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Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay (Clay)

Measurements: 116LX68WX29TH MM

Description: Tablet inscribed in Old Babylonian script with a list of the year-names of king Samsu-Ditana of Babylon. Years 1 through 22 can be identified with certainty. The end of the tablet perhaps lists years 24 through 27 (and beyond?). The precise date of the tablet and its provenience are unknown.

Region: Unknown Region Iraq

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Unknown (Iraq)

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Old Babylonian

Date: Samsu-Ditana

Culture: --

Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon

King/Ruler: --

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Sumerian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: CUNEIFORM

Inscription Subject: year name list of Samsu-ditana

Inscription Type: Lexical

Inscription Location: Obverse and Reverse

Translation: 

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Transliteration One: 

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Transliteration Two: 

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Transliteration Three: 

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Registration Number: A7754

Accession Number: 1034

Field Number: 124

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