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🏛️ The Kish Tablet

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🏛️ The Kish Tablet
Cuneiform clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia, circa 3200 BCE, held in Oxford


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 16:06
📌 Fast Facts
  • Dating: approximately 3200 BCE
  • Origin: Kish, ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)
  • Material: clay with cuneiform markings
  • Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

The Kish Tablet is a clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia that preserves cuneiform writing from around 3200 BCE ...

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