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lowSumerian cuneiform, Early Dynastic or Ur III period administrative tablet

ca. 2600–2000 BCE (Early Dynastic III or Ur III period)

Obverse: Line 1: 1 [unit/vessel] ... [commodity] Line 2: Barley (in) gur-saŋŋal (large capacity measure) ... wine/grapes ... fish ... Line 3: ... barley ... gur (large unit of measure) ... Line 4: [Pe

Sep 23, 202618 views

mediumAkkadian cuneiform, Neo-Assyrian period (Standard Babylonian dialect)

7th century BCE (Neo-Assyrian copy); Standard Babylonian composition ca. 1200 BCE

This tablet is MS J of Gilgamesh Tablet XI, the famous Flood Tablet of the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. The following is a complete translation of the recoverable text by section: J2 Rm 616

Aug 21, 2026117 views

highAkkadian cuneiform, Neo-Assyrian period — Standard Babylonian dialect

Neo-Assyrian period, approximately 650-612 BCE (reign of Ashurbanipal); the composition itself dates to the Old Babylonian period, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, with the Standard Babylonian version compiled ca. 1200 BCE

This tablet is visually consistent with — and almost certainly is — the famous 'Flood Tablet' (Tablet XI) of the Epic of Gilgamesh, housed in the British Museum (BM K.3375). At the resolution availabl

Apr 10, 20261422 views

lowProto-cuneiform / Early Sumerian cuneiform, Early Dynastic period or late Uruk period

ca. 3100–2600 BCE (Late Uruk to Early Dynastic period)

This appears to be an administrative/economic record, likely reading approximately: '[X units] of grain / [assigned to] [N] persons / [X] oxen / [rations of] bread / [under supervision of] overseer [a

Apr 10, 2026214 views

lowProto-cuneiform / Early Sumerian pictographic script, Uruk III–Jemdet Nasr period

circa 3100–2900 BCE (Uruk III / Jemdet Nasr period)

This tablet appears to record an administrative account, likely involving: - Row 1: Quantities or allocations of grain/bread (NINDA), possibly fields (GAN2), and fish or another commodity - Row 2: Ref

Apr 10, 2026244 views

mediumAkkadian cuneiform, Old Babylonian period — likely from the Code of Hammurabi stele (diorite monument)

circa 1754 BCE (Old Babylonian period, reign of Hammurabi)

IMPORTANT CAVEAT: The image resolution does not permit precise line-by-line transliteration of the specific visible section. However, based on strong visual identification of this monument, the text r

Apr 10, 2026173 views