A Clay Tablet with its Envelope

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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A commercial letter (clay tablet) enclosed by an envelope (a clay covering). The letter was supposed to be opened by the recipient. 2nd millennium BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, July 18). A Clay Tablet with its Envelope. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2779/a-clay-tablet-with-its-envelope/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "A Clay Tablet with its Envelope." World History Encyclopedia, July 18, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2779/a-clay-tablet-with-its-envelope/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "A Clay Tablet with its Envelope." World History Encyclopedia, 18 Jul 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2779/a-clay-tablet-with-its-envelope/.

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