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Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 33 x 30 x 14 mm

Description: Tablet inscribed on one side with a tax imposed on a shipment.

Region: Wasit governorate

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Bismaya

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Akkadian

Date: --

Culture: Mesopotamian

Dynasty: Dynasty of Akkad

King/Ruler: --

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: --

Inscription Subject: Tax imposed on a shipment

Inscription Type: Administrative

Inscription Location: Obverse

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Transliteration Three: 

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Registration Number: A793

Accession Number: 83

Field Number: H 178

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