Cuneiform tablet: private letter
| Title | Cuneiform tablet: private letter |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 1632 BCE 16th century BCE |
| Medium | Clay |
| Origin | Babylonian Babylonian |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Purchase, 1886 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Cuneiform tablet: private letter” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated ca. 1632 BCE. It is executed in clay. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Recorded origin: Babylonian. Browse more public-domain art from Babylonian.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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