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Letter Writing Shows Little Change in 4000 Years
A BYU Yale study of Babylonian clay tablets reveals ancient letters cover romance money and politics. Tarish matum asks for a shekel of silver, Kubutum remains illiterate, and a queen’s marriage proposal to a Hittite prince echoes modern diplomacy.
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Egypt
Tutenkhamen
Babylonia
Mesopotamia
B.C
Semitic and Biblical Club
Yale University
John B. Alexander
Alexander
New York
Tarish-matum
Kubutum
Atossa
Atoissa
Darius
Shamash
Gimil Marduk
Marduk
Babylon
Syria