Cuneiform tablet: proxy contract for the purchase of a slave, Egibi archive

Cuneiform tablet: proxy contract for the purchase of a slave, Egibi archive

ca. 554 BC · Babylonian

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The Met · Ancient Near Eastern Art · CC0 · Purchase, 1879

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