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Cuneiform tablet and case: quittance for a loan in silver
- Material
- Clay
- Dimensions
- Tablet: 4.6 × 4.7 × 1.5 cm (1 13/16 × 1 7/8 × 9/16 in.); case: 5.2 × 5.4 × 2.5 cm (2 1/16 × 2 1/8 × 1 in.)
- Date as given by the source
- ca. 20th-19th century BCE
- Record number
- 66.245.16a · 66.245.16b
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Object · ca. 20th-19th century BCE
Cuneiform tablet and case: quittance for a loan in silver
A small clay tablet and its sealed case, "probably from Kültepe (Karum Kanesh)", of the 20th-19th century BCE. The tablet records the discharge of a debt for a silver loan owed to Ashur-taklaku, and the case bears impressions of four different seals.
- Region
- Anatolia
- Material
- Clay
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York