EditorialClay envelope for a letter, early Colony Period, around 1850 BCE. The sender's seal shows figures approaching a seated king. These envelopes were sometimes inscribed with a summary of the contents and sealed by witnesses, using the traditional Mesopota...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 6.6 x 5.4 x 1.5 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 5...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: court deposition, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 5.4 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm (2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 5.7 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm (2 1/4 x 2 x 1 1...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.5a: record of a lawsuit, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Co...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 5.6 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 x ...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Anatolian and Old Assyrian style, for cuneiform tablet 66.16a: quittance for a loan in silver, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably fro...
EditorialCappadocian text, " Order of Tam Karum (official title) Ili-Wedaku to seize Assur. Muttabil, son of Pusu, who has taken silver... " Period of the Assyrian trading posts, early 2nd mill. BCE. From Anatolia. 1Clay, 6 x 4,5 cm AO 7071.
EditorialClay envelope for a letter, early Colony Period, around 1850 BCE. The sender's seal shows figures approaching a seated king. These envelopes were sometimes inscribed with a summary of the contents and sealed by witnesses, using the traditional Mesopota...