A narrow tablet inscribed on both sides with lines of Babylonian cuneiform. This is another administrative text listing the names of individuals granted plots of land of between 1 bur (buru) and 1聽gan聽totalling 9聽bur and听3听iku.听础苍听iku聽equals one quarter acre, or one thirty-sixth of a聽bur. The tablet is undated but probably comes from around 1700 BC.
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Cuneiform Tablet - Collection 2
20 November 2023
Babylonian, c. 1700 BC
Acc #: 96.68, James Logie Memorial Collection
From the Collection of Dr HD Broadhead
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![Cuneiform Tablet 2 A narrow tablet inscribed on both sides with lines of Babylonian cuneiform. This is another administrative text listing the names of individuals granted plots of land of between 1 bur (buru) and 1 gan totalling 9 bur and 3 iku. An iku equals one quarter acre, or one thirty-sixth of a bur. The tablet is undated but probably comes from around 1700 BC.](/content/uoc-main-site/language-master/en/about-uc/what-we-do/uc-in-the-community/exhibitions-and-collections/short-history-writing/wedge-shaped-writing/cuneiform-tablet--collection-2/_jcr_content/root/container-content/columncontrol/container1/columncontrol/container/image.coreimg.jpeg/1695677034050/cuneiform-tablet-2.jpeg)