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AN OLD BABYLONIAN LEGAL DOCUMENT
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with 12 lines of Akkadian cuneiform text, a contract establishing that a loan has been repaid and preventing any further claim in the future, on the reverse a list of witnesses, worn with chips to lower part and upper left corner, 2¾ x 1.7/8 in. (7 x 4.9 cm.); a complete Ur III tablet with 26 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt for barley from named individuals, the reverse has the totals and date, circa 2100 B.C., 3½ x 2 in. (9 x 5.1 cm.); and another complete Ur III tablet, 17 lines, a receipt for livestock, some flakes to reverse, circa 2050 B.C., 3.1/8 x 1¾ in. (7.8 x 4.5 cm.) (3)
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY B.C.
The obverse with 12 lines of Akkadian cuneiform text, a contract establishing that a loan has been repaid and preventing any further claim in the future, on the reverse a list of witnesses, worn with chips to lower part and upper left corner, 2¾ x 1.7/8 in. (7 x 4.9 cm.); a complete Ur III tablet with 26 lines of Sumerian text, a receipt for barley from named individuals, the reverse has the totals and date, circa 2100 B.C., 3½ x 2 in. (9 x 5.1 cm.); and another complete Ur III tablet, 17 lines, a receipt for livestock, some flakes to reverse, circa 2050 B.C., 3.1/8 x 1¾ in. (7.8 x 4.5 cm.) (3)