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Kültepe Tablet
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Definition: A clay tablet found in Turkey in the 1970s, impressed with cuneiform writing on it and dated to circa 1900 BC, the Assyrian Kültepe Tablet was a letter from a merchant detailing information about a shipment of tin from the capital city of Assur to be sent to the town of Kanes (now Kültepe, in Turkey).

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