Mesopotamian Legal Tablet Replica This is different from the
medical tablet featured on this site. Size: 4 1/2"L X2 1/2"W X
1"D Dates from 1860 B.C.E. and depicts one of the oldest
documented laws in history. The writing is cuneiform, an ancient
style of writing used by five distinctive languages over a
period of 3000 years. Cuneiform was written by scribes using a
stylus (a sharp ended reed) which made wedge shapes in clay.
These clay tablets were used for recording administrative,
economic and legal matters as well as correspondence, royal
inscriptions, literature, religious and scientific texts. The
laws on the tablet are from the Laws of Lipit-Ishtar who was the
fifth ruler of the 1st Dynasty of Isin (1934-1924 B.C.E.).
Originally written on a large stele, this tablet is an excerpt
from the law collection. The Law of Lipit-Ishtar follows the
laws written by Ur-Nammu (2112-2095 B.C.E.) and pre-dates the
Code of Hammurabi by 150 years. Comes with information sheet and
attractive stand. More on Hammurabi by