Sumerian·Book

Position in chronology

~2050 BCE
Ubaid
5500
Uruk
4000
ED
2900
Akkad
2334
Ur III
2112
Old Bab.
2000
Old Assyrian
2000
Mid. Bab.
1600
Middle Assyrian
1400
Neo-Assyr.
911
Neo-Bab.
626
Achaemenid
539

Foundation Tablet with Inscription of Gudea

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial
Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Foundation Tablet with Inscription of Gudea.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFoundation_Tablet_with_Inscription_of_Gudea.jpg. Description: Foundation Tablet with Inscription of Gudea

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Foundation Tablet with Inscription of Gudea

Attribution

Image: The Walters Art Museum — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Foundation Tablet with Inscription of Gudea.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFoundation_Tablet_with_Inscription_of_Gudea.jpg. Description: Foundation Tablet with Inscription of Gudea.

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