Thus speaks Tarām-Kūbi - Assyrian Correspondence

Documentary 01/01/2020 46m

Thus speaks Tarām-Kūbi - Assyrian Correspondence (2020)

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About 4 000 years ago, Assyrian merchants established a commercial settlement in the ancient city of Kaneš, within Central Anatolia. They came from Aššur, north of Mesopotamia. We have come to understand their history through their writings on clay tablets that have stood the test of time: more than 22 500 cuneiform tablets have been unearthed from the archaeological site of Kültepe. How did these Mesopotamian clay tablets arrived in Anatolia and what do they tell us? The voice of Tarām-Kūbi, an Assyrian woman who corresponded with her brother and her husband in Kaneš, takes us back in time.

Vanessa Tubiana-Brun

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Vanessa Tubiana-Brun

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Cécile Michel

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