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Murashu archive

5th century BCE · 5th century BCE

The Murashu archive is a collection of about 730 cuneiform tablets of a Babylonian family business, the house of Murashu, found at Nippur in 1893. Dating mostly from about 455 to 403 BCE, under the Persian kings Artaxerxes I and Darius II, the texts record the firm's management of land held by Persian officials, soldiers and others. They are a key source for the economy of Achaemenid Babylonia.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Murashu archive. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/murashu-archive
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