Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Inscriptions (4703976097)

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Inscriptions (4703976097).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_Tablet_with_Cuneiform_Inscriptions_(4703976097).jpg. Description: Achaemenid period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE). I'd heard about and no doubt seen cuneiform tablets, but it wasn't until I visited the museum at Persepolis that I realized the medium (a clay tablet) and the form of writing are utterly alien to the v

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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE). I'd heard about and no doubt seen cuneiform tablets, but it wasn't until I visited the museum at Persepolis that I realized the medium (a clay tablet) and the fo

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Image: A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Inscriptions (4703976097).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AClay_Tablet_with_Cuneiform_Inscriptions_(4703976097).jpg. Description: Achaemenid period (ca. 550 - 330 BCE). I'd heard about and no doubt seen cuneiform tablets, but it wasn't until I visited the museum at Persepolis that I realized the medium (a clay tablet) and the form of writing are utterly alien to the v.

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