Large Old Babylonian Cuneiform Accounting Tablet Listing Distribution to a Series of Babylonian Soldiers, Mid 2nd millennium B.C.

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Item No.

33.37138

Culture

Mesopotamia, Old Babylonian, Mid 2nd millennium B.C. 

Item Details.

Bifacial rectangular tablet with lentoid cross-section, the two principal faces bearing cuneiform text relating to a distribution for several individuals whose names are recorded in the left-hand column (Sîn-bēl-ilī Masitum, Sinatum, etc.), probably Babylonian soldiers, the document dates to the end of the first Babylonian dynasty.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 11.217.4, for similar.

Provenance: Specialised collection of cuneiform text tablets, property of a London gentleman acquired before 1992. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 11.217.4, for similar.

Size

13 cm L - 5 1/8 inches

Material

Terracotta 

Condition

Repaired 

Categories

Cuneiform & Tablets

Price.

US$ 3200

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