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Collection of cuneiform tablets.

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Title

Collection of cuneiform tablets.
Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet.
Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet.

Description

Face of a clay tablet inscribed with records from ancient Babylonia.
Face of a clay tablet inscribed with records from ancient Sumeria.

"37 sheep and goats from 12 named Amorites from the town of BÀD and 7 sheep and goats from 3 named Sumerian officials delivered to Abbasaga who expended them for various unnamed purposes. The transaction took place on the 27th day of the month of Akiti in the 5th year of King Amar-Suen [2041 B.C.]".

Date

1763 BCE.
2041 BCE.

Language

akk
sux

Identifier

McDonald 3.3
McDonald 3.2

Citation

"Collection of cuneiform tablets.," in Special Collections, Item #2296, http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/omeka/items/show/2296 (accessed May 19, 2013).