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 (7)

Label	Occurrences
Persepolis Fortification Tablets	3
Elamite inscriptions	1
Persepolis Fortification tablets	1
Persepolis Treasury	1
Persepolis Treasury Tablets	1
Persepolis Treasury tablets canonical	1
Persepolis administrative archives	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4027572 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Persepolis Treasury tablets
Context triple: [Elamite, attestedIn, Persepolis Treasury tablets]

A. Persepolis inscriptions
The Persepolis inscriptions are a collection of monumental royal texts carved in Old Persian and other languages on the palaces and terraces of the Achaemenid ceremonial capital of Persepolis in present-day Iran.
B. Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
C. Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
D. Lachish reliefs
The Lachish reliefs are a series of Neo-Assyrian palace wall carvings from the reign of Sennacherib that vividly depict the siege and conquest of the Judean city of Lachish in 701 BCE.
E. Cyrus Cylinder
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay artifact inscribed with a proclamation by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, often regarded as an early charter of human rights and a key source on his policies toward conquered peoples.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Persepolis Treasury tablets
Target entity description: 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.

A. Persepolis inscriptions
The Persepolis inscriptions are a collection of monumental royal texts carved in Old Persian and other languages on the palaces and terraces of the Achaemenid ceremonial capital of Persepolis in present-day Iran.
B. Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
C. Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
D. Lachish reliefs
The Lachish reliefs are a series of Neo-Assyrian palace wall carvings from the reign of Sennacherib that vividly depict the siege and conquest of the Judean city of Lachish in 701 BCE.
E. Cyrus Cylinder
The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay artifact inscribed with a proclamation by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, often regarded as an early charter of human rights and a key source on his policies toward conquered peoples.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative record ⓘ archaeological artifact collection ⓘ cuneiform tablet corpus ⓘ
archiveType	palace archive ⓘ treasury archive ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithRuler	Darius I ⓘ linked to: Darius I of Persia Xerxes I ⓘ
associatedWithSite	Persepolis royal complex ⓘ linked to: Persepolis archaeological site
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 of the University of Chicago ⓘ linked to: Oriental Institute Museum
foundAt	Persepolis ⓘ
foundInCountry	Iran ⓘ
foundInRegion	Fars Province ⓘ
foundInStructure	Persepolis Treasury ⓘ linked to: Persepolis Treasury tablets
function	administrative control ⓘ recording allocations of resources ⓘ recording payments ⓘ recording rations ⓘ recording wages ⓘ
geographicScope	Achaemenid imperial territories ⓘ linked to: Achaemenid Empire Persepolis region ⓘ linked to: Fars Province
inscriptionType	baked clay tablet inscription ⓘ
language	Elamite ⓘ
material	clay ⓘ
period	Achaemenid period ⓘ
relatedTo	Persepolis Fortification tablets ⓘ linked to: Persepolis Treasury 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited