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~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Numerical tablet Khafaje OIM A21310

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Numerical tablet, dated ca 3500-3350 BC (Uruk V phase), found in Khafaje. Oriental Institute Museum A21310. CDLI P235768 https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Sumerian cuneiform tablet dating approximately 2041 B.C. Is a receipt for the donation of livestock to the feast for a Sumerian king

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The oldest piece in the McDonald Rare Book Collection at OSU is a Sumerian cuneiform tablet dating approximately 2041 B.C. The fragile piece has a prosaic purpose,…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Tablet and enveloppe Ashmolean 1930.407

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: A clay tablet and the enveloppe in which it was sent, with seal impression. Letter recording the dissolving of a business partnership. From ancient Kish, Old Babylo…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Tablet BM131452

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay cuneiform tablet of a legal case before Saustatar, King of Mitanni, involving Niqmepa, King of Alalakh. Dated 1550BC-1400BC.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Triangle geometrical tablet Ashmolean 1931 91

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet with geometrical diagram of a triangle. Calculation of the area of the triangle, but the scribe got it wrong, cf. Robson, "Mathematical cuneiform tablet…

Astronomy & Mathematics

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Ur Bau tablet AO261 mp3h9041

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0 fr). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: .mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output .fileinfotpl-type-information,.mw-parser-output .fileinfotpl-type-artwork{border:1px sol…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 1963.188.2

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 1963.188.2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 1963.188.5

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 1963.188.5. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 1963.188.6

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 1963.188.6. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.017

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.049

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.049. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.075

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.075. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.085

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.085. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.096

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.096. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.102

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.102. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.158

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.158. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.176

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.176. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.177

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.177. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WML 51.63.178

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WML 51.63.178. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

WO 08, 160-161

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — WO 08, 160-161. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.093

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.093. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.094

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.094. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.095

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.095. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.096

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.096. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.097

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.097. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.098

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.098. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.099

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.100

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.100. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.102

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.102. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.104

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.104. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.119

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.119. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.123

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.123. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.140

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.140. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.153

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.153. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.154

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.154. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.182

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.182. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.183

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.183. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.203

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.203. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.204

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.204. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.206

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.206. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.209

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.209. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.210

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.210. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

X.3.241

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — X.3.241. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 10, 62

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 10, 62. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 13, 014

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 13, 014. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 017

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 15, 017. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 018

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 15, 018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 019

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 15, 019. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 029

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 15, 029. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

YOS 15, 031

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — YOS 15, 031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life·Economy

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