Tablet Envelope
55-21-161
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Babylonian
| Object Number | 55-21-161 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Locus | TB 75, level E 2 |
| Period | Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made | 1900-1600 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Inscription Language | Akkadian Language |
| Description | Legal text. Sale of temple office; PN1 sells 6 offices in the Shamash temple for 5 days each to PN2 for 9 1/2 shekels of silver; witnesses; bur-gul seal of seller; 8.7x5.2, 10.0x6.8. See CDLI for transliteration info. |
| Height | 8.7 cm |
| Width | 5.2 cm |
| Credit Line | University Museum-University of Chicago/Oriental Institute Expedition, 1955 |
| Other Number | P257340 - CDLI Number | UM 55-21-161 - Other Number | 2N-T 771 - Field Number |
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