André Bianquis excavating the first tablets

André Bianquis excavating the first tablets
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The 15,000 or so archive documents written in cuneiform characters on clay tablets were spread over various areas of the palace. Some were stored on the upper floor, as in Area P, where Room 5, on the ground floor, adjoined Room 1, with a podium. The tablets are administrative documents.

Mission archéologique de Mari. N° 1138, 5 February 1935. Archives André Parrot

Mission archéologique de Mari. N° 1138, 5 February 1935. Archives André Parrot

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