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Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET ME07 154 6A

Cuneiform tablet impressed with stamp seal- receipt, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 380

Cuneiform tablet impressed with three cylinder seals- record of slave sale MET ME86 11 320

Cuneiform tablet impressed with two cylinder seals- loan of barley MET ME86 11 245

Cuneiform tablet- inventory account, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 113

Cuneiform tablet- legal decision by appointed judges MET ME66 245 19a

Cuneiform tablet, legal document concerning a trial, Sumer, modern Iraq, c. 2037-2029 BC - Spurlock Museum, UIUC - DSC05943

Cuneiform tablet- letter about cultic matters MET ME86 11 372

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET DP-13441-009

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET hb66 245 17a a

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET hb66 245 17a b

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET hb66 245 17b a

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET hb66 245 17b b

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET ME66 245 14a

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET ME86 11 224

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET vs54 117 27b

Cuneiform tablet- memorandum of receipt for silver, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 35

Cuneiform tablet- private letter concerning consignment of textiles MET ME66 245 11

Cuneiform tablet- private letter fragment MET ME58 108

Cuneiform tablet- private letter fragment MET ME66 245 6

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET DP-12499-013

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET DP-12499-014

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET DP-13441-002

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET DP-13441-003

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET DP110638

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME1983 135 6a

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME66 245 1

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME66 245 2

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME66 245 3

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME66 245 4

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME66 245 7

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET ME66 245 9

Cuneiform tablet- private letter MET vsx706 4a

Cuneiform tablet- quittance for a loan in copper MET ME66 245 18a

Cuneiform tablet- quittance for a loan in silver MET DP162272

Cuneiform tablet- ration list MET ME11 217 16

Cuneiform tablet- ration list MET ME11 217 26

Cuneiform tablet- ration list MET ME11 217 5

Cuneiform tablet- receipt by proxy for silver, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 20

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for barley, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 207

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for rent payment, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 9

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 3

Cuneiform tablet- receipt of silver for a wash-bowl MET ME86 11 219

Cuneiform tablet- record of expenditures of silver, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 107

Cuneiform tablet- record of sale MET ME86 11 150

Cuneiform tablet- record of silver for purchase of animals, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 218

Cuneiform tablet- record of silver for supplies, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 234

Cuneiform tablet- sale of real estate MET ME86 11 443

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 13

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 145