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Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2023
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ExperimentalSource: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2023.JPG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AComplaint_tablet_to_Ea-Nasir_2023.JPG. Description: Photo of the reverse side of the Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir taken head on. This clay tablet, excavated from the ruins of the ancient city of Ur and measuring 11.6 × 5 × 2.6 centimeters (about the size of a small smartphone), contains a le
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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Photo of the reverse side of the Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir taken head on. This clay tablet, excavated from the ruins of the ancient city of Ur and measuring 11.6 × 5 × 2.6 centimeters (about the si
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Image: Geni — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2023.JPG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AComplaint_tablet_to_Ea-Nasir_2023.JPG. Description: Photo of the reverse side of the Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir taken head on. This clay tablet, excavated from the ruins of the ancient city of Ur and measuring 11.6 × 5 × 2.6 centimeters (about the size of a small smartphone), contains a le.
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