Year tablet LB 800
Cuneiform tablet made of clay, measurements 5 x 9 x2 cm, written in 1725 BCE, southern Iraq, kingdom of Babylonia.
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The name of King Samsu-iluna’s 24th year
story by Rients de Boer.How do we know what year it is? Nowadays we most often use the birth year of Christ as the anchor for counting years. But there are many other ways of keeping track of the years.