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Kultepe-Mound Excavated Akkadian Cuneiform Tablet, Second Millennium B.C.E.
Item Details
| Type | Tablet |
| Materials | Clay |
| Period | Antique |
| Date | Second millennium B.C.E. |
| Origin | Turkey |
| Additional Information | Notecard from Yale University reading “The tablet comes from the mound of Kultepe near Kayseri where a number of excavations have been carried on in the course of the past several decades. It was written early in the first half of the second millennium B.C. in the Akkadaian language, which belongs to the Semitic family of languages, for there was a Semitic trading settled there. The tablet is a letter from a man called Puzur-Ashirand concerns the delivery of silver.” |
Condition
- excavated; minimal wear.
Dimensions
2.0" W x 2.25" H x 0.25" D
Item #
ITMGK86984
