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Clay tablet. The cuneiform text mentions the murder of Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BCE) by his son and a lunar eclipse (609-447 BCE). From Babylon, Iraq. British Museum

Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Inscriptions (4703976097)

Cuneiform Foundation Tablet (4695995469)

Cuneiform tablet- account of aromatics, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 118

Cuneiform tablet- account of date disbursement, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 172

Cuneiform tablet- account of dates as imittu-rent, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 65

Cuneiform tablet- account of dates as irbu-revenue, Ebabbar archive MET ME79 7 38

Cuneiform tablet- account of rent payment of pomegranates, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 165

Cuneiform tablet- account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 26

Cuneiform tablet- account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 36

Cuneiform tablet- account record, inventory, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 34

Cuneiform tablet- account regarding temple sheep, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 198

Cuneiform tablet- account statement, Egibi archive MET ME79 1 21

Cuneiform tablet- agreement regarding division of property MET ME86 11 293

Cuneiform tablet- allocation of dates for fodder, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 116

Cuneiform tablet- assumption of debt by guarantor, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 175

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266810

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266811

Cuneiform tablet- certification of presence of interested party, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 161

Cuneiform tablet- declaration before witnesses, archive of Iddin-Nabu and Shellebi MET ME86 11 147

Cuneiform tablet- declaration before witnesses, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 32

Cuneiform tablet- deposition-record of oath MET ME86 11 324

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 98

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, Esagilaya archive MET 86.11.394a,b ob

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, Esagilaya archive MET 86.11.394a,b rev

Cuneiform tablet- field lease, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 384

Cuneiform tablet- field survey MET ME86 11 352

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 417

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 433

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 439

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 453

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET VS86.11.472X

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.478

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.484

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 492a

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.494

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.518

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86.11.527

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 535

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 547a

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 550

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.485

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.520

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.539

Cuneiform tablet- fragment, Ebabbar archive MET vsz86.11.554x

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vs86 11 428

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vs86 11 434

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vs86.11.491

Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vsz86.11.500

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract for the purchase of a house MET vs86 11 421