Caption

Cuneiform tablet with receipt, unknown Babylonian official role classification of creator, cuneiform tablets, Neo-Babylonian document, trade, Rectangular tablet, slightly convex, horizontally oriented. Three corners broken off; cracks on the lower and left sides; 9 lines of cuneiform text on the obverse, 2 on the lower side, 9 on the reverse. 6th century BC; Neo-Babylonian period, Babylonia Iraq, Southern Mesopotamia, administrative document, height 3.8 cm, width 4.5 cm, thickness 2 cm, A roughly oval, textured object with a rugged, pitted surface shown against a light background; the object displays a mix of gray, brown, tan, and beige tones with darker gray-brown crevices and lighter tan highlights on raised areas, and a small hint of red visible at one edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_428

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26.6Mb (1.6Mb) / 14.2in x 7.3in / 4259 x 2181 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cuneiform tablet receipt unknown Babylonian official role classification creator cuneiform tablets Neo-Babylonian document trade Rectangular tablet slightly convex horizontally oriented Three corners broken off cracks lower left sides 9 lines cuneiform text obverse 2 lower side 9 reverse 6th century BC Neo-Babylonian period Babylonia Iraq Southern Mesopotamia administrative document height 3.8 cm width 4.5 cm thickness 2 cm roughly oval textured object rugged pitted surface shown light background object displays mix gray brown tan beige tones darker gray-brown crevices lighter tan highlights raised areas small hint red visible edge.