Position in chronology
Foundation tablet Nanaia Louvre AO4412
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Foundation tablet of the temple of Nanaia, built by Kudur-Mabuk and Rim-Sin of Larsa. Limestone, ca. 1820 BC. (If this is limestone, it is meant for permanence; it is identical looking to the " clay t
Attribution
Image: Unknown artist Unknown artist — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Foundation tablet Nanaia Louvre AO4412.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFoundation_tablet_Nanaia_Louvre_AO4412.jpg. Description: Foundation tablet of the temple of Nanaia, built by Kudur-Mabuk and Rim-Sin of Larsa. Limestone, ca. 1820 BC. (If this is limestone, it is meant for permanence; it is identical looking to the " clay tablets "..
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