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~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet with schoolwork BM 104096

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: School tablet with proverb: on this side, the teacher's version; the pupil's copy is on the other side. Old Babylonian period, unknown provenience British Museum 10…

~1800 BCE

·Old Babylonian

Editorial

Cuneiform tablet- wool expenditures to personnel, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 325

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet1 plate1

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The image of the Tablet I Plate I (obr.) from L. W. King's book "The Seven Tablets of Creation"

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform tablets, letter from Hammurabi

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet listing the kings of Babylon; Foundation tablet; letter from Hammurabi, lapis lazuli cylinder

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform text BM 85194

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Фрагмент древнегреческого клинописного текста BM 85194. В правой нижней части находится чертёж к четвёртой задаче, которая относится к круговому валу.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform Writing on Clay Tablet - 36394195382 Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.co…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9474

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9474

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9475

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9475

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9477

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9477

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9478

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161-IMG 9478

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Dagon Museum, Cuneiform document on clay tablet

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Dagon Museum, Downtown, Haifa, Israel The Museum is dedicated to the history of grain products מוזיאון דגון בעיר התחתית בחיפה שוכן במבנה המשרדים של ממגורות דגון. המ…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Discovery and Decipherment of the Trilingual Cuneiform Inscriptions.djvu

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: History of cuneiform inscriptions. Library of Congress control no. 03002182

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Early writing tablet recording the allocation of beer; 3100-3000 BC (Late Prehistoric period); height: 9.4 cm, width: 6.87 cm; probably from southern Iraq; British…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Foundation tablet Nanaia Louvre AO4412

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…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

GigaMesh Screenshot 20180917 Salmanasssar III Tablet Fragment

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Screenshot of GigaMesh v.180914. The shown 3D-model is a fragment of a clay tablet with cuneiform script about king Shalmaneser III with segmented groups of wedges.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

GigaMesh Screenshot 20190514 Salmanasssar III Tablet Fragment

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Screenshot of GigaMesh v.190514. The shown 3D-model is a fragment of a clay tablet with cuneiform script about king Shalmaneser III with segmented groups of wedges.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

GigaMesh Screenshot 20200115 Salmanasssar III Tablet Fragment

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Screenshot of GigaMesh v.200115. The shown 3D-model is a fragment of a clay tablet with cuneiform script about king Shalmaneser III with segmented groups of wedges.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Hattusa Bronze Tablet Cuneiform

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Bronze tablet from Çorum-Boğazköy dating from 1235 BC. Photographed at Museum of Anatolian Civilisations. This cuneiform document excavated at Hattusa in 1986 is th…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Cultic Festival Script

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Cultic Festival Script Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (14th century BC?) A6007…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Legal Deposition(?)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Legal Deposition(?) Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (13th century BC) A6004 A60…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0044 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0044 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0089 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0089 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0090 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0090 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0091 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0091 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0092 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0092 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0093 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0093 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0094 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0094 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0095 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0095 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0097 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0097 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0098 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0098 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0099 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0099 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0100 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0100 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0101 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0101 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0102 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0102 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0104 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0104 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0105 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0105 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0106 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0106 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0107 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0107 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0108 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0108 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0109 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0109 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0110 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0110 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0111 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0111 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0112 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0112 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0113 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0113 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0114 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0114 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0115 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0115 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0116 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0116 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0117 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0117 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0118 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0118 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 0119 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 0119 01 top

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