Neo-Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet

An ancient Neo-Babylonian clay cuneiform tablet, the Akkadian administrative text in 16 lines records a contract for a loan by a Bel-sum-iskun to Iluma-uga.

Mesopotamia.

Neo-Babylonian Period.Dated: May 29, 514 BC.

Length: 2 in. (5 cm).

Dated to the 5th year of Darius I, (r. 522 – 486 BC).

Formerly in the collection of Sir John Lubbock, 1st Lord Avebury (1834-1913); Formerly the Property of the First Lord Avebury, Sotheby's, London, July 4, 1932, lot 143; Alan Gradon Thomas (1911-1992) collection; Fine Books and Manuscripts from the Library of the late Alan G. Thomas; Sotheby's, London, June 21,1993, lot 1; Jacques Carré (1927-2015) collection, Antwerp.

Inv#: 9307

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