A COMPLETE LATE BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET WITH ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION
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A COMPLETE LATE BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET WITH ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION

529 B.C.

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A COMPLETE LATE BABYLONIAN CUNEIFORM CLAY TABLET WITH ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION
529 B.C.
The tablet with 13 lines of text in Late Babylonian cuneiform and 2 lines of Aramaic alphabetic script on the upper edge, the cuneiform text comprising a legal document, concerning a debt involving barley, with named scribe and witnesses, the date is recorded as "Month: Shabat, 6th day, beginning of the reign of Cambyses, king of the lands... " (18 February 529 B.C. in the Gregorian calendar)
1 7/8 x 1 3/16 in. (4.8 x 3 cm.)
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