Ancient Babylonian clay tablets
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:artifacts
|
| gptkbp:date |
circa 500 BCE
|
| gptkbp:discoveredIn |
gptkb:Iraq
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Ancient Babylonian clay tablets
|
| gptkbp:language |
Akkadian
Sumerian |
| gptkbp:material |
gptkb:ceramics
|
| gptkbp:method |
inscribed with stylus
|
| gptkbp:notableExample |
gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi
gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh |
| gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:Babylon
gptkb:Mesopotamia |
| gptkbp:preservedIn |
gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum gptkb:Iraq_Museum |
| gptkbp:shape |
cylindrical
rectangular round |
| gptkbp:significance |
earliest known writing system
evidence of ancient law evidence of ancient mathematics source of historical information |
| gptkbp:startDate |
circa 2000 BCE
|
| gptkbp:usedFor |
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:literature gptkb:mathematics legal documents writing record keeping |
| gptkbp:writingSystem |
cuneiform
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:topographic_map
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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