Position in chronology
Mesopotamian - Mesopotamian Tablet - Walters 481803 - View A
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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: This tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces, was blackened in baking, and is broken in two parts. It was repaired in 1957 and may be a forgery.
Attribution
Image: Anonymous ( Mesopotamia ) Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Mesopotamian - Mesopotamian Tablet - Walters 481803 - View A.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMesopotamian_-_Mesopotamian_Tablet_-_Walters_481803_-_View_A.jpg. Description: This tablet has a cuneiform inscription on two faces, was blackened in baking, and is broken in two parts. It was repaired in 1957 and may be a forgery..
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