Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2020

~1800 BCE·Old Babylonian·BM 131236

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2020.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AComplaint_tablet_to_Ea-Nasir_2020.jpg. Description: Cuneiform clay tablet to the merchant Ea-Nasir, complaining about delivery of the wrong grade of copper. BM 131236 https://www.archibab.fr/T12972 (consulté le 24/02/2023) c. 1750 BCE. Currently in the British Museum.

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform clay tablet to the merchant Ea-Nasir, complaining about delivery of the wrong grade of copper. BM 131236 https://www.archibab.fr/T12972 (consulté le 24/02/2023) c. 1750 BCE. Currently in the

Attribution

Image: Zunkir — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir 2020.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AComplaint_tablet_to_Ea-Nasir_2020.jpg. Description: Cuneiform clay tablet to the merchant Ea-Nasir, complaining about delivery of the wrong grade of copper. BM 131236 https://www.archibab.fr/T12972 (consulté le 24/02/2023) c. 1750 BCE. Currently in the British Museum..

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