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~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- receipt of silver for a wash-bowl MET ME86 11 219

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- record of expenditures of silver, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 107

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- record of sale MET ME86 11 150

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- record of silver for purchase of animals, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 218

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- record of silver for supplies, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 234

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- sale of real estate MET ME86 11 443

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 13

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 145

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet- private letter MET DP-13441-020

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

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~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet with a small second tablet- private letter MET DP-13441-021

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Daily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablets, letter from Hammurabi

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet listing the kings of Babylon; Foundation tablet; letter from Hammurabi, lapis lazuli cylinder

Daily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Dagon Museum, Cuneiform document on clay tablet

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Dagon Museum, Downtown, Haifa, Israel The Museum is dedicated to the history of grain products מוזיאון דגון בעיר התחתית בחיפה שוכן במבנה המשרדים של ממגורות דגון. המוזיאון מוקדש לתולדות הדגן ומוצריו, ו

EconomyDaily Life
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Hattusa Bronze Tablet Cuneiform

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Bronze tablet from Çorum-Boğazköy dating from 1235 BC. Photographed at Museum of Anatolian Civilisations. This cuneiform document excavated at Hattusa in 1986 is the only bronze tablet found in Anatol

Law
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Legal Deposition(?)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Legal Deposition(?) Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (13th century BC) A6004 A6004 - VBot 30 - CTH 832

Law
~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Jehoiachin Ration Tablet detail

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Administrative tablet from the South Palace of Babylon, dated from the reign of king Nebuchednezzar, list of rations of people feeded by the royal administration, including the ex-king of Judah, Jehoi

EconomyDaily Life
~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, it's a receipt for the donation of l

EconomyDaily 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 Babylonian period (ca. 1900-1600 BC). Ashm

Daily Life
~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.

Law
~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 solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);bac

EconomyDaily Life
~1791 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

AUCT 4, 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y2 — Year after: Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.

Daily Life
~1754 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Code of Hammurabi (stele)

Not the first law code, but the most complete and the most famous. Inscribed on a black diorite stele over two meters tall, displayed in a public place — law made visible, law made monumental.

Law
~1340 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

Amarna Letter EA 153 — Abi-milku of Tyre

Part of the earliest known body of international diplomatic correspondence. Akkadian, written in cuneiform on clay, was the lingua franca of Late Bronze Age statecraft — used between Egypt, the Hittites, Mitanni, Babylon, Assyria, and the Levantine vassals.

Daily LifeLaw
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

AUCT 5, 162

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — AUCT 5, 162. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

CT 20, pl. 05 & 09, K 02618 +

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — CT 20, pl. 05 & 09, K 02618 +. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

CT 20, pl. 09, K 06973 +

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — CT 20, pl. 09, K 06973 +. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 001

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 003

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 005

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 006

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 007

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 008

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 009

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 010

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 011

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 011. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 012

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

CT 51, 014

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — CT 51, 014. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

MSCT 1, 140, MS 2481

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — MSCT 1, 140, MS 2481. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

OECT 13, 026

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — OECT 13, 026. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

OECT 13, 028

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — OECT 13, 028. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

OECT 13, 108

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — OECT 13, 108. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

OECT 15, 169

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — OECT 15, 169. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform letter to Amenhotep III

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Copyrighted free use). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet containing a letter from Tushratta of Mitanni to Amenhotep III-(of 13 letters of King Tushratta). (Tushratta letter en:Amarna letter EA 19 , reverse )

Daily Life
~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet - Pharaoh exhibit - Cleveland Museum of Art (27943116952)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet containing cuneiform letters, created in Babylon about 1353 to 1337 BC. Found at Tell el-Amarna. Egyptian pharaohs often communicated via letter with the rulers of other nations. Cuneiform

Daily Life
~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

ABL 0001

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — ABL 0001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

ABL 0002

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — ABL 0002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

ABL 0003

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — ABL 0003. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life
~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

ABL 0004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — ABL 0004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life