Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs

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Illustration

Ibolya Horváth
by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 24 January 2023
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Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian clay tablet, with 8 lines of bilingual text, including proverbs and riddles, from the Library of Ashurbanipal, Kouyunjik, Iraq.

The British Museum, London.

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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2023, January 24). Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16935/mesopotamian-tablet-with-proverbs/

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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Jan 2023. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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