Babylonian tabletBabylonian tablet WLU.Coll.0146Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and ArchivesThis finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-21 07:03:12 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Babylonian tablet WLU.Coll.0146 /repositories/5/resources/496 0.25 Linear Feet 1 box circa 2400-2200 BCE This tablet is written in Sumerian. Conditions Governing Use

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Preferred Citation

Babylonian Tablet (WLU Coll. 0146), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a small clay tablet inscribed on both sides with Sumerian cuneiform. The script records shipments of wheat and mentions two Sumerian kings by name. One side of the tablet bears char marks, possibly originating from fire in the destruction of Ur.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Middle East -- Sumer Tablets (Paleography) Middle East -- Babylonia Tablet/repositories/5/archival_objects/29420circa 2400-2200 BCE1