Illustration
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. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/2779/
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