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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

Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet- private letter MET DP-13441-020

Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet- private letter MET DP-13441-021

Cuneiform tablets, letter from Hammurabi

Dagon Museum, Cuneiform document on clay tablet

Jehoiachin Ration Tablet detail

Sumerian cuneiform tablet dating approximately 2041 B.C. Is a receipt for the donation of livestock to the feast for a Sumerian king

Ur Bau tablet AO261 mp3h9041

WML 53.114.680

X.3.101

X.3.117

X.3.154

X.3.209

X.3.210

X.3.215

X.3.220

X.3.230

X.3.303

X.3.318

X.3.319

YBC 02127

YBC 06996

YOS 05, 105

YOS 15, 005

YOS 15, 007

YOS 15, 017

YOS 15, 018

YOS 15, 019

YOS 15, 029

YOS 15, 031

YOS 15, 032