Inscription: Loan Ant.113

Current Location: In storage

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Inscription

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To be done

Description

Rectangular block, with cuneiform text recording a deed of sale

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.025 m
Length: 0.115 m
Width: 0.033 m

Relative size of this object

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Find spot

Cyprus

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1998-02-03) by Roberts, Patricia

Dating

Reign of Sumu-la-El
Old Babylonian
-1880 - -1845

Materials used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: Loan Ant.113
Primary reference Number: 160188
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 8 November 2017

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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Citation for print

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Inscription" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160188 Accessed: 2023-03-22 10:33:58

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/160188
            |title=Inscription
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-22 10:33:58|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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