Peter Neve
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This rare bronze tablet, the oldest to be recovered from the
ancient Near East, dates to the middle of the thirteenth century BC. The
tablet captures in bronze the treaty of a Hittite king with a vassal in the
south. Metal tablets were created for special occasions, although very few
have survived into the present day. Because of the value of the metal, most
such tablets were melted down and reused over the centuries.
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