Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
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Babylonian Tablet (WLU Coll. 0146), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
The collection consists of a small clay tablet inscribed on both sides with Sumerian cuneiform. The script records shipments of wheat and mentions two Sumerian kings by name. One side of the tablet bears char marks, possibly originating from fire in the destruction of Ur.