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~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a- loan of silver MET DP-13441-010

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with stamp seal, for cuneiform tablet 54.117.27b- loan of silver MET ME54 117 27a,b

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.14a- loan of silver MET ME66 245 14b

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals- loan of silver MET ME66 245 22

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- commodity account, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 392

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

(cuneiform tablet D) obverse (22184858711)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Reminder: PJ3721_U7C86_E.jpg Date: [between 1981 and 1973 BCE] Description: Originating from Puzrish-Dagan, the tablet dates from the reign of Amar-Sin (also kno…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- ephemeris of eclipses from at least S.E. 177 to 199 (?) MET ME86 11 345

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Astronomy & Mathematics

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- field sale MET ME86 11 329

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an account MET ME62 70 98

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an account MET vs62 70 96

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an account record (?) MET vs86 11 467a

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of barley rations list, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 438

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal impression- field sale MET ME86 11 328

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal- loan of silver MET ME11 217 15

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal- receipt of silver MET ME1973 25 2

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal- tax receipt MET ME86 11 104

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet impressed with scaraboid (?) ring seal- receipt for gold MET ME86 11 160

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET ME66 245 14a

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET ME86 11 224

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- loan of silver MET vs54 117 27b

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- quittance for a loan in silver MET DP162272

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- ration list MET ME11 217 16

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- ration list MET ME11 217 26

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- ration list MET ME11 217 5

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- record of sale MET ME86 11 150

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- sale of real estate MET ME86 11 443

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

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

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Dagon Museum, Cuneiform document on clay tablet

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Dagon Museum, Downtown, Haifa, Israel The Museum is dedicated to the history of grain products מוזיאון דגון בעיר התחתית בחיפה שוכן במבנה המשרדים של ממגורות דגון. המ…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Jehoiachin Ration Tablet detail

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Administrative tablet from the South Palace of Babylon, dated from the reign of king Nebuchednezzar, list of rations of people feeded by the royal administration, i…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Numerical tablet Khafaje OIM A21310

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Numerical tablet, dated ca 3500-3350 BC (Uruk V phase), found in Khafaje. Oriental Institute Museum A21310. CDLI P235768 https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.…

Economy

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