Tablet
Envelope
CBS4711
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Babylonian
| Object Number | CBS4711 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Akkadian |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made | 1900-1600 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Iconography | Letter |
| Description | An Akkadian letter from a man named Ibi-ilum to Shu-ili. PBS XIV: Two Gilgamesh in front face attack two rampant human beaded bisons. Streams of blood flow around the left bison. Two lions attack a rampant ibex. There is a squat monkey between them. Seal impress. on the envelope of a letter of Ibi-ilum to Gimil-ili before the time of Hammurabi. |
| Length | 6.8 cm |
| Width | 4.2 cm |
| Thickness | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Fund Purchase, 1888-1891 |
| Other Number | P260980 - CDLI Number | B4711 - Old Museum Number | CBS 04711 - Other Number | PBS XIV: 324a - Other Number |
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