Iraq: displays 2800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy
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2023-06-18 22:15
Italian authorities handed over the ancient tablet to Iraq after more than four decades.

A 2,800-year-old stone tablet has gone on display in Iraq after being returned by Italy following nearly four decades.

The artefact is inscribed with complete cuneiform text - a system of writing on clay in an ancient Babylonian alphabet.

Italian authorities handed it over to Iraq's President...

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