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~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

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

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

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

Economy·Daily Life

~2300 BCE·Akkadian EmpireEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature and the second oldest religious text, after…

Cuneiform tablet- account text concerning bitumen, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 134

Cuneiform tablet- house sale contract, Quradum archive MET ME86 11 204

Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform - Nate Loper (43494374962)

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 005, 1928-425

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 005, 1928-426

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 084, 1933-1126a

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 084, 1933-1126c

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 084, 1933-1127

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-650

AAICAB 1/2, pl. 171, 1937-651

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