Cuneiform Babylonian tablet, 2nd millennium BC. Private letter from around 1632 BC in the Old Babylonian era. In this letter, a man named Marduk-mushallim writes to his superior to give a report on the implementation of order from a king, probably Ammisaduqa, a king of Babylon. The letter refers to the security of a city called Sippar-Yahrurum (modern Tell Abu Habbah in Iraq). The script on this clay tablet is called cuneiform and was written with a pointed implement. When fired the records written on the clay became permanent. This object is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA.