Position in chronology
Tablet of Shamash (2)
Not yet translated
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cropped image of the Tablet of Shamash showing only the figure of Shamash himself please insert correct cuniform translation 𒈦𒐖 m=𒈦,s/ts=𒐖
Attribution
Image: Katolophyromai — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Tablet of Shamash (2).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATablet_of_Shamash_(2).jpg. Description: Cropped image of the Tablet of Shamash showing only the figure of Shamash himself please insert correct cuniform translation 𒈦𒐖 m=𒈦,s/ts=𒐖.
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