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Position in chronology

Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382

~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 (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382 Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Attribution

Image: Gary Todd — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_Writing_on_Clay_Tablet_-_36394195382.jpg. Description: Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382 Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com..

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