'Contract tablet' definitions:

Definition of 'Contract tablet'

From: GCIDE
  • Contract tablet \Con"tract tablet\ (Babylonian & Assyrian Antiq.) 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]