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~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 895 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 895 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 896 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 896 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 897 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 897 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 899 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 899 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 900 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 900 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 901 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 901 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 902 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 902 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 903 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 903 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 904 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 904 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 905 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 905 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 906 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 906 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 907 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 907 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 908 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 908 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 910 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 910 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 911 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 911 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 912 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 912 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 915 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 915 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 916 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 916 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 918 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 918 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 919 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 919 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 921 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 921 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 922 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 922 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 923 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 923 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 925 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 925 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 926 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 926 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 927 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 927 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 928 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 928 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 929 02 left

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 929 02 left

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 931 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 931 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 932 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 932 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 933 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 933 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 937 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 937 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 941 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 941 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 944 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 944 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 960 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 960 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 961 03 front

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 961 03 front

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 964 06 back

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 964 06 back

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 977 05 bottom

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 977 05 bottom

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 978 04 right

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 978 04 right

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

HS 980 01 top

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: HS 980 01 top

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

ImagineRITCaryGraphicArtsCollectionCuneiformTablet

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Imagine RIT 2018 en:Clay tablet in the Cary Graphic Arts Collection

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Inscribed stone tablet of Entemena, 2400 BCE. From Lagash, Iraq. Pergamon Museum

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. Perga…

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Jehoiachin Ration Tablet detail

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Administrative tablet from the South Palace of Babylon, dated from the reign of king Nebuchednezzar, list of rations of people feeded by the royal administration, i…

Economy·Daily Life

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Meaning of pre-cuneiform pictogrpahic characters

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Meaning of pre-cuneiform pictogrpahic characters

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablets

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablets preserved in a museum.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Mesopotamian - Mesopotamian Tablet - Walters 481803 - View A

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.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Middle Assyrian cuneiform tablet - administrative memorandum

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet: administrative memorandum. Ca. 13th century B.C. MMA 62.85.02 CDLI https://cdli.earth/artifacts/273604

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Middle Assyrian cuneiform tablet - administrative record

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet impressed with two cylinder seals: administrative record. Ca. 13th century B.C. MMA 62.85.3 CDLI https://cdli.earth/artifacts/273605

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Middle Assyrian cuneiform tablet recording barley allocations

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform tablet: record of barley allocations. Ca. 13th century B.C.

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Numerical tablet Khafaje OIM A21310

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Numerical tablet, dated ca 3500-3350 BC (Uruk V phase), found in Khafaje. Oriental Institute Museum A21310. CDLI P235768 https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.…

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