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Sale of priests' livings,from Uruk, 3rd-2nd BCE. Clay,cuneiform writing.
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Sale of priests' livings,from Uruk, 3rd-2nd BCE. Clay,cuneiform writing.

Babylonian text,cuneiform script on baked clay. From Bogazkoy, Anatolia, 13th BCE Clay, AO
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Babylonian text,cuneiform script on baked clay. From Bogazkoy, Anato...

Imprint of a clay cylinder seal with three registers. Top and bottom: battles between heroes and animals. Center: six heroes and a tree.Inscription:"Barnantarra, wife of Lugalanda".From Tello,Mesopotamia,period of Archaic dynasties. Clay, 6 x 8 cm AO 13222
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Imprint of a clay cylinder seal with three registers. Top and bottom: battles...

Copy,for students' use,of an inscription of King Naram-Sin's statue from the temple of Enlil in Nippur. Akkad dynasty (2334-2193 BCE) AO 5475
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Copy,for students' use,of an inscription of King Naram-Sin's statue from...

Cappadocian text,letter sent from Assur by Assur-idi to his son Assur na'da,who is on his way to Cappadocia. From Anatolia, period of the Assyrian trading posts, early 2nd mill. BCE Clay, 7,5 x 5 cm AO 7067
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Cappadocian text,letter sent from Assur by Assur-idi to his son Assur na'da,w...

Protocol,drawn up by the judges of the Karum of Kanesh,concerning the death of a merchant. Cappadocian text from Anatolia, period of the Assyrian trading posts, early 2nd mill.BCE Clay, 6,3 x 5,5 cm AO 11216
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Protocol,drawn up by the judges of the Karum of Kanesh,concerning the de...

Dictionary of synonyms with a colophon (closing stamp) of the library of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE)in Niniveh. From Ninveh. Baked clay, 18 x 10 cm AO 7092
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Dictionary of synonyms with a colophon (closing stamp) of the library of Ashurb...

The Yozat tablet.Hittite text deploring the dis- appearance of the sun-god and a magic ritual for the recovery of the lost god of vegetation Telipinu. From Anatolia, New Hittite Empire, 14th BCE Clay, 15 x 9 cm AO 4703
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The Yozat tablet.Hittite text deploring the dis- appearance of the sun-go...

Fragment of a text concerning Sargon's accession to the throne against Lugalzagesi. First Babylonian dynasty (1894-1595) AO 7673
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Fragment of a text concerning Sargon's accession to the throne...

Letter from Pharaoh Ramses II to the Hittite king Hattusili III (1289-1265 BCE),concerning the marriage of one of the daughters of Hattusili to the Pharaoh, and the presents sent by the Egyptian court. From Bogazkoy,Anatolia. Clay, 5,8 x 5,5 cm AO 9408
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Letter from Pharaoh Ramses II to the Hittite king Hattusili III (1289-1265...

Bilingual text in praise of the Goddess Ishtar. Uruk. Tablet with cuneiform writing,Uruk. 7th-2nd BCE
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Bilingual text in praise of the Goddess Ishtar. Uruk. Tablet with cuneiform wr...

Bill of sale, period of Kashtiliash, king of Hama. Baked clay, 12 x 6 cm AO 4672
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Bill of sale, period of Kashtiliash, king of Hama. Baked clay,...