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Cuneiform tablet: adoption declaration, Egibi archive

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Cuneiform tablet: adoption declaration, Egibi archive

Period:: Neo-Babylonian
Date:: ca. 546 BC
Geography:: Mesopotamia, Babylon (modern Hillah)
Culture:: Babylonian
Medium:: Clay
Dimensions:: 6.8 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Classification:: Clay
Credit Line:: Purchase, 1879
Accession Number:: 79.7.4

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