tablet

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Object Type
Museum number: 130827
Description: Black stone tablet inscribed on two sides and one edge; inscription states "purchased a house in Uruk for 3.5 mamas of silver by Ai'da", dated 10/iv/ 2 Samash-ukin blbbt; incomplete; lower right corner broken.
Authority
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Warka
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 6.625 inches; Thickness: 2.125 inches; Width: 4.50 inches
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Condition: Incomplete.
Associated names
Associated places: Named in inscription: Warka
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1949
Acquisition notes: From the Duke of Northumberland's collection at Alnwick Castle. Originally purchased in Moscow in 1891.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 130827
Registration number: 1949,1112.4
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: North 2267 (Previous collector's number)

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