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

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an Emesal prayer MET vsz86.11.476a

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

Cuneiform tablet- hymn to Marduk MET DP360674

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

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

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

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

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

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET DP239003

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- petition, prayer for a king MET ME86 11 399

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