Babylonian tablet inscribed with a mythological list

An image of Tablet, inscribed in cuneiform. Mythological list. Inscription: astrological or mythological list in Sumerian. Clay, length 0.09 m, width 0.043 m. 1st Dynasty of Babylon.

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Tablet, inscribed in cuneiform. Mythological list. Inscription: astrological or mythological list in Sumerian. Clay, length 0.09 m, width 0.043 m. 1st Dynasty of Babylon.

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Accession Number: ANE.87.1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 1000 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 653.06kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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antiquity Babylonian BC clay cuneiform document Fitz_ANT inscribed inscriptions Iraqi language lists mythological mythology script Sumerian tablet texts writing written document

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