Caption

Cuneiform tablet with receipt, unknown Babylonian official role classification of creator, cuneiform tablets, Neo-Babylonian document, trade, Eastern Gallic Scenography, 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-shaped, irregular textured object fills the frame, showing a surface of rough, cracked, and pitted material in shades of beige, tan, brown, and gray with areas of darker brown in crevices; the background is a smooth pale gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_429

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Rights managed

Available size

23.7Mb (1.5Mb) / 7.3in x 12.7in / 2181 x 3795 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cuneiform tablet receipt unknown Babylonian official role classification creator cuneiform tablets Neo-Babylonian document trade Eastern Gallic Scenography 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-shaped irregular textured object fills frame showing surface rough cracked pitted material shades beige tan brown gray areas darker brown crevices background smooth pale gray.