Reading the tablets…
Reading the tablets…
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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Reminder: PJ3721_U7C86_A.jpg Date: [between 2029 and 1982 BCE] Description: Originating from Umma, the tablet dates from the reign of Shulgi (also known as Dungi…
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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Cuneiform script was first used to record economic transactions around 3400 BCE. This clay tablet, written in cuneiform script in Sumerian, documents taxes paid in…
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