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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mesopotamian
Title:Tablet with cuneiform inscription, debt note for silver`
Date Made:ca. 1749 BCE (Old Babylonian, Samsuiluna year 1, month 10, day 30)
Type:Written Communication
Materials:Clay
Place Made:Asia; Mesopotamia; Sumeria or Babylonia; Larsa
Measurements:Overall: 1 in x 2 9/16 in x 1 13/16 in; 2.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 4.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2016.14.15
Credit Line:Transfer from the Department of Religion, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Sealed debt note for silver

Label Text:
TRANSLATION: “Concerning 12 ½ shekels of silver, for which Balamu-namḫe had Ilīma-Ilum son of Saniqum make out a sealed document, and for which Sîn-imguranni is in receipt of 12 ½ shekels of silver from Ilīma-Ilum, if the sealed document of Ilīma-Ilum that Balamu-namḫe had him make out shall turn up, it shall be broken. Thirtieth day of the tenth month of the first year of Samsuiluna, king of Babylon.”

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