Position in chronology
Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. C. 600 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
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The world it comes from
Sargon brings rival city-states under imperial rule.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian period, c. 600 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.
Attribution
Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. C. 600 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_tablet._The_Akkadian_cuneiform_inscription_mentions_the_jewelry_names_in_honor_of_the_city_of_Babylon._From_Babylon%2C_Iraq._C._600_BCE._Vorderasiatisches_Museum%2C_Berlin.jpg. Description: Clay tablet. The Akkadian cuneiform inscription mentions the jewelry names in honor of the city of Babylon. From Babylon, Iraq. Neo-Babylonian period, c. 600 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin..
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