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Geometric-Algebraic Theory Clay Tablet from Tell al-Dhabba'i
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Geometric-Algebraic Theory Clay Tablet from Tell al-Dhabba'i

This clay tablet narrates a geometric-algebraic theory of how to make a solution for a mathematical problem. The conclusion applies a theory very similar to the Pythagorean theorem. From Tell Tell al-Dhabba'i, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period...
King Nabonidus Clay Cylinder from Ur
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King Nabonidus Clay Cylinder from Ur

This clay document tells us how Nabonidus (the last king of Babylon) built and reconstructed the temple of Sin, the moon God, at Ur. It also mentions a prayer for the king and Beslshazzar, his son. From Ur, neo-Babylonian era, 555-539 BCE...
Jomon Clay Mask
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Jomon Clay Mask

A Jomon clay mask or domen. Kidukuri, Kamegaoka, Tsugaru-shi, Aomori, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. Important Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum)
Cypriot Votive Clay Figurines
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Cypriot Votive Clay Figurines

Votive clay figurines found in situ in the sanctuary of Agia Irini on the northwest coast Cyprus. Dating back to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, the figurines are displayed in the Cyprus Museum as they were found and depict priests with bull-masks...
Chunkey Player Flint Clay Figurine from Cahokia
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Chunkey Player Flint Clay Figurine from Cahokia

The Chunkey Player Effigy Pipe (also known as "The Chunkey Player"), made of flint clay, measuring 8.5 inches (22 cm) high by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide. Thought to have originally come from Cahokia but found in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, dated...
Henry Clay, 1818
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Henry Clay, 1818

Portrait of Henry Clay (1777-1852) as Speaker of the House, painting by Matthew Harris Jouett, 1818. Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky.
Detail, Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet
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Detail, Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet

This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh
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Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh

Clay tablets with cuneiform letters found at Kültepe in central Turkey (ancient Kanesh), 1900 BCE – 1700 BCE. They were all written by merchants who, from around 1900 BCE, had come to Kanesh from the city of Ashur in Assyria and established...
Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [13]
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [13]

This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Side View, Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet
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Side View, Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet

This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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