Advice for a Prince

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 24 August 2017

Advice for a Prince — This literary text gives an advice to a prince on how a king should behave, with the agenda of securing tax exemptions for the cities of Babylon and Nippur. This clay tablet is a copy which was made between 700-650 BCE, of an earlier composition. From Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (British Museum in London)

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 24). Advice for a Prince. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/7013/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Advice for a Prince." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 24, 2017. https://www.ancient.eu/image/7013/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Advice for a Prince." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 24 Aug 2017. Web. 24 Jan 2020.