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Cuneiform tablet- administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars MET DP297597
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions
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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars MET DP297597.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_administrative_account_of_barley_distribution_with_cylinder_seal_impression_of_a_male_figure%2C_hunting_dogs%2C_and_boars_MET_DP297597.jpg. Description: Sumerian; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions.
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