REIGN OF ABI-ESHUH, 1711-1684 B.C.
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A COMPLETE OLD BABYLONIAN TABLET WITH ITS PARTIALLY OPENED ENVELOPE
REIGN OF ABI-ESHUH, 1711-1684 B.C.
Each bearing multiple lines of text, a legal document, being a witnessed contract concerning the purchase of land, the envelope showing fine and clear cylinder seal impressions of the parties involved, reign of Abi-eshuh, 6 x 10 cm.; a complete Late Babylonian tablet, 27 lines, a legal contract concerning the loans of silver owed to twelve people, minor edge repair, dated to the reign of Nabonidus, Year 1, 555 B.C., 6.5 x 4.5 cm.; another Late Babylonian tablet, 18 lines, a contract for a loan of silver, corner chipped, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604-562 B.C., 5.2 x 3.8 cm.; another Late Babylonian tablet, 17 lines, a legal document concerning a loan witnessed by Anu-ahhe-iddannu, in place of a seal impression the latter's fingernail marked as such appears on the edge, repaired, dated at Uruk to reign of Artaxerxes II, Year 37, 404-359 B.C., 6.8 x 5.6 cm.; a complete Old Babylonian tablet, 13 lines, a ration list, 3.7 x 4.4 cm.; and another complete Old Babylonian tablet, 12 lines plus a further 3 lines erased by the scribe, concerning barley rations, perhaps a school text, repaired, circa 1750-1650 B.C., 4.5 x 7 cm. (6)
REIGN OF ABI-ESHUH, 1711-1684 B.C.
Each bearing multiple lines of text, a legal document, being a witnessed contract concerning the purchase of land, the envelope showing fine and clear cylinder seal impressions of the parties involved, reign of Abi-eshuh, 6 x 10 cm.; a complete Late Babylonian tablet, 27 lines, a legal contract concerning the loans of silver owed to twelve people, minor edge repair, dated to the reign of Nabonidus, Year 1, 555 B.C., 6.5 x 4.5 cm.; another Late Babylonian tablet, 18 lines, a contract for a loan of silver, corner chipped, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604-562 B.C., 5.2 x 3.8 cm.; another Late Babylonian tablet, 17 lines, a legal document concerning a loan witnessed by Anu-ahhe-iddannu, in place of a seal impression the latter's fingernail marked as such appears on the edge, repaired, dated at Uruk to reign of Artaxerxes II, Year 37, 404-359 B.C., 6.8 x 5.6 cm.; a complete Old Babylonian tablet, 13 lines, a ration list, 3.7 x 4.4 cm.; and another complete Old Babylonian tablet, 12 lines plus a further 3 lines erased by the scribe, concerning barley rations, perhaps a school text, repaired, circa 1750-1650 B.C., 4.5 x 7 cm. (6)