Position in chronology
Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork BM 104096
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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: 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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