Position in chronology
Inscribed stone tablet of Entemena, 2400 BCE. From Lagash, Iraq. Pergamon Museum
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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: Inscribed votive stone tablet of Entemena (also Enmetena), king of Lagash (it was found with a foundation bronze figurine). Circa 2400 BCE. From Lagash, Iraq. Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Attribution
Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Inscribed stone tablet of Entemena, 2400 BCE. From Lagash, Iraq. Pergamon Museum.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AInscribed_stone_tablet_of_Entemena%2C_2400_BCE._From_Lagash%2C_Iraq._Pergamon_Museum.jpg. Description: Inscribed votive stone tablet of Entemena (also Enmetena), king of Lagash (it was found with a foundation bronze figurine). Circa 2400 BCE. From Lagash, Iraq. Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany..
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