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Cuneiform tablet: abzu pe-el-la-am, balag to Enki
Parthian
ca. 134 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for [dates (?)], Esagilaya archive
Babylonian
ca. 551 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a contract
Babylonian or Achaemenid
ca. 7th–4th century BCE
Cuneiform tablet: proxy contract for the purchase of a slave, Egibi archive
Babylonian
ca. 554 BC
Cuneiform tablet: letter of Sin-sharra-ishkun to Nabopolassar
ca. 2nd century BCE
Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal: temple inventory, Esangila archive
ca. 327 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: deposition/record of oath
Achaemenid
ca. 522–486 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: dilmun nigin-na, ershemma, to Marduk
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BC
Cuneiform tablet: partnership agreement
Achaemenid
ca. 500 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: record of a judicial decision
Babylonian
ca. 555–539 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: receipt for rent payment, Egibi archive
Babylonian
ca. 542 BC
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for barley, Esagilaya archive
Babylonian
ca. 555–539 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver for a harranu-partnership, Egibi archive
Babylonian
ca. 552 BC
Cuneiform tablet: receipt for garments
Achaemenid
ca. 498 BCE
Cuneiform cylinder with inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing the rebuilding of the temple of the mother-goddess Ninmah/Belet-ili at Babylon
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BC
Cuneiform tablet: vocabulary of food and drink terms, Urra=hubullu, tablet 23
ca. late 1st millennium BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver, Egibi archive
Babylonian
ca. 543 BC
Cuneiform prism: inscription of Esarhaddon
Assyrian
ca. 676–672 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a contract
Babylonian
ca. 544 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for barley, Esagilaya archive
Babylonian
ca. 555–539 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: a-she-er gi-ta, balag to Innin/Ishtar
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
Panel with mushhushshu dragon
Babylonian
ca. 604–562 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: unidentified balag
Seleucid or Parthian
ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
Corner fragment of inscribed prism (kudurru)
Babylonian
ca. 7th–6th century BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver, Esagilaya archive
Babylonian
ca. 601 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: quittance (?), Esagilaya archive
Babylonian
ca. 555–539 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: Utukku lemnutu, tablet 12
Seleucid
ca. late 1st millennium BCE
Cuneiform tablet: procedure text for the moon
Seleucid
ca. 4th–2nd century BCE
Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Ashurbanipal describing restorations of the city wall and gates at Borsippa
Assyrian
ca. 668–627 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: house rental contract, archive of Iddin-Nabu and Shellebi
Achaemenid
ca. 514 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: Late Babylonian grammatical text
ca. late 1st millennium BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for dates, Esagilaya archive
Achaemenid
ca. 537 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: Utu-gin e-ta, balag composition addressed to Enlil
Seleucid
ca. 145 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for dates, Egibi archive
Achaemenid
ca. 519 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: im-ma-al-(la) gu de-de, balag
Seleucid
ca. 175–174 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: a abzu-mu, balag
Parthian
ca. 131–130 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: prebend service contract, Esagilaya archive
Achaemenid
ca. 523 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: quittance for rent, Esagilaya archive
Achaemenid
ca. 523 BCE
Cuneiform tablet: school exercise tablet
ca. late 1st millennium BCE