Mesopotamian tablets at the Vatican: List of date rations “ From central Iraq, 1st dyn. of Babylon, 32nd year of the reign of Hammurabi (cat. D721). Lump of clay used for sealing (bull) in the form of a walnut with a hole, that was used for blocking the drawstring of a container for cuneiform tablets.”

Mesopotamian tablets at the Vatican: List of date rations

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From central Iraq, 1st dyn. of Babylon, 32nd year of the reign of Hammurabi
(cat. D721).

Lump of clay used for sealing (bull) in the form of a walnut with a hole, that was used for blocking the drawstring of a container for cuneiform tablets.”

(Source: mv.vatican.va)

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