Position in chronology
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 1983.135.5a- court deposition MET vs1983 135 5ac
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions
Attribution
Image: This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 1983.135.5a- court deposition MET vs1983 135 5ac.jpeg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_case_impressed_with_two_cylinder_seals%2C_for_cuneiform_tablet_1983.135.5a-_court_deposition_MET_vs1983_135_5ac.jpeg. Description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet case; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions.
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