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Cuneiform tablet- fragment MET vsz86.11.500

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract for the purchase of a house MET vs86 11 421

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract involving a house MET VS86.11.469X

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 427

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 454

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 456

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract (?) MET vs86 11 458

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a contract MET vs86 11 536

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a dialogue document concerning a dowry conversion MET ME86 11 326

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a document concerning land disposition, Esagilaya archive MET vs86 11 425

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a field lease MET ME86 11 322

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a field lease MET vs86 11 442

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a field lease MET vs86 11 450

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a lease MET vsz86.11.522

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a litigation settlement MET vs86 11 437

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a receipt for silver MET vsz86.11.477b

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a witness list and date formula MET VS86.11.445X

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an accounting record MET ME86 11 339

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an accounting record (?) MET vs86 11 482a

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an agreement concerning a dowry (?) MET VS86.11.464X

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of the witness list of a contract (?) MET vs86.11.508

Cuneiform tablet- Gula incantation MET hb86 11 130

Cuneiform tablet- house rental contract, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 115

Cuneiform tablet- house rental contract MET ME86 11 149

Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder (?) seal- stipulations regarding potential claims on sold prebend MET ME86 11 185

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of archers for military service, Ebabbar archive MET DP239004

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of payments to hired workers MET DP239006

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of payments to hired workers MET ME86 11 319

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET DP239002

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET ME07 154 3A

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seals- administrative document inscribed in Achaemenid Elamite MET DP254535

Cuneiform tablet impressed with three cylinder seals and three stamp seals- renunciation of claim MET ME86 11 133

Cuneiform tablet- lease renewal, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 99

Cuneiform tablet- letter, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 431

Cuneiform tablet- letter MET ME07 154 5A

Cuneiform tablet- letter MET ME86 11 101

Cuneiform tablet- letter order, Ebabbar archive MET vs86 11 449

Cuneiform tablet- list of magical stones MET hb86 11 64a

Cuneiform tablet- list of magical stones MET hb86 11 64b

Cuneiform tablet- list of workmen, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 291

Cuneiform tablet- loan with work agreement, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 24

Cuneiform tablet- partnership agreement MET ME86 11 186

Cuneiform tablet - Petra

Cuneiform tablet- prebend service contract, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 151

Cuneiform tablet- promissory oath, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 28

Cuneiform tablet- purchase of a field MET ME86 11 290

Cuneiform tablet- quittance, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 183

Cuneiform tablet- quittance for dates, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 162

Cuneiform tablet- quittance for rent, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 190

Cuneiform tablet- quittance for rent, Esagilaya archive MET ME86 11 323