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Cuneiform inscriptions made visible on bronze plates from the Upper Anzaf Fortress, Turkey.
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Antiquity
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September 1, 1994| Author:
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Cuneiform inscriptions on metal surfaces, now entirely hidden by corrosion, have been found through an X-ray study of bronze plates from the Upper Anzaf Fortress of the 1st millennium B.C. in Turkey. A curving line of cuneiform carrying the name of King Ispuini was found on a bronze plate. They are the first fragments from a scientific excavation to reveal cuneiform scripts from the time of King Ispuini.
X-ray study of bronze plates from a fortress of the 1st millennium BC reveals cuneiform inscriptions on metal surfaces that are now wholly hidden by corrosion.
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