Tablet Zimri-Lim Louvre AO20161

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·AO20161.jpg

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Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet of Zimri-Lim, king of Mari, concerning the foundation of an ice-house in Terqa. Baked clay, ca. 1780 BC. (See en:Zimrilim , reign 1779 BC - 1757 BC.)

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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Tablet Zimri-Lim Louvre AO20161.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATablet_Zimri-Lim_Louvre_AO20161.jpg. Description: Tablet of Zimri-Lim, king of Mari, concerning the foundation of an ice-house in Terqa. Baked clay, ca. 1780 BC. (See en:Zimrilim , reign 1779 BC - 1757 BC.).

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