Mesopotamia, 700-600 BCE. Cuneiform 007

This clay object is a triangular-shaped tablet used to record a sale of grain. The cuneiform text which reads from left to right identifies the individuals involved, and also lists a number of witnesses. Along the sides are incised cuneiform which may represent either a type of countermark or perhaps a "signature" added by the scribe of the tablet. There is Cuneiform writing on the front, back and sides. The label was likely excavated at the site of Nimrud in northern Mesopotamia as part of the archive of a certain Shamash-sharru-usur, a high official who was active during the reign of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.

Bibliography

Assyrian Cuneiform Tablet on Sale of Grain, Mesopotamia, 700-600 BCE. University of Oregon, Special Collections & University Archives, Cuneiform 007. https://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/3uoa1r/CP71347599820001451