Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Legal Deposition(?)

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Source: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Legal Deposition(?).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHittite_Cuneiform_Tablet-_Legal_Deposition(%3F).jpg. Description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Legal Deposition(?) Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (13th century BC) A6004 A6004 - VBot 30 - CTH 832

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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Legal Deposition(?) Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (13th century BC) A6004 A6004 - VBot 30 - CTH 832

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Image: Mx. Granger — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Legal Deposition(?).jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHittite_Cuneiform_Tablet-_Legal_Deposition(%3F).jpg. Description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Legal Deposition(?) Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (13th century BC) A6004 A6004 - VBot 30 - CTH 832.

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