Sumerian·Book

Position in chronology

~450 BCE
Ubaid
5500
Uruk
4000
ED
2900
Akkad
2334
Ur III
2112
Old Bab.
2000
Old Assyrian
2000
Mid. Bab.
1600
Middle Assyrian
1400
Neo-Assyr.
911
Neo-Bab.
626
Achaemenid
539

Cuneiform tablet- list of workmen, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 291

~450 BCE·Achaemenid Persian

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial
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Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- list of workmen, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 291.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_list_of_workmen%2C_Ebabbar_archive_MET_ME86_11_291.jpg. Description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Scholarly note

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

Attribution

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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- list of workmen, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 291.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_list_of_workmen%2C_Ebabbar_archive_MET_ME86_11_291.jpg. Description: Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.

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~3300 BCE
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