File:Unopened tablet envelope Old Assyrian 113574.jpg

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Unopened tablet envelope.

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English: Unopened clay tablet envelope;Inscription, and 8 seal impressions; records a loan of silver to a husband and wife who were jointly to be responsible for its repayment (loan by Enlil-Bani to Ilu Malak); the envelope is also impressed with two rings and with an inscribed Babylonian seal depicting a goddess and worshipper approaching a seated king behind whom stands a priest; an Assyrian seal with lions attacking bulls, and an Anatolian seal depicting a fowler holding a bird, a god on a bull and a lion being trampled by a bull-man; surrounded by various creatures. Old Assyrian period, ca 1920-1740 BC. From Kültepe, ancient Kanesh. British Museum 113574.
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