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Cuneiform cylinder- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ss86 11 55

~700 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

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The world it comes from

Empire, library, terror, scholarship.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform cylinder; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform cylinder- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ss86 11 55.jpeg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_cylinder-_inscription_of_Esarhaddon_MET_ss86_11_55.jpeg. Description: Assyrian; Cuneiform cylinder; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.

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