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Tablet

Classification/Broad: Writing

Classification/Specific: Tablet

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay (Clay)

Measurements: 63 x 41 x 23 mm

Description: This clay tablet is inscribed with Akkadian cuneiform on its obverse, reverse, and upper edge. The inscription records a contract in which a man hires from his brother a third man. The period of hire is one year, and the compensation is four shekels of silver. The tablet is dated to the 14th year of Sin-muballit of Babylon.

Region: Unknown Region Iraq

Country: Iraq

Place/site: Unknown (Iraq)

Place/other: --

Locus: --

Period: Old Babylonian

Date: SIN-MUBALLIT YR 15

Culture: Mesopotamian

Dynasty: First Dynasty of Babylon

King/Ruler: Sin-muballit

Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Akkadian Language

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: Old Babylonian

Inscription Description: --

Inscription Subject: Hire

Inscription Type: Legal

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: A100

Accession Number: 117

Field Number: RFH 6

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