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Cuneiform clay legal tablet, 500 BC, found in the Achaemenid Residence in 2015, displayed in the Qal'at Al-Bahrain Site Museum, near Manama in Bahrain. This is the first Persian Achaemenid text ever found in Bahrain and probably in the whole Arabian Peninsula. It is a legal contract between two individuals for a loan of dates, with a repayment clause in the month of tashrit, with the names of the witnesses. This important discovery is particularly is precisely dated to 1st May 506 BC. The museum was opened in 2008, displaying artefacts of the history and archaeology of the Qal'at al-Bahrain, or Bahrain Fort or Portuguese Fort, built 6th century AD, once the capital of the Dilmun Civilisation. Qal'at al-Bahrain is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Unique Identifier AR9643766

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 7087px × 4724px

Photo Credit Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY

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