Penn Museum - It's #TabletTuesday and we are talking about adoption! Cuneiform legal documents tell us a great deal about ancient life. In this case, the tablet concerns the adoption of a
Penn Museum on Twitter: "In ancient Mesopotamia, children who were to become scribes would practice writing by impressing repeated cuneiform characters on clay. This tablet (which we call the "first day of
![Archaeology & Art on Twitter: "Tablet - Place of origin: Iraq, Tello, Date: ca. 3000 B.C., Culture: Babylonian, Medium: Stone. Source: Penn Museum, https://t.co/PDcQywufvx https://t.co/JVMkvDjwxk" / Twitter Archaeology & Art on Twitter: "Tablet - Place of origin: Iraq, Tello, Date: ca. 3000 B.C., Culture: Babylonian, Medium: Stone. Source: Penn Museum, https://t.co/PDcQywufvx https://t.co/JVMkvDjwxk" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FC3zVNAWQAQZpOt.jpg:large)