Jemdet Nasr tablet AN1926.602

~3100 BCE·Uruk Period·Nasr

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The world it comes from

The birth of the city, the birth of writing.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet with cuneiform administrative text, Jemdet Nasr, ca 3100-3000 BC. Ashmolean Museum AN1926.602 https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/741775

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Image: Zunkir — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Jemdet Nasr tablet AN1926.602.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJemdet_Nasr_tablet_AN1926.602.jpg. Description: Tablet with cuneiform administrative text, Jemdet Nasr, ca 3100-3000 BC. Ashmolean Museum AN1926.602 https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/741775.

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