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Cuneiform inscriptions made visible on bronze plates from the Upper Anzaf Fortress, Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. Beril Tuğrul  and
Oktay Belli
A. Beril Tuğrul
Affiliation:
Istanbul Technical University Institute for Nuclear Energy, Ayazağa Kampüsü – 80626, Maslak – Istanbul, Turkey
Oktay Belli
Affiliation:
Department of Ancient History, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University, 34459 Istanbul, Turkey
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Extract

X-ray study of bronze plates from a fortress of the 1st millennium BC reveals cuneiform inscriptions on metal surfaces that are now wholly hidden by corrosion.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 259 , June 1994 , pp. 347 - 349
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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