Old Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet - Accounting of Fields, c. 1900 - 1600 B.C.

(Cuneiform Tablet)

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Item No.
31.36413
Culture
Old Babylonian, c. 1900 - 1600 B.C. 
Item Details.
Top 2 lines damaged. 11 lines of Babylonian cuneiform. This oval shaped tablet is a rough field draft of amounts of field associated with 11 named persons. It lacks all the usual administrative information such as purpose, dates, officials, involved and thus is likely a draft from which a more formal archival records was later made. Metrology: 1 sar= 1 rod square (36 sq m); 1 eše= 2.16 ha= 108,000 sq m
Ku... / Sin- ... / 45? sar Mari-... / 1 eše 48 sar Tab-ili / 67 (sar) ... iri ... / 43 1/2 (sar) Iarmu / 4 (?) Zabibum / 30 Ra(?) zanu / 1 eše 55 sar deceased, Di-AN (?) / 47 (sar) Zalikum / 34 (sar) Abbaia.

Provenance: Private UK collection 1990s, acquired at a London auction

Size
9.6 cm L - 3 3/4 inches
Material
Terracotta 
Condition
Repaired, parts missing 
Categories
Cuneiform & Tablets
Price.
US$ 1800
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