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July 1, 2025

KU 014: 3D model of Neo-Babylonian clay tablet

This publication contains a replica of a historical clay tablet of the special collections of the VU University Library. The original tablet is a Neo-Babylonian legal document from the archive of the Rē'i-alpi family in Borsippa. The Achaemenid capital, Susa, is mentioned. Period: Neo-Babylonian (c. 7th-6th centuries BCE). Date: Darius I 18. Provenance: Borsippa. Language: Akkadian. Personal names: Rēmūt-Nabû son of Nabû-mukīn-zēri of the Rē’i-alpi family, Bazuzu, [x]-Nabû/Mušēzib-Marduk / Ilšu-abūšu, Nabû-zēru-ukīn / Nabû-ahhē-šullim / Mallāhu, Nabû-šumu-uṣur / Šarrahu, Nabû- uṣuršu, Bēl-iddin / Ibnāya, Nabû-bullissu / Lâbâši-Marduk / Illi-bani. Material: clay. Dimensions: 4,3 x 5,6 x 1,5 cm. Weight: 41,26 g.

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Linde Voorend, Kim Dibbets

July 1, 2025

KU 025: 3D model of Old Babylonian clay tablet

This publication contains a replica of a historical clay tablet of the special collections of the VU University Library. The original tablet contains the Hymn to Enlil, a text that has survived in a large number of copies. The hymn praises the god for his benefaction and authority; Enlil is addressed as the god responsible for life and culture, and the text deals with the structure of the cosmos. Focus is placed on Enlil's abode, the city Nippur, with many surviving copies originating there. The origin of this copy is unknown, but the hymn was known beyond Nippur and into Northern Babylonia. Period: Old Babylonian (19th-16th centuries BCE). Provenance: unknown. Language: Sumerian. Material: clay. Dimensions: 14,4 x 10,3 x 3,4 cm. Weight: 703 g.

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Linde Voorend, Kim Dibbets