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Asset Overview
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),
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,
Credit Line: Transfer from the Department of Religion, Mount Holyoke College,
Photography and photogrammetry by Laura Shea, Digital Collections Coordinator & Museum Photographer, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Ma, 01069 https://artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu,
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.”
