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Tablet Envelope

CBS55B

From: Iraq | Sippar (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Babylonian

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Object Number CBS55B
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

Envelope for a legal text. Contract; Hire of a slave; Case 6x8x2 lines, seal impressions all over the surfaces. Pairs with tablet CBS55A.
Credit Line Purchased from Joseph Shemtob, London; subscription of E. W. Clark, et. al., 1888
Other Number P257620 - CDLI Number | B55 - Old Museum Number | CBS 00055 & CBS 00055a - Other Number | BE 06/2, 081 - Other Number

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