2019-07-31-Hermitage-3569-Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·Northern

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:2019-07-31-Hermitage-3569-Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A2019-07-31-Hermitage-3569-Plate_with_a_Cuneiform_Inscription.jpg. Description: Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription Created: Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria), Dur-Sharrukin. 721-705 BC Title: Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription Place: Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria), Dur-Sharrukin Date: 721-705 BC Material: limestone Dimens

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription Created: Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria), Dur-Sharrukin. 721-705 BC Title: Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription Place: Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria), Dur-Sharrukin Dat

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Image: Don-vip — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:2019-07-31-Hermitage-3569-Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A2019-07-31-Hermitage-3569-Plate_with_a_Cuneiform_Inscription.jpg. Description: Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription Created: Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria), Dur-Sharrukin. 721-705 BC Title: Plate with a Cuneiform Inscription Place: Northern Mesopotamia (Assyria), Dur-Sharrukin Date: 721-705 BC Material: limestone Dimens.

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