Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Cultic Festival Script

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Source: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Cultic Festival Script.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHittite_Cuneiform_Tablet-_Cultic_Festival_Script.jpg. Description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Cultic Festival Script Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (14th century BC?) A6007 A6007 - VBot 32 - CTH 738.I 11 : Festival for Goddess Tetešḫapi

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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: Cultic Festival Script Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (14th century BC?) A6007 A6007 - VBot 32 - CTH 738.

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Image: Mx. Granger — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Hittite Cuneiform Tablet- Cultic Festival Script.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHittite_Cuneiform_Tablet-_Cultic_Festival_Script.jpg. Description: Tablet on display at the Oriental Institute , with the caption: Hittite Cuneiform Tablet: Cultic Festival Script Baked clay Hattusha Late Bronze Age (14th century BC?) A6007 A6007 - VBot 32 - CTH 738.I 11 : Festival for Goddess Tetešḫapi.

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