Using Chemistry to Learn the Provenance of Clay Tablets.
The article offers information on using chemistry to learn the provenance of clay tablets. Topics include, to a geologist, a clay is a rock composed of minerals that traps water; tablets are missing still from important texts, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh; and single tablet is reduced to a handful...
| Publicado en: | Humanities Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 1 - 2 |
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| Sumario: | The article offers information on using chemistry to learn the provenance of clay tablets. Topics include, to a geologist, a clay is a rock composed of minerals that traps water; tablets are missing still from important texts, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh; and single tablet is reduced to a handful of fancy mud with half an aphorism. |
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