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Source Description
Found at Jokha. A contract for a large quantity of grain[?] delivered on the last day of the month. Transcribed by Dr. Edgar J. Banks in a letter dated April 14, 1928. Marked with a cylindrical stone seal, bearing in raised characters the name of the scribe, Luela and of his father, the seated figure of a deity, and the standing figure of a priest. The tablet is dated in the year when a certain city was overthrown, about 2350 B.C.E.
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Document identity
localId
m900r348t
label
Contract for a large quantity of grain
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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m900r348t
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Contract for a large quantity of grain
description
Found at Jokha. A contract for a large quantity of grain[?] delivered on the last day of the month. Transcribed by Dr. Edgar J. Banks in a letter dated April 14, 1928. Marked with a cylindrical stone seal, bearing in raised characters the name of the scribe, Luela and of his father, the seated figure of a deity, and the standing figure of a priest. The tablet is dated in the year when a certain city was overthrown, about 2350 B.C.E.
date
["[ca. 2350 B.C.E.]"]
year
-2350
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Akkadian
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Cuneiform Tablets
subjectsGeographic
Asia
Iraq
genreBasic
Objects
Manuscripts
genreSpecific
Cuneiform tablets
typeOfResource
Artifact
country
Iraq
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
m900r326s
schema:latitude
33
schema:longitude
44
extent
1 clay tablet ; 51 x 45 mm.
notes
Ms.
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.
Origin: Inscribed in Babylonia ca. 2350 B.C.E.
Cataloged under call no. G.Cab.3.137 no.7.
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no
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m900r348t
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object
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1
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photo
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