• What is it?  What kind of source is it? Identify the genre. How would you classify it?  And, is it an excerpt from a larger work? What is this larger work? Is it part of a chronicle? A philosophical treatise? A court record? A letter?  A sermon? A law code? What is the usual purpose of this kind of source?  To describe contemporary events? To govern behavior? To articulate abstract principles?

 • Who wrote it?  Who composed the work? What was his/her profession? Social standing?

 • What language was it written in? 

 • When was it written? 

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