Object Description
A large Middle-Babylonian, Kassite, clay administrative cuneiform tablet. Decorated with columns of incised, linear text, the tablet appears to be a ledger account of the ammounts of barley and other foods. Unusually, some of the columns do not seem to be complete, alluding to the idea that the tablet was a draft document left with blank spots for the scribe to fill in later. Much of the script that is available is hard to distinguish but it does mention barley rations. An unusual piece from a largely undocumented period.
Date: Circa 1595-1155 BC