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Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork BM 104096

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·BM 104096

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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 (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: School tablet with proverb: on this side, the teacher's version; the pupil's copy is on the other side. Old Babylonian period, unknown provenience British Museum 104096 https://www.bmimages.com/previe

Attribution

Image: Zunkir — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork BM 104096.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_with_schoolwork_BM_104096.jpg. Description: School tablet with proverb: on this side, the teacher's version; the pupil's copy is on the other side. Old Babylonian period, unknown provenience British Museum 104096 https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=00032432001.

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