Position in chronology

Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 1)

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian

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The world it comes from

Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters.

Attribution

Image: This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Boston Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America . Record in source catalog DPLA identifier: ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f Boston Public Library identifier: Local call: RARE BKS Q.62; Local barcode: 39999086126305 — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet A - DPLA - ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f (page 1).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_A_-_DPLA_-_ce0a364608ff397b07c481952086f70f_(page_1).jpg. Description: Ms.; Title devised by cataloger.; Location and date range conjectured by cataloger.; Script: Inscribed in cuneiform characters..

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