Tablet
CBS55A
From: Iraq | Sippar (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Babylonian
| Object Number | CBS55A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Sippar (uncertain) |
| Period | Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made | 1900-1600 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Inscription Language | Akkadian Language |
| Description | Legal text fragment. Contract; Akk, Hire of a slave; Tablet: (obverse) 5x (LoE) 3x (reverse) 5x (Left Edge)1 line. Pairs with envelope CBS55B. CBS Register: unbaked clay tablet inclosed in case, partly opened. I. Dyn of Babylon -it is now the tablet and the envelope, two seperate pieces. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Joseph Shemtob, London; subscription of E. W. Clark, et. al., 1888 |
| Other Number | P257620 - CDLI Number | JS 47 - Dealer's Number | B55 - Old Museum Number | CBS 00055 & CBS 00055a - Other Number | BE 06/2, 081 - Other Number |
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