Old Babylonian Cuneiform Clay Tablet Recording Payment of Silver to Temples, c. 1900-1700 B.C.

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Item No.

33.37185

Culture

Old Babylonian, c. 1900-1700 B.C. 

Item Details.

Cuneiform inscribed tablet recording payment of various amounts of shekels of silver and oils to the temples of Shullat and Hanish, two gods mentioned in the Babylonian flood story.

Provenance: ex. property of an English gentleman and housed in London before 1996. Thence by descent to a family member.

Size

7.5 cm L - 3 inches

Material

Terracotta 

Condition

Intact 

Categories

Live Auction 23

Price.

US$ 1400

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