tablet

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Object Type
Museum number: 78807
Description: Clay tablet; complete; receipt for sheep; Old Babylonian.
Authority
Regnal date: 15/10/13
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sippar (?)
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 1.625 inches; Width: 1.50 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The case of this tablet is Bu1888,0512.762 (78808).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1888
Acquisition notes: Acquired by the British Museum as a result of Budge's second mission to Egypt and Mesopotamia in 1887-1888; the mission was intended to investigate the "leakage" of tablets from sites supposedly guarded on behalf of the British Museum. Further notes on acquisition and bibliographic references relating to acquisition in catalogue introduction pp.xv-xvii.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 78807
Registration number: 1888,0512,Bu.761
Conservation

Free entry