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title: Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16935/mesopotamian-tablet-with-proverbs/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-01-24
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# Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs

_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_

## Image File

[![Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16935.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16935.jpg)

## Image Caption

Fragment of a Neo-Assyrian clay tablet, with 8 lines of bilingual text, including proverbs and riddles, from the [Library of Ashurbanipal](https://www.worldhistory.org/Library_of_Ashurbanipal/), Kouyunjik, Iraq.

The British Museum, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2023, January 24). Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16935/mesopotamian-tablet-with-proverbs/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 24, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16935/mesopotamian-tablet-with-proverbs/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Mesopotamian Tablet with Proverbs." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jan 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16935/mesopotamian-tablet-with-proverbs/>.

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