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Bill of sale of a field and one house paid in silver. Terracotta tablet with Sumerian writing (around 2550 BCE) AO 3766
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Bill of sale of a field and one house paid in silver...

Gift of a house (1 sar 1/2 i.e. 54 m2) and a male slave with list of witnesses on the last three lines. Terracotta tablet, period of king Shurrupak. (2550 BCE) Pre-Sargonic 8 x 8 x 2 cm - AO 3765
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Gift of a house (1 sar 1/2 i.e. 54 m2) and a male slave with list of witne...

Astrological tablet from Warka. Between the cuneiform writing a star, a raven and a woman. Seleucide period (3rd-1st BCE) Clay, 11,5 x 19 cm AO 6448
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Astrological tablet from Warka. Between the cuneiform writing a star, a raven...

Great Sumerian hymn: Lamentation on the ruins of Ur. Inscription on clay 24.5 x 13.6 cm AO 6446
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Great Sumerian hymn: Lamentation on the ruins...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty. Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE) 12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm AO 6020
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Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin Dagan of the Isin Dynasty. Sumerian terracotta tablet (18th BCE) 12.2 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm AO 6020
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Sacred marriage rite between the goddess of fecundity and King Iddin...

Codex Hammurabi (1790 BCE), the first set of laws ever put into writing. From the original 292 laws, only paragraphs 147-179 were generally used in law courts. Sumerian terracotta tablet 14.5 x 10 x 13.3 cm
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Codex Hammurabi (1790 BCE), the first set of laws ever put into writi...

Astrologicl calendar from Uruk, Mesopotamia. Terracotta tablet
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Astrologicl calendar from Uruk, Mesopotamia....

Babylonian tablet with inscription. Terracotta (605-562 BCE) Late Iron Age Inv. H 1814
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Babylonian tablet with inscription. Terracotta (605-562 BCE)...

Fragmented tablet with Aramaic inscription from the 34th year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor II, 566 BCE. Terracotta 5 x 7 x 2.4 cm AO 21 063
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Fragmented tablet with Aramaic inscription from the 34th year of the reign o...

Seal of Nabuchodonosor I (reigned 1128-1106 BCE) bought in Jerusalem. Clay 9.5 x 8.2 cm Inv. H 1704
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Seal of Nabuchodonosor I (reigned 1128-1106 BCE) bought in Jerusalem....

Sumerian head, found in Jerusalem, Israel Clay, black paint, Early Bronze Age
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Sumerian head, found in Jerusalem, Israel Clay, black paint, Early...