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Cuneiform Tablet - Collection 2

20 November 2023

Babylonian, c. 1700 BC
Acc #: 96.68, James Logie Memorial Collection
From the Collection of Dr HD Broadhead

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A narrow tablet inscribed on both sides with lines of Babylonian cuneiform. This is another administrative text listing the names of individuals granted plots of land of between 1 bur (buru) and 1 gan totalling 9 bur and 3 iku. An iku equals one quarter acre, or one thirty-sixth of a bur. The tablet is undated but probably comes from around 1700 BC.

A narrow tablet inscribed on both sides with lines of Babylonian cuneiform. This is another administrative text listing the names of individuals granted plots of land of between 1 bur (buru) and 1 gan totalling 9 bur and 3 iku. An iku equals one quarter acre, or one thirty-sixth of a bur. The tablet is undated but probably comes from around 1700 BC.

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