Cuneiform script

~580 BCE·Neo-Babylonian·BM 129397

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The world it comes from

Nebuchadnezzar, exile, late astronomy.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet describing religious devotion and civic achievements of Nebuchadnezzar II (BM 129397 reverse), British Museum , London .

Attribution

Image: unknown. uploaded as w:en:Image:Cuneiform script.jpg by en:User:ChrisO — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform script.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_script.jpg. Description: Cuneiform tablet describing religious devotion and civic achievements of Nebuchadnezzar II (BM 129397 reverse), British Museum , London ..

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