Babylonian Clay Cuneiform Tablet

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Middle Babylonian Period, ca. late 2nd millennium BCE. A hand-built clay tablet of rectangular form containing 9 full and 7 partial lines of impressed cuneiform script. While untranslated, this tablet perhaps provides an accounting of payments rendered to workers, or shipping manifests for certain types of goods, or even messages to loved ones living in far-away lands. Size: 1.9" L x 1.5" W (4.8 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection before 2000

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Condition Report: Loss to one corner as shown. Light abrasions and minor softening to some cuneiform characters. Nice preservation to most cuneiform characters.