Tablet Recording a Business Letter
This square clay tablet is densely covered on all sides in a cuneiform text that was read from left to right. The tablet is a business transaction and details the trade of precious metals that occurred between Assyria and Kanesh. In the letter, Itur-ili in Assyria instructs En...
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2831
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object
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normalized
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Caesarea]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1462_VwA_UK.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1462_VwA_UK.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1462_VwA_UK.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1462 |
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