Ingot with Hittite hieroglyphs, Hittite Empire, ca. 14th–13th century B.C., Central Anatolia, Hittite, Silver, 3.07 x 3.54 in. (7.8 x 8.99 cm), Metalwork-Implements-Inscribed, Hittite scribes wrote both in cuneiform script (borrowed from Mesopotamia) and in hieroglyphs, a local development that continued after the end of the Hittite empire into the Neo-Hittite kingdoms. Unfortunately, the hieroglyphs on this silver ingot are not legible, so the writing cannot help us determine the ingot's function
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Ingot, Hittite hieroglyphs, Empire, ca, 14th–13th century B.C, Central Anatolia, Hittite, Silver, 3.07 x 3.54, 7.8 8.99 cm, Metalwork-Implements-Inscribed, scribes, wrote, cuneiform script, borrowed, Mesopotamia, hieroglyphs, local development, continued, empire, Neo-Hittite kingdoms, Unfortunately, silver ingot, legible, writing cannot, help, us, determine, ingot, function
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