Position in chronology
A fragment of a clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription, unearthed September 2014 at Bakr Awa, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: A fragment of a clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription, unearthed in September 2014 at the ancient mound of Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. The excavation was headed by Pr
Attribution
Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:A fragment of a clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription, unearthed September 2014 at Bakr Awa, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_fragment_of_a_clay_tablet_with_a_cuneiform_inscription%2C_unearthed_September_2014_at_Bakr_Awa%2C_Sulaymaniyah%2C_Iraq.jpg. Description: A fragment of a clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription, unearthed in September 2014 at the ancient mound of Bakr Awa, Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. The excavation was headed by Professor Peter Miglus of the Heidelberg U.
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