Clay Tablet with Property Survey
Clay
Tell Asmar
9.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 1.5 cm
L34345
Oriental Institute Museum
Clay Tablet with Property Survey
The two rectangles inscribed on this tablet represent pieces of property. Numbers written along the edges of the rectangles give the length of each side of the properties. Within each rectangle is the calculated area of the property followed by the name of the owner.
Multimedia
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Suggested Readings
Kramer, Samuel Noah. Cradle of Civilization. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1967.
Moss, Carol. Science in Ancient Mesopotamia. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989.
Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.