Title
Tel Megiddo: Late Bronze Age cuneiform tablet
Description
This inscription is written in the Akkadian language that used a cuneiform (literally, 'wedge-shaped') script for letters. The earliest examples of writing from Israel/Palestine are in this script and language. This particular fragment is from Megiddo and dates to the 15th-14th centuries BCE. It records a portion of the ancient Mesopotamian legend called the Epic of Gilgamesh, which has many interesting parallels to the Hebrew Bible's story of Noah and the flood.
Location Modern Country
Israel/Palestine
Location City
Megiddo