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Clay tablet

In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets (Akkadian ṭuppu(m) 𒁾) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.

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Scribes (dub-sar)

Uses of clay tablets

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Clay tablet

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples33
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Clay tablet

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related to Uses of clay tablets · 13
Clay tablet → BCE, By, Debate, Epic, Gilgamesh, List, One, Remedies, Some, Sumer, Sumerian, Text, What
related to Scribes (dub-sar) · 11
Clay tablet → BCE, In, In Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia, Pictographs, Sumerian, The, These, This, Tools, Writing
related to Communication · 6
Clay tablet → Babylonians, Communication, Eblaites, Important, Sumerians, This

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tablets clay writing bce used cuneiform tablet written fired scribes made first accounting began tokens around later east many fragile

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
bone whiteinstance ofthe clay tablets themselves came in a variety of colors0.80text
chocolateinstance ofthe clay tablets themselves came in a variety of colors0.80text
and charcoalinstance ofthe clay tablets themselves came in a variety of colors0.80text
Clay tabletrelated to CommunicationCommunication0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to CommunicationImportant0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to CommunicationThis0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to CommunicationSumerians0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to CommunicationBabylonians0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to CommunicationEblaites0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to Scribes (dub-sar)Writing0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to Scribes (dub-sar)In Mesopotamia0.60section
Clay tabletrelated to Scribes (dub-sar)In0.60section

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