Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
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305). The great care with which they had beenmade, the exceptionally pure and soft clay chosen, and thelarge number of fine seal impressions exhibited by many ofthem attracted my attention at once. Upon closer examina-tion they proved to belong to the business archives of a greatBabylonian firm,… … Clay Tablet with Seal Impressions from the Archives of Murashu Sons from the later Roman Empire, this banking-house acted alsoas an agent for the Persian kings, from whom it had rentedthe taxes levied upon their Babylonian subjects at Nippurand neighboring districts. The contents of these 730…
