform ⓘ
subjectMatter disbursement of grain ⓘ
disbursement of silver ⓘ
economic transactions ⓘ
labor organization ⓘ
payments ⓘ
rations ⓘ
resource management ⓘ
usedFor study of Achaemenid administration ⓘ
study of Elamite language ⓘ
study of ancient Near Eastern economy ⓘ
writingSystem Elamite cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elamite → attestedIn → Persepolis Treasury tablets ⓘ
Persian court → documentedIn → Persepolis Treasury tablets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persepolis Fortification Tablets
Anshan (Persia) → mentionedIn → Persepolis Treasury tablets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elamite inscriptions
Achaemenid coinage system → associatedWith → Persepolis Treasury tablets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persepolis Fortification Tablets
Elamite cuneiform → usedIn → Persepolis Treasury tablets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persepolis administrative archives
Persepolis Treasury tablets → foundInStructure → Persepolis Treasury tablets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persepolis Treasury
Persepolis Treasury tablets → relatedTo → Persepolis Treasury tablets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persepolis Fortification tablets