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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Cuneiform Tablet with Seal Impression and Loan Contract for Silver Drawn in Front of Three Witnesses, Payment Due at Harvest Time
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Cuneiform Tablet with Seal Impression and Loan Contract for Silver Drawn in Front of Three Witnesses, Payment Due at Harvest Time

AAT Object Form/FunctionLeases
AAT Object Form/FunctionCuneiform
AAT Object Form/FunctionWriting Tablet (information artifacts)
Possible OriginLarsa, Iraq, Asia
CultureBabylonian
PeriodOld Babylonian Period
Dateca. 1800 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions1 × 1 5/16 × 5/8 in. (2.5 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm)
Object number1921.286
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesJ. Nicholas Reid and Gabriella Spada, "Old Babylonian Contracts in the Michael C. Carlos Museum Emory University," Oriens Antiquus (2001): 67.
ProvenancePurchased for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959) from Albert T. Clay (1866-1925) [Yale Babylonian Collection], New Haven, Connecticut, 1921. At Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, ca. 1950-1955.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art