July 1, 2025
This publication contains a replica of a historical clay tablet of the special collections of the VU University Library. The original tablet accounts for four sheep that had been fed on barley. Period: Ur III (c. 2150-2000 BCE). Date: Šu-Suen 1; intercalary month; Drehim XII. Provenance: Drehim, Iraq. Language: Sumerian. Personal names: Inta'ea (?). Material: clay. Dimensions: 3,8 x 3,3 x 1,2 cm. Weight: 20,82 g.
Aidan Houtkamp, Linde Voorend
July 1, 2025
This publication contains a replica of a historical clay tablet of the special collections of the VU University Library. The original tablet is inscribed with Old Babylonian signs. Its purpose and content remain unclear. Period: Old Babylonian (c. 19th-16th centuries BCE). Provenance: unknown. Language: Sumerian. Personal names: Abi-turi. Material: clay. Dimensions: ± 0,9 cm Ø. Weight: 1.45 g.
Aidan Houtkamp, Linde Voorend
July 1, 2025
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.
Linde Voorend, Kim Dibbets