The sixth batch of the tablets, which were returned to Iran on September 26, is the result of intense negotiations between the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, and the Presidential Legal Affairs Office with the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
The tablets, mostly written in cuneiform script and Elamite or Aramaic languages, cover a range of topics including resource management, roads, social relations, basic living needs, wages, and the economy of the Achaemenid Empire during the time of Darius I.
The tablets were first discovered in 1932 during archaeological excavations at Persepolis, with approximately 30,000 clay tablets found. In 1935, the Iranian government agreed to lend the tablets to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago for translation and study, with the understanding that they would be returned to Iran. The return process is ongoing.
The museum will be closed on Monday and Tuesday to prepare for the event.
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