Tax Account

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Title

Tax Account

Subject

Clay tablets, Cuneiform tablets, Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian, Antiquities

Description

Found at Jokha, the ruin city of the ancient city of Umma in Central Babylonia. A large tablet with a long tax list, the taxes being payable in sheep and other animals. The tablet is dated at the bottom of the back, or rounded, side about 2350 B.C.E. which period is the UR dynasty of kings who ruled from about 2400 to 2100 B.C.E.

Date

2350 B.C.E.

Rights

Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of Special Collections of the S.C. Williams Library at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Coverage

Jokha, Central Babylonia. Circa 2350 B.C.E.

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Original Format

Cuneiform Clay Tablet

Files

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Citation

"Tax Account," in Stevens Digital Collections, Item #6, http://librarycollections.stevens.edu/items/show/6 (accessed May 22, 2013).

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