This clay tablet from Tell Qitar in Syria, is a legal document relating to an inheritance. The tablet was concealed within an envelope containing the same text, a practice where a judge would open it to compare the texts if an agreement was questioned. 1400-1200 BCE [502×375]
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Now housed at the National Museum of Aleppo.
[https://virtual-museum-syria.org/aleppo/clay-tablet-from-tell-qitar/#](https://virtual-museum-syria.org/aleppo/clay-tablet-from-tell-qitar/#)
Hence the term breaking the contract.
Absolutely love this, history in action.
We never change.