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Most of this letter from a man named Etel-pî-Marduk, written sometime between 1900 and 1600 BCE in ancient Babylonia, is about barley, silver, and donkeys. But it ends on a surprising note.

“My tooth hurts so much. Send a bandage!”

Tablet drawing by J. Nicholas Reid.
Photo of a page from a book by J. Nicholas Reid and Klaus Wagensonner called “Letters from Old Babylonian Kish”. The page shows a drawing of a cuneiform tablet that is 16 lines long, as well as the bottom of the tablet which has two lines, and the left edge which also has two lines of cuneiform. There is a small ruler to the right of the bottom portion of the tablet showing scale of 1cm, which means the tablet is about 4-5cm wide. At the top of the page is the text number in the book, which is 6, and the museum identifier, which is BM103081. Photo of a page from a book by J. Nicholas Reid and Klaus Wagensonner called “Letters from Old Babylonian Kish”. The page shows a drawing of a cuneiform tablet that is 16 lines long, as well as the top edge of the tablet which has two lines. There is a small ruler to the right of the bottom portion of the tablet showing scale of 1cm, which means the tablet is about 4-5cm wide. At the top of the page is the text number in the book, which is 6, and the museum identifier, which is BM103081.
March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM