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Assyrian tablet collection
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The "K collection" refers to a significant group of over 20,000 tablets and fragments discovered in the library of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal at Nineveh. These ancient texts, written in cuneiform script, cover a wide range of subjects including literature, religion, administration, mathematics, botany, chemistry, and lexicology. The collection represents a vast repository of Mesopotamian knowledge, with many texts being copies of older works. The library was established by Ashurbanipal in the 7th century BCE, with scribes tasked to gather and transcribe texts from across the empire. The discovery of these tablets has provided scholars with immense insight into the ancient world and Mesopotamian culture.1

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  1. history of Mesopotamia - The Kassites in Babylonia
  2. Nineveh
  3. Kültepe

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