Position in chronology
Cuneiform tablet- ephemeris of new and full moons for S.E. 263 (48-47 B.C.) MET ME86 11 405
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The world it comes from
Hammurabi, the Epic of Gilgamesh, mathematics.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Attribution
Image: This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art . See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet- ephemeris of new and full moons for S.E. 263 (48-47 B.C.) MET ME86 11 405.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet-_ephemeris_of_new_and_full_moons_for_S.E._263_(48-47_B.C.)_MET_ME86_11_405.jpg. Description: Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
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