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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Contract tablet

· Con·tract tablet · IPA
01 A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often called the envelope)…
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    A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often called the envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of the inscription on the inclosed tablet.(Babylonian & Assyrian Antiq.)