Tablet inscribed with a cuneiform inscription Loan of barley (with an interest of about 33%) granted to Allasar, musician of the temple of Inana (in Nippur) and to her daughter with as guarantor Abi-simti, the mother of the future king Šu-Sin. The text comes from Nippur and is dated -2043. Terracotta. Mesopotamia, Nippur, 2043 B.C. 4.3 x 3.5 cm Bibliography : The tablet from a private collection (Bessoneau) was published with a copy by Delaporte in 1911 (copy on CDLI P127320 and BDTNS) : Revue d'Assyriologie 8, p. 197). Translation available. A Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet, dated 2043 BC

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