Illustration
Inscribed on this rounded terracotta tablet is a cadastral text which registers real estate at Sippar. It was written in Akkadian language. Old Babylonian era, 18th century BCE. From Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habbah, Babil Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. (Istanbul Archaeaological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul, Turkey).
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