Position in chronology
Babylonian tablet with envelope, side view
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet with envelope, Babylon 200 - 1600 BC. The envelope has been broken, so the tablet inside is visible. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Attribution
Image: Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Babylonian tablet with envelope, side view.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABabylonian_tablet_with_envelope%2C_side_view.jpg. Description: Tablet with envelope, Babylon 200 - 1600 BC. The envelope has been broken, so the tablet inside is visible. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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