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Cuneiform Tablet

BazuzuOld Assyrian Period, 2025-1393 BC

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States

This letter from Bazuzu to Puzur-Ashur discusses the purchase of animals and a business dispute with a third party. Thousands of letters recorded on cuneiform tablets have been and continue to be excavated in Kültepe, located in central Turkey. These letters are the business records of Assyrian merchants who resided in the town and traded goods from Babylonia and Assyria with the local population.

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  • Title: Cuneiform Tablet
  • Creator: Bazuzu
  • Date Created: Old Assyrian Period, 2025-1393 BC
  • Physical Location: Chicago, IL
  • Location Created: Kultepe, Turkey
  • Provenance: Donated by Mrs. C. Rubens in 1937
  • Type: Tablet
  • Rights: © ISAC Museum
  • External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, D. 28172
  • Medium: Clay, Baked
  • Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
  • Photograph Registration Number: D. 28172
  • Object Registration Number: ISACM A22181
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

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