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Cuneiform tablet - Pharaoh exhibit - Cleveland Museum of Art (27943116952)
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The world it comes from
The Kassite kings, international diplomacy.
Scholarly note
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet containing cuneiform letters, created in Babylon about 1353 to 1337 BC. Found at Tell el-Amarna. Egyptian pharaohs often communicated via letter with the rulers of other nations. Cuneiform
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Image: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform tablet - Pharaoh exhibit - Cleveland Museum of Art (27943116952).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_tablet_-_Pharaoh_exhibit_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art_(27943116952).jpg. Description: Clay tablet containing cuneiform letters, created in Babylon about 1353 to 1337 BC. Found at Tell el-Amarna. Egyptian pharaohs often communicated via letter with the rulers of other nations. Cuneiform was used, which was the "linga franca".
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