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Countless. As just one example, The Ebla tablets have as many as 1800 complete clay tablets, 4700 fragments and many thousand minor chips. This is just one collection found in Syria.
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What is the advantages of clay tablet?
Clay tablets were durable and long-lasting, making them an effective medium for recording information in ancient civilizations. They were also easily portable and could be reused by erasing and rewriting on them. Finally, the clay tablets allowed for standardized record-keeping and communication in societies where writing was essential for administrative, legal, and religious purposes.
What are some advantages of writing on clay tablets?
Oh, what a lovely thought! Writing on clay tablets can be quite special. The clay's durability can help preserve important information for a long time, like a little time capsule. Plus, the tactile experience of carving into clay can bring a sense of connection to ancient traditions and stories. Just imagine the stories those tablets could tell!
What is the tool used for writing in clay tablets?
The tool used for writing on clay tablets is called a stylus. It is usually made from a reed or a sharpened piece of wood, and is used to make impressions or inscriptions on the soft clay surface.
How did they make the first clay tablet?
The first clay tablets were likely made by ancient civilizations by taking wet clay, shaping it into a flat surface, and then inscribing marks or symbols using a stylus or similar tool. After the inscriptions were made, the clay tablets would be dried or fired to harden them for preservation. These tablets were then used for writing, record-keeping, and communication.
What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of keeping records in cuneiform on clay tablets?
Benefitsprevented fraud (e.g. trade)kept records of the pastnew way to communicateDrawbackshard to carry around because it was made in clay tablets
Where was clay tablets found?
Clay tablets were made out of clay that was easily found by the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.
Stories of Ancient Mesopotamia were revealed when archeologist found what?
When they found clay tablets!! :)
How many cuneiform tablets were found in the Assyrian library?
The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal contains thousands of clay tablets and fragments containing text from 7th century BC.
What was found as evidence that the Babylonians used advanced math?
the answer is that they found Clay tablets with math backed in to them
Who used clay tablets as mean of communication?
who used clay tablets are the Egyptians
Who used clay tablets?
Clay tablets were used by Sumerian civilization. Another word for ''clay tablets'' it's called cuneiform.Cuneiformdocuments were written onclay tablets, by means of a blunt reed for a stylus.
What are the advantages of clay tablets?
Clay is strong
What were Sumerian clay tablets made of?
Clay
What was the city in which the famous library with clay cuneiform tablets called?
Two possibilities: a private archive of clay tablets was found at Ugarit, a city in ancient Sumer; these were mostly business records. Also, the Biblical city of Nineveh had an extensive library of clay tablets on a wider range of subjects, including literature. If I remember correctly some important variants of the Gilgamesh story were found there.
What are Babylonian Clay Tablets?
They are clay tablets that scribes wrote cuneiform on, normally to record business deals.
What are the advantages of using clay tablets?
Clay is strong
What was found at the library in Nineveh which enabled historians to learn about life in the ancient middle east?
Clay tablets
