NEAR EASTERN
A complete Babylonian clay cuneiform tablet with an administrative text relating to quantities of barley -- 1¾ x 1½in. (4.6 x 3.8cm., reign of Cambyses (529-522 B.C.), year 1; another tablet with a receipt for building tools -- 2¾ x 1¾in. (7 x 4.6cm.); another with a legal or promissory note -- 1½ x 1¼in. (4 x 3.5cm.), both reign of Nebuchadnezzar (604-562 B.C.), years 4 and 36; and a cast of a runic inscription describing the building of cairns in Greenland -- 4¼in. (11cm.) long max. (4)

細節
A complete Babylonian clay cuneiform tablet with an administrative text relating to quantities of barley -- 1¾ x 1½in. (4.6 x 3.8cm., reign of Cambyses (529-522 B.C.), year 1; another tablet with a receipt for building tools -- 2¾ x 1¾in. (7 x 4.6cm.); another with a legal or promissory note -- 1½ x 1¼in. (4 x 3.5cm.), both reign of Nebuchadnezzar (604-562 B.C.), years 4 and 36; and a cast of a runic inscription describing the building of cairns in Greenland -- 4¼in. (11cm.) long max. (4)
來源
Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers collection