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Sumerian - Stone Foundation Tablet with an Inscription of Gudea - Walters 41220 - View A

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The world it comes from

A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: This tablet is plano-convex, with an inscription of Gudea on two faces.

Attribution

Image: Anonymous ( Sumer ) Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Sumerian - Stone Foundation Tablet with an Inscription of Gudea - Walters 41220 - View A.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASumerian_-_Stone_Foundation_Tablet_with_an_Inscription_of_Gudea_-_Walters_41220_-_View_A.jpg. Description: This tablet is plano-convex, with an inscription of Gudea on two faces..

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