Légende

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 rectangular, irregularly shaped stone or clay fragment with a rough, pitted surface and layered, ridged textures across its face, showing erosion and small chips along the edges. The object has an overall beige and light brown coloration with darker brown spots and shadows in the crevices, and a small hint of red near one edge. The background is a smooth, neutral light gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A18_425

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

39.0Mo (2.3Mo) / 33.4cm x 29.2cm / 3950 x 3449 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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 rectangular irregularly shaped stone clay fragment rough pitted surface layered ridged textures across face showing erosion small chips edges object beige light brown coloration darker brown spots shadows crevices small hint red near edge background smooth neutral light gray.