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Hattusa Bronze Tablet Cuneiform
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ExperimentalSource: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Hattusa Bronze Tablet Cuneiform.JPG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHattusa_Bronze_Tablet_Cuneiform.JPG. Description: Bronze tablet from Çorum-Boğazköy dating from 1235 BC. Photographed at Museum of Anatolian Civilisations. This cuneiform document excavated at Hattusa in 1986 is the only bronze tablet found in Anatolia. It casts light upon the historical g
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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Bronze tablet from Çorum-Boğazköy dating from 1235 BC. Photographed at Museum of Anatolian Civilisations. This cuneiform document excavated at Hattusa in 1986 is the only bronze tablet found in Anatol
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Image: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Hattusa Bronze Tablet Cuneiform.JPG. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHattusa_Bronze_Tablet_Cuneiform.JPG. Description: Bronze tablet from Çorum-Boğazköy dating from 1235 BC. Photographed at Museum of Anatolian Civilisations. This cuneiform document excavated at Hattusa in 1986 is the only bronze tablet found in Anatolia. It casts light upon the historical g.
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