Cuneiform tablet- legal decision by appointed judges MET ME66 245 19a

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Source: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- legal decision by appointed judges MET ME66 245 19a.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_legal_decision_by_appointed_judges_MET_ME66_245_19a.jpg. Description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

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

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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- legal decision by appointed judges MET ME66 245 19a.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_legal_decision_by_appointed_judges_MET_ME66_245_19a.jpg. Description: Old Assyrian Trading Colony; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.

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