Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh

Illustration

Carole Raddato
by
published on 07 April 2019
Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh Download Full Size Image

Clay tablets with cuneiform letters found at Kültepe in central Turkey (ancient Kanesh), 1900 BCE – 1700 BCE. They were all written by merchants who, from around 1900 BCE, had come to Kanesh from the city of Ashur in Assyria and established a karum (trading centre). Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara.

Remove Ads
Advertisement
Subscribe to this author

About the Author

Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

Cite This Work

APA Style

Raddato, C. (2019, April 07). Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10415/cuneiform-clay-tablets-from-kanesh/

Chicago Style

Raddato, Carole. "Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 07, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10415/cuneiform-clay-tablets-from-kanesh/.

MLA Style

Raddato, Carole. "Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Kanesh." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 07 Apr 2019. Web. 03 Oct 2024.

Membership