CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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5, 000
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20, 000
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10, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -In fact, between half a million and two million cuneiform tablets are estimated to have been excavated in modern times, of which only approximately 30, 000–100, 000 have been read or published.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 38 tablets are dated from the reign of Gudea of Lagash (2144-2124 B.C.) to Shalmanassar III (858-824 B.C.) during the New Assyrian Empire (884-612 B.C.).
Detailed explanation-3: -From this era, the most prolific time ever for production of cuneiform tablets, an estimated 60, 000 to 100, 000 clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform characters and figures have been preserved.
Detailed explanation-4: -British Museum archaeologists discovered more than 30, 000 cuneiform tablets and fragments at his capital, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik).