Mesopotamian Tablet with Puchase Details from Dilbat

Server Costs Fundraiser 2023

Running a website with millions of readers every month is expensive. Not only do we pay for our servers, but also for related services such as our content delivery network, Google Workspace, email, and much more. We would much rather spend this money on producing more free history content for the world. Thank you for your help!
$507 / $21000

Illustration

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
by
published on 24 October 2016
Mesopotamian Tablet with Puchase Details from Dilbat Download Full Size Image

This tablet lists purchases of land by a man named Tupsikka, with payments made in baskets of barley. One transaction reads "The price of the field is 90 gur-sag-gal [21,600 liters] of barley; the additional payment is eight gur-sag-gal [1920 liters] of barley, 16 pounds of wool [and] 16 quarts of oil". Stone tablet, about 2400-2200 BCE. Excavated by Hormuzd Rassam at Dilbat, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Dilbat (modern-day Tell al-Deylam) was a minor Sumerian city. (The British Museum, London).

Remove Ads

Advertisement

About the Author

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

Cite This Work

APA Style

Amin, O. S. M. (2016, October 24). Mesopotamian Tablet with Puchase Details from Dilbat. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5865/mesopotamian-tablet-with-puchase-details-from-dilb/

Chicago Style

Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Mesopotamian Tablet with Puchase Details from Dilbat." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 24, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5865/mesopotamian-tablet-with-puchase-details-from-dilb/.

MLA Style

Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Mesopotamian Tablet with Puchase Details from Dilbat." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Oct 2016. Web. 06 Feb 2023.

Membership